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Numerous gasification experiments were conducted and proved that with proper moisture content (usually near 10%) animal manure can be gasified using the TAMU fluidized bed gasifier. In summary the following has been established.
• The heating...
2011-01-04
2011-01-04 2010-06-01 |
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As the U.S. population continues to increase, the priority on planning for future water quantity
and quality becomes more important. Historically, many municipalities have primarily relied
upon surface water as their major source of drinking...
2011-01-07
2011-01-07 2010-07-01 |
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In the publication prepared in 2006 with
the above title (TWRI. TR-287), we described
ways to diagnose salt problems which affect
irrigated production of pecans. We also discussed
the concepts of minimizing soil salinization, and
ways to lower...
2011-01-07
2011-01-07 2010-07-01 |
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Proper training of watershed coordinators and water professionals is needed to ensure that watershed protection
efforts are adequately planned, coordinated and implemented. To provide this training, the Texas Watershed
Planning Short Course was...
2011-01-07
2011-01-07 2010-08-01 |
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The overall goal for this project was to provide a mechanism to educate local stakeholders about
water quality issues that affect Lake Granbury. This project provided an assessment of existing
and potential water quality threats related to...
2011-01-07
2011-01-07 2010-09-01 |
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A team of Texas AgriLife Research, Baylor University and University of Texas at
Arlington researchers studied the biology and ecology of Prymnesium parvum (golden
algae) in Texas lakes using a three-fold approach that involved system-wide...
2011-01-07
2011-01-07 2010-10-01 |
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Texas High Plains Evapotranspiration (TXHPET) network personnel continued to operate and maintain the network of 15 to 18 weather stations to provide timely weather and evapotranspiration (ET) data in support of related research and extension...
2011-01-07
2011-01-07 2010-09-01 |
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According to the 2008 Water Quality Inventory and 303(d) List, 291 of the 516 impairments (i.e. 56%)
were the result of excessive bacteria. Modeling and bacteria source tracking has identified grazing cattle
as a source of this bacterial...
2011-01-07
2011-01-07 2010-12-01 |
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Since 2001, the Efficient Irrigation for Water Conservation in the Rio Grande Basin Federal Initiative—
known as the Rio Grande Basin Initiative (RGBI)—has saved more than 5 million acre-feet of water.
Researchers, Extension specialists, and...
2011-06-21
2011-06-21 2011-06-21 |
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This study involves four of the twelve major river basins of the state of Texas and is essentially a proposal to divert water from the Red River into the trinity, Neches and Sabine River Basins. When first considered, it appears to be a rather...
2011-06-29
2011-06-29 1964-05-01 |
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This study involves four of the twelve major river basins of the state of Texas and is essentially a proposal to divert water from the Red River into the Trinity, Neches and Sabine River Basins. When first considered, it appears to be a rather...
2011-06-29
2011-06-29 1966-01-01 |
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The report by the Committee on Surface Water Hydrology of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (2) has pointed out that one of the areas in hydrology lacking adequate research is the investigation of runoff from small areas. As indicated...
2011-06-29
2011-06-29 1966-05-01 |
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Twenty-two shallow, reversed, seismic refraction profiles were conducted in the Brazos River floodplain to test the feasibility of using seismic methods to provide hydrogeologic information in this province. The specific objectives were to map the...
2011-06-30
2011-06-30 1966-07-01 |
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This report is the result of a growing concern about the rate at which development of the water resources of Texas is outstripping biological and ecological knowledge of the aquatic environments concerned.
Most Texas streams are already much...
2011-06-30
2011-06-30 1966-11-01 |
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Clean fresh water is the most precious natural resource available to mankind. People must have water for personal, municipal, industrial and recreational use. At the present time, most of the available fresh water in the United States is used in...
2011-06-30
2011-06-30 1966-12-01 |
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Techniques for streamflow forecasting are developed and tested for the Little Washita River in Oklahoma. The basic input for streamflow forecasts is rainfall. the rainfall amounts may be obtained from several sources; however, this study is...
2011-06-30
2011-06-30 1967-08-01 |
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Using two established reservoir projects, an economic simulation model for reservoir development was constructed. The two comparative areas used for the model development are both reservoirs in central Texas and were constructed during...
2011-06-30
2011-06-30 1967-08-01 |
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In this paper the results of an investigation are presented that are concerned with the feasibility of employing a weather radar to make precise measurements of the properties of a precipitating cloud. A schematic cloud is proposed as a model for...
2011-06-30
2011-06-30 1967-12-01 |
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The structure of turbulence has been shown to affect the sediment carrying capability of streams. Due to the random nature of turbulence, sediment movement was analyzed as a stochastic process. Starting with the Langevin equation modified for a...
2011-06-30
2011-06-30 1968-01-01 |
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In this report the results of a study of the use of input-output analysis to evaluate the economic impact of water resources development are presented. Blackburn Crossing reservoir on the Upper Neches river was the subject development) and the...
2011-06-30
2011-06-30 1968-05-01 |
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Equations of motion describing flow in irrigation furrows are derived and presented in characteristic form. Predicted flow profiles obtained from approximate numerical solutions of the equations of motion did not compare well with measured flow...
2011-06-30
2011-06-30 1968-07-01 |
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Studies were conducted in a closed system recirculating research flume to evaluate the relative effects of high intensity rainfall on von Karman's universal constant and the sediment transport capacity of shallow flow The tests in this study were...
2011-06-30
2011-06-30 1968-09-01 |
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This project has consisted of two distinct phases: (1) equipment modification and installation with associated collection and (2) analyses of data plus development of hydrologic techniques.
Errors inherent in the utilization of radar as a...
2011-06-30
2011-06-30 1969-02-01 |
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The hydrometeorologist is often confronted with the problem of determination of precipitable water in the atmosphere based on surface dewpoints and the assumption of a saturated atmosphere with a pseudoadiabatic lapse rate. Tables have been...
2011-06-30
2011-06-30 1968-12-01 |
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This report summarizes the results of the research project, Development of Optimization - Systems Analysis Techniques for Texas Water Resources.
Several analytical models which were obtained and modified for use in evaluating water resource...
2011-06-30
2011-06-30 1969-02-01 |
