Browse by Archive
University of Idaho Digital Collections
|
Study of the literature on evaporite mineral deposits suggests a functional realtionship between the origin of these deposits and ground-water flow systems. The theory on which the analysis of ground-water flow systems is based is reviewed in...
1968-08-01
|
|
In this report geologic environments in Idaho have been evaluated in light of results of studies on refuse disposal and ground-water contamination that have been conducted elsewhere. The hydrogeologic environments commonly considered most safe for...
1970-08-01
|
|
This preliminary survey was conducted at the request of the U.S. Corps of Engineers to assess the present ecological conditions in the watershed drained by the Big and Little Wood Rivers and their tributaries. Special note was made of particular...
1970-06-19
|
|
A procedure for estimating the deposit ratio for sedimentation in soil under laminar flow conditions is developed from the Hagen-Poiseuille and Kozeny-Carman theories. This procedure was substantiated by use of gamma ray scanning techniques. A...
1970-07-01
|
|
This study is to be directed towards developing criteria to be used to evaluate the study rivers selected by Congress for consideration for inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
1969-07-25
|
|
The objective of the conference was to expose areas of inquiry that appear to offer the greatest potential worth and need for research in water resources related to Idaho. Twenty-one representatives from Universities and Colleges located in the...
1970-10-16
|
|
The State of Idaho has encountered and is about to encounter difficulties with the Federal Government in administering the trust of endowment lands granted by Congress for the support of common schools and for the support of other specified...
1970-01-01
|
|
The object of this study was to develop design criteria for a slot orifice fishway. Sizing and spacing of slot orifices inside the fishway can be designed to create flow conditions satisfactory for fish passage. The slot orifice fishway will...
1970-12-01
|
|
The project objectives for this survey, as agreed upon by the U. S. Corps of Engineers and the Water Resources Research Institute of the University of Idaho, are: 1 . To inventory the water and related land resources of the lower Clearwater River...
1970-07-31
|
|
This study was conducted in the Dry Lake area at Nampa, Idaho, where 5 or 6 companies are pumping irrigation water from the Snake River to a plateau 500 to 600 feet above the river surface. Data was secured for 8 farms by interviewing each farm...
1970-12-01
|
|
Water quality control is a broad problem in water resource management. Water quality control is a very complex problem and one which requires a broad framework for analysis. This problem is affected by the use water is put to, the location of the...
1970-01-01
|
|
On October 2, 1968, Public Law 90-542, which provides for a National Wild and Scenic Rivers System was passed by the 90th Congress. This law spells out Federal policy for creating a system of selected rivers which possess within their immediate...
1970-01-01
|
|
Within the overall objectives of Project SWC 2-f3, the following were selected for immediate study: 1. To set up the instrumentation necessary for making a rough water balance. 2. Collect data and make a preliminary water balance. 3. Begin...
1970-01-01
|
|
The writer of this report has been assigned the task of preparing information for the navigation and flood control subprojects, the latter being the subject of this report. The objectives of the flood control study are: 1. To determine the flood...
1970-02-01
|
|
The writer has been assigned the task of preparing information for the flood control, history, and navigation subprojects, the latter being the subject of this report. The objectives of the navigation study are: 1. To determine the navigation...
1970-10-01
|
|
The plan for the methodology study is to divide the research work into a series of subprojects, each covering an important economic activity related to the river. These subprojects consist of fourteen re source and service functions: 1. Forest and...
1970-09-01
|
|
The assignment was outlined for the consultants in general terms with wide latitude given in the matter of the method of investigation and preparation of report and conclusions. Primary considerations has been given to the two questions: Is there...
1969-07-01
|
|
The general subject of permeability of frozen soil and particularly the infiltration rate of frozen soil is of particular interest to hydrologists in the Northwest. A great many of our worst floods have been caused by storms occurring when the...
1969-10-16
|
|
A four year field and laboratory study of permeability of frozen soil is reported. The field studies involved soil temperature and moisture measurements over a two year period during which there were no runoff events when the ground was frozen. A...
1969-06-01
|
|
The food habits and ecology were studied for 31 species of mayfly nymphs from the St. Maries River in Idaho, during 1967 and 1968. Mayfly nymphs were basically herbivores, feeding on variable amounts of detritus, diatoms and filamentous algae;...
1969-06-01
|
|
The food habits and ecology were studied for 31 species of mayfly nymphs from the St. Maries River in Idaho, during 1967 and 1968. The nymphs were basically herbivores, feeding on variable amounts of detritus, diatoms and filamentous algae;...
1969-06-01
|
|
Twenty-two farmers in the Oakley Fan area of Southern Idaho were interviewed in 1966 and 1967 to determine information about the present irrigation practices and costs of water in the area. All farms were irrigated by gravity methods and received...
1969-01-01
|
|
Moscow basin, a 58 square-mile, U-shaped basin with a 12 square-mile central lowland underlain by basalt flows and sedimentary interbeds of the Columbia River Group, is a type area for the study of the small ground water basins underlain by basalt...
1969-06-01
|
|
In Idaho, about 97 percent of total water use is for irrigation. Some of the state's major exports are produced on irrigated acreage and the future prosperity of Idaho seems to depend on expanded food processing and food exports which in turn...
1970-01-01
|
|
The object of this research was to study the properties of snow or rain in the falling state that would permit positive identification of the state of the precipitation. The ultimate application was to provide a record of when it was raining or...
1969-04-01
|
