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This report contains the results of an extensive investigation of the characteristics of over two hundred low-head turbines manufactured all over the world that have been installed or that are due to be installed in hydropower plants between 1953...
1982-12-01
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Many if not most of Idaho's ground water basins may be presently pumped at rates that exceed natural recharge. The general objective of this project is to provide a preliminary assessment of alternative management schemes for problems of overdraft...
1982-12-01
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The upper and middle Big Wood River Valley has experienced large population this growth growth associated with recreational development. Much of has been and will continue to be in rural areas, making private and small community water systems and...
1982-12-01
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This report contains the research findings of an extensive investigation of characteristics of over 300 low-head hydraulic turbines that have been manufactured all over the world. These results are presented in the form of experience curves and...
1983-05-01
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This report presents the results of a regional study of thermal and non-thermal ground water flow systems In the thrust zone of southern Idaho and western Wyoming. The study involved hydrogeologic and hydrochemical data collection and...
1983-05-01
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This manual has been prepared to assist potential developers of hydropower and to help agency personnel concerned with hydropower, planning and development in Idaho. It is designed to guide the developer through the various steps in preparing a...
1983-04-01
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Progress in 1966 on Special Research Project 102 of the University of Idaho Engineering Experiment Station in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation and the Agricultural Research Service ARS is presented. Average seepage rates from 86 seepage...
1967-06-01
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The Treasure Valley Hydrologic Project (TVHP) was formed to provide technical information needed to address most of these issues and to provide a framework for future water management.
2004-02-01
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Seasonal changes in seepage losses from canals have been observed by numerous investigators using ponding tests before and after the irrigation season. In general the fall tests indicate considerably lower seepage rates than the spring tests. The...
1967-10-20
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Project design, canal lining research and development, and irrigation operation and maintenance require the ability to measure seepage rates, accurately and economically. New methods have not been developed, so existing field methods must be used....
1968-01-01
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Seventeen toxic chemicals were bioassayed to investigate the possibility of measurable physiological responses to death in northern squawfish. Lethal indices, dependent upon concentration and temperature for each chemical, in terms of time between...
1969-01-01
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A piscicide screening program was conducted with 1,888 different chemicals mostly at concentrations of 10 ppm. The times at which fish lost their equilibrium and died are given for 2,552 separate 24-hour assays. The species tested were the...
1969-11-01
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This brochure is published as a guide for potential developers of small scale hydropower in Idaho and for agency personnel and consulting firms called on to advise people interested in developing small hydroelectric plants under recent regulations...
1982-12-01
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A ground-water flow model of the shallow ground-water system of the Henry's Fork area of southeastern Idaho was initially calibrated by Wytzes (1980). The purpose of this project was to improve the accuracy of the model by recalibration to the...
1985-03-01
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This is a pamphlet intended to inform outdoorspeople of the potential dangers of giardia and how to avoid them.
1986-01-01
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This study was conducted to provide ground water resource information for Payette County, Idaho. The study area is located in the western edge of a large sediment filled basin, the western Snake River Plain, which consists of over 4,000 feet of...
1986-04-01
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This study investigated the economic potential for water markets that would exchange water from irrigated agricultural to hydropower production in southern Idaho. Two kinds of water market were considered. The first involved the marketing of...
1986-12-01
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Experiments were conducted in our laboratory to evaluate the leaching characteristics of arsenic species, As(III) and As(V), and other trace metals from sediments collected from Blackbird Creek and from Panther Creek.
1986-10-01
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A water quality study of Twin Lakes was conducted by the University of Idaho from April, 1985 through August, 1986 with three objectives: 1) to estimate nutient loading and partition loading to major sources, 2) to define the present trophic state...
1987-04-01
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Modern internal combustion engines burn fuels containing various nitrogen and phosphorus compounds as additives (eg: alkyl phosphate, amine phosphate, etc.). Nitrogen oxides are also formed from atmospheric gases during the combustion process. In...
1987-10-01
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""A New Methodology for Selection of Hydraulic Turbines"" was prepared from the results of dissertation research completed by the author in 1986 at the University of Idaho, at Moscow, Idaho, U.S.A. This monograph utilizing information from the...
1987-03-01
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We adapted the Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) to the faunal characteristics of northern Idaho headwater streams. Stream biota was sampled from June 1987 through September 1987. The original Index of Biotic Integrity, as developed for midwestern...
1989-10-01
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This document describes a monitoring system to assess grazing impacts on water quality in streams of the western United States. The protocols were developed to assess water quality improvement resulting from stream restoration projects funded...
1993-10-01
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A linear-programming (LP) framework and computer routines for systems design and cost estimating are presented for design and planning of irrigation systems from the farmer's or developer's point of view on an after-tax basis. The framework allows...
1984-06-01
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The complex geologic and hydrologic watersheds of the Big Wood River and Silver Creek in Blaine county have successfully served the needs of the diversified interest groups since 1881. However, continued population expansion and changes in...
1994-11-01
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