Environmental Issues in the Global Hydroelectric Market
Alternative Methods to Relicensing Hydroelectric Projects in a Changing Market
Accuracy of Flow Measurements in the Imperial Irrigation District
Managing Salt Load in Irrigation District Drainage Water
Boston's Central Artery/Tunnel Project: Challenging Problems, Innovative Solutions
Boston's Central Artery/Tunnel (CA/T) Project is the largest, most complex highway project ever undertaken in the United States. Conceived a quarter centrury ago, the project...
Construction Congress V
Managing Engineered Construction in Expanding Global Markets
This proceedings contains over 130 papers presented at ASCE's Construction Congress V held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 5-7, 1997. This publication is divided into seven...
Historic Downtown Dilemma (Available only in Structural Engineering special issue)
Many older commercial masonry buildings built of locally quarried stone or fired brick in downtown areas suffer from roof leaks. Because a studwall cavity often is located between the...
Accelerating Environmental Technology Implementation
A Survey of Present Practices and New Directions
This survey presents findings from the Environment Technology Evaluation Center, which will assist EvTECH in meeting its mission to expedite the introduction of environmental technology...
Step 2: Conduct Market Study
This chapter discusses the importance of conducting a market study when working in international markets....
Water Quality Retrofit of an Existing Drainage Basin Using a Sand Filter Design
Water Rights and Markets in Latin America
Application of a Hydrodynamic Model in Design of the Kingman Lake Wetland Restoration Project
The U.S Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District is restoring 45 acres of wetlands within Kingman Lake in the District of Columbia through the placement of dredged material from the...
Sediment Transport Modeling for the Glen-Colusa Irrigation District Fish Screen Modifications
The Glen-Colusa Irrigation District (GCID) pumping plant is located on an oxbow of the Sacramento River approximately 100 miles north of Sacramento (Figure 1). The existing fish screen...
The Importance of Plant Community Structure on Form and Function of Created Wetland Systems
If we consider that the creation and the restoration of a wetland system begins with the design of the hydrology, then establishing the form and function of a wetland begins with the design...
Canal Control and Automation for the Central District System
The Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District system provides irrigation and hydropower benefits in south-central Nebraska. Because of its complexity, the system relies heavily...
Conjunctive Water Use Transforms a California Desert
An area doing multi-billion dollar recreational and agricultural business in the Southern California Sonoran desert owes its existence and well being to two things—wise water planning...
The Case for Water Markets as the Best Means for Effective Water Allocation
Water markets have a potential for providing flexible and efficient mechanisms for allocating water among alternative uses. In order for markets to emerge It is necessary for private rights...
The Case Against Markets
Markets are much in vogue as ideal institutions for managing water both nationally and internationally. True markets, however, have seldom existed for water rights and there are good reasons...
How to Manage Floodwaves in the Dutch Meuse: Future Measures to Reduce the Inconvenience of Inundations
This study showed that in the Gravelmeuse the combination of nature development and reducing of inundation inconvenience is possible. In the framework of the obliged supply of a fixed...
The Management Improvement Program: A Model to Improve the Performance of Irrigated Agriculture
In 1991, the USDA-Agricultural Research Service U. S. Water Conservation Laboratory (USWCL) and a coalition of federal, state, and county agencies initiated a project to develop and test...
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