Center Pivots: Iron Dinosaurs of Ogallala Aquifer
In mid-1983, USDA's Soil Conservation Service (SCS) staff in Colorado began a 5-year project aimed at reducing the amount of water the state extracts from the Ogallala aquifer....
Rating Systems to Evaluate Onfarm Water Conservation
The U. S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, concentrates its assistance on modernization of onfarm irrigation systems and improvement of water management to provide...
Water Rights in Heber Valley, Utah
The Heber Valley is an agricultural area in Central Utah which is rapidly converting to recreational seasonal home development. There are many competing demands for the available water...
Water Duty for Agriculture in the Western United States
The agricultural water duty is a measure of the quantity of water reasonably required for use in agricultural crop production. For some time in the western United States, the agricultural...
Effect of Best Management Practices on Water Quality in the Appoquinimink Watershed
As part of its 208 program related work, the Water Resources Agency for New Castle County, Delaware, has been involved in an agricultural nonpoint source pollution control program since...
Development and Management of the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District
This paper discusses and explains the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District. The purposes, accomplishments, operation and management, and financing of the District are mentioned....
Evaluation of Cloud Seeding: Southern Great Plains
One of the important aspects of planned weather modification in the United States is that many operational, non-experimental cloud seeding projects have occurred since 1950. Further, several...
Use of Drainage Control to Minimize Potential Detrimental Effects of Improved Drainage Systems
Improved drainage systems are necessary on many soils for sustained agricultural production. However, there are several drainage system designs which can be utilized to satisfy agricultural...
Economics of Ditch Maintenance in Northwestern Ohio
A history of drainage and settlement in the Black Swamp of Northwestern Ohio is presented. The Ohio Ditch Law and county ditch maintenance program is explained. An economic comparison...
Incorporating Crop Water Use in Drainage Design in Arid Areas
A method of drainage design for use in arid areas was developed by combining procedures proposed by D. B. McWhorter along with plant uptake functions developed by D. W. Grimes and D. W....
Groundwater Management Districts in Kansas
This paper deals with the management of groundwater in Kansas through the statutory mechanism of the groundwater management district (called a GMD in this paper). A description of the...
Daily Weather Forecasts Used to Manage Soil-Water
This paper describes a newly developed method for analyzing the rainfall probability data included in daily weather forecasts issued by the National Weather Service. The purpose is to...
Institutional Arrangements for Coastal Resource Management in Developed and Developing Countries
This paper presents a condensation of the 165-page book, Institutional Arrangements for Management of Coastal Resources, the first in the Renewable Resources Information Series prepared...
Innovative Management in a Period of Austerity: The Glamorgan Heritage Cost Experience in the U.K.
Restraint in UK economic growth gave rise to a new countryside management approach which was non-statutory, dependent upon voluntary agreements. In essence the land remains in private...
The Balancing Act of Preparing Coastal Management Plans
There are some basic principles that should be recognised by those persons involved in preparing coastal management plans. Within the context of coastal management in South Australia,...
Coastal Monitoring in Florida
There are numerous erosion control and inlet sand transfer projects, both publicly and privately financed, along eroded or eroding shores throughout the State of Florida. The Florida Department...
Monitoring Completed Coastal Projects
In the United States, construction of public works to develop water resources is the responsibility of the Army Corps of Engineers. These works include projects to improve ocean and coastal...
Coast of California Storm and Tidal Waves Study: A Regional Coastal Zone Monitoring Program
An integral aspect of the Coast of California Storm and Tidal Waves Study (CCSTWS) was the implementation of a four year comprehensive regional coastal zone monitoring program in 1983....
After Action Report 1983 California Coastal Storms
The winter of 1982-1983 saw some dramatic changes in the worldwide weather patterns that have been attributed to the anomaly known as El Nino. During that winter California was attacked...
Coastal Erosion Management in Australia and the U.S.
Current knowledge and management policies in both Australia and the U. S. favor non-structural over structural responses to coastal erosion problems wherever possible. The trend towards...
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