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Specifically, this is a study focusing on factors related to the diffusion of innovations among farmers
1975-01-01
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The purpose of the project was to study the concept of large underground reservoirs for use in Idaho. Four general categories of underground reservoirs were examined: 1) natural basins with artificial recharge, 2) natural underground caverns, 3)...
1975-04-01
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Two of the major issues in groundwater basin management are (1) How are rights to use groundwater acquired? (2) What legal constraints limit the exercise of groundwater rights? These issues are the primary concern of this study.
1975-03-01
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This report is a proceedings of discussions and presentations that took place in an interdisciplinary graduate seminar that was conducted jointly on campuses of the University of Idaho and Washington State University during the second semester of...
1975-06-01
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The basic purpose of this study is to determine the availability of cooling water in t he State of Idaho for use in nuclear and geothermal power production and uranium enrichment facilities
1975-03-01
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The purpose of this report is to describe the aquacultural industries of Idaho and their relationships to those of the United States from the aspects of: 1) quantity and quality of water used; 2) production and marketing; 3) economic significance;...
1975-03-01
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The HISARS system was implemented out of a need to have a large body of hydrologic data available for ease of access. Many people have collected information for a project. Often the finding and collection of the necessary data, even when...
1975-12-01
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I concluded that juvenile steelhead trout and chinook salmon were not affected by the levels of batholith sediment we added to riffle sections during summer but a reduction of pool area by sediment caused a direct decrease in the number of fish...
1975-04-01
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This brief appraisal of energy siting legislation for Idaho presents in part one an analysis and comparison of drafts of two bills that were drafted prior to the beginning of the First Session of the Forty-Third Legislature of the State of Idaho...
1975-02-01
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The principle purpose of this study is to establish design criteria for culverts that will ensure the maintenance of fish populations in streams traversed by the proposed Alaska Pipeline and its supporting highway.
1975-01-30
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The prediction of frozen ground occurrences can help the local planner regulate development in areas which are subject to floods. Discriminant analysis was used in the Missouri Flat Creek case in order to study past frozen or unfrozen ground...
1975-07-01
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This study examined the costs involved in making water available for use in Idaho. The difference between the quantity of water available and a supply of water requires that costs be incurred.
1976-04-01
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The Idaho Water Resources Research Institute has provided the coordination and supervision for this graduate seminar on the campus of the University of Idaho. It is the Institute's policy to make available the results of significant water-related...
1976-02-01
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The objective of the investigation was to determine if LANDSAT imagery can be effectively used to inventory irrigated cropland. The irrigated cropland of three test sites in Idaho were inventoried using multistage variable probability sampling...
1976-06-30
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An earlier report by the Idaho Health Department and Idaho Fish and Game Department indicated that American Falls Reservoir was polluted by mercury levels which constituted a threat to the ecosystem and public health (1,2). These findings resulted...
1977-03-01
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Chlorinated hydrocarbon residues (DDT metabolites, dieldrin, and PCB's) were found in fish flesh samples and sediment in American Falls Reservoir. The concentration and type of chlorinated hydrocarbon varied with fish species and age. The mean...
1976-01-01
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A methodology employing a dynamic linear programming model was used to develop optimum rehabilitation plans for an irrigation district. The plans developed indicate the total irrigation system cost and configuration for various levels of...
1976-06-27
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The effects of coarse granitic sediment on the abundance, distribution, growth, and behavior of juvenile salmonids and the abundance of aquatic insect drift were assessed by adding sediment to artificial and natural stream channels . These data...
1976-07-01
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Diel changes in discharge caused by hydroelectric peaking directly affect water levels and velocities and indirectly alter benthos and fish abundance and distribution. The effect of discharge on aquatic insect population below Dworshak Dam on the...
1976-09-01
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This project was initiated in recognition of the need for a study of the range of aquatic ecosystem types present in the state, and development of a classification system from which aquatic natural area needs could be identified. As most aquatic...
1977-06-01
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The general intent of the research undertaken in this report was to develop criteria to evaluate alternative wild and scenic river classifications utilizing hydrologic, ecological, economic, physical, and social data. The classifications were...
1976-11-01
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University of Idaho/Washington State University joint graduate seminar in water resources: Critical Water Problems Facing the Eleven Western States
1976-06-01
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This study analyzes the attitudes and behavior of farmers and absentee landowners in the Palouse area of Washington and Idaho to help illuminate the reasons for adoption or failure to adopt control practices. Three hundred and six farm operators...
1977-12-01
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Floods occurring on frozen ground are destructive, both from the point of view of flood severity and erosion hazard. Discriminant analysis was used to classify past runoff events as occurring on frozen or unfrozen ground. For the Greater Palouse...
1976-06-27
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A series of three hydroelectric projects owned by one power company iust upstream from Hells Canyon on the Snake River between Idaho and Oregon have been in competition with other water users in the river, both upstream and downstream. Upstream,...
1977-06-01
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