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This report examines the validity and explores the practical implications of the proposition that CO2 enrichment of the leaf environment enhances plant growth and, simultaneously decreases plant water use.
A theoretical analysis of the water and...
2011-06-30
2011-06-30 1972-06-01 |
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This study analyzes the response to an outstanding design and development of a park-business complex along a natural river in the heart of a major city, The San Antonio River Walk. The research includes both those who visit and those who control...
2011-07-01
2011-07-01 1972-06-01 |
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Estuaries represent an economically and biologically important part of our coast. These bodies of water are used as permanent homes or nursery grounds for many of the important forms of marine life. Estuaries also provide protected transportation...
2011-07-01
2011-07-01 1972-10-01 |
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Water harvesting is a potential source of water for arid and semiarid lands. The objectives of this study were to determine combinations of land surface treatments and land forming which result in efficient but inexpensive water harvesting...
2011-07-01
2011-07-01 1972-09-01 |
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An expansion of tile supply of water and greater efficiency in its use are necessary for the future economic development of the state of Texas. Imported water, supplemental to that available in the state, is an important part of development plans...
2011-07-01
2011-07-01 1973-01-01 |
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A general Limnological Survey was made of the Navasota River, Texas, a tributary of the Brazos River, between February, 1968 and March, 1970. Five stations on the main channel were visited twice monthly from February, 1968 to January, 1970, and...
2011-07-01
2011-07-01 1973-12-01 |
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A hydrometeorological model is presented that utilizes 30-day meteorological forecasts of temperature and precipitation issued every 15 days by the National Weather service to provide an estimate of the future hydrometeorological conditions of a...
2011-07-01
2011-07-01 1973-06-01 |
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The importance of an economic study of the Paseo del Rio (a highly developed portion of the San Antonio River) has greatly increased with the proposal of many extensions, each of which will involve large investment. That developmental plan which...
2011-07-01
2011-07-01 1973-04-01 |
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Growth in population and economic activity has been accepted as the essential elements of American life for almost two centuries. Since the beginning of the seventies, we have begun to concern ourselves with the quality of this growth. Meanwhile,...
2011-07-01
2011-07-01 1973-11-22 |
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A significant pollution potential from cattle manure has developed as a result of the cattle feeding industry progressing to large, high density feeding operations. Two major potential sources of pollution from beef feedlots is storm runoff and...
2011-07-01
2011-07-01 1973-06-01 |
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One of the most perplexing problems in the United States today is concerned with providing the public services required in rapidly-expanding urban areas. A substantial portion of the total public service problem in the urban area involves the...
2011-07-01
2011-07-01 1973-06-01 |
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The purpose of this investigation was to develop techniques to assist water planners in the optimum implementation of their plans. Specifically, techniques useful for continual evaluation of water plans and for scheduling the sequence and timing...
2011-07-01
2011-07-01 1973-06-01 |
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It seems possible, perhaps even likely, that some errors of fact and/or judgment may have been made in the process of allocation of national requirements among states. There may be instances where data are inadequate for the correct expression of...
2011-07-01
2011-07-01 1973-08-01 |
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The demand by consumers for public-owned low-priced natural resources is essentially insatiable. When natural resources become scarce the public is agonized by the problem of making an optimum choice or choices from feasible alternatives,...
2011-07-01
2011-07-01 1973-10-01 |
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This study was undertaken in an effort to develop procedural methodology for the consideration of alternative solutions for water resources development in a short period of time with a view toward reduction of total costs involved in...
2011-07-01
2011-07-01 1974-05-01 |
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An earlier study, Cultural Benefits from Metropolitan River Recreation--San Antonio Prototype, (Gunn, et al., 1972), revealed that urban water resources can be successfully developed for tourism and recreation. The San Antonio River Walk is a...
2011-07-01
2011-07-01 1974-06-01 |
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In recent years the area around Houston and Baytown, Texas, has been affected to an increasing degree by land subsidence. Sinking of the land surface has reached critical proportions in many areas, and subsidence of as much as eight feet has...
2011-07-01
2011-07-01 1974-07-01 |
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Agriculture is a major income generating sector of the Texas economy. Irrigated agriculture is an important part of Texas agriculture and an "adequate" water supply is important in maintaining a viable agriculture. Irrigation water is important...
2011-07-01
2011-07-01 1974-08-01 |
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Recent trends in agricultural have lead to the intensification of crop production in areas with long growing seasons and ample solar radiation. Unfortunately, these areas also often have limited water supplies, and the water available is often...
2011-07-01
2011-07-01 1974-09-01 |
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Agriculture is a major income generating sector of the Texas economy. Irrigated agriculture is an important part of Texas agriculture and an "adequate" water supply is important in maintaining a viable agriculture. Irrigation water is important...
2011-07-01
2011-07-01 1975-04-01 |
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During the past twenty years, there have been several evaluations of national water resources research requirements. Many states have made similar analyses of their water resources research needs. Funding for water resources research generally has...
2011-07-01
2011-07-01 1975-02-01 |
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Water deficits reduce plant growth and subsequently, crop yields. Man has relied upon irrigation to overcome these crop water deficiencies. But since the present supplies of water are limited, more efficient irrigation application methods must be...
2011-07-01
2011-07-01 1974-12-01 |
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Two mathematical models describing one-dimensional flow from buried sources and in unsaturated soils were developed. One considered the consumption of water by roots. For the assumed distribution of the root consumption with time and depth, the...
2011-07-01
2011-07-01 1975-02-01 |
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The purpose of this study was to undertake an initial step that would lead to a better understanding of the effects of nutrients released from vegetation inundated by water at newly constructed reservoirs. Specifically, a series of leaching...
2011-07-01
2011-07-01 1975-04-01 |
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The gap between supply and demand of water for agricultural and municipal uses is rapidly closing at a time when world food requirements are increasing at an alarming rate. To meet the demand for agricultural products, new lands must be brought...
2011-07-01
2011-07-01 1975-06-01 |
