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The Gaza Coastal Aquifer (GCA) is the major source of water in the Gaza Strip. The GCA is a transboundary aquifer, shared by approximately 600 Israeli wells and more than 3000 Palestinian wells. Recent studies show noticeable deterioration in...
2008-07-01
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We hypothesize that the net effect of organic matter (from all sources) in domestic wastewater treatment ponds may tend to promote fecal bacteria survival at higher algal cell concentrations. The aim of this study is to understand better, the role...
2008-07-01
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The purpose of this project is to evaluate the exposure of private well users to natural contaminants of arsenic, radon, and radium. The project investigates the mechanisms in which these natural contaminants are leached into groundwater, the...
2008-07-01
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The objective of this study is to incorporate the concept of flood risk vulnerability as a variable into the Water Poverty Index (WPI), developed by Lawrence et al (2002). The distribution and availability of water resources vary considerably from...
2007-07-25
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Surface water diversions for irrigation demands are necessary for sustaining agriculture in arid and semi-arid climates throughout the western United States. In many places, however, these diversions have created low flow conditions that make...
2006-07-19
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Climate change models predict that rising global temperatures will produce in the U.S. southwest an extended period of shorter and drier winters, proportionately less snow and more rain, and reduced watershed yields. In New Mexico, water supplies...
2006-07-19
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The predominant policy framework of water conservation and drought management is regulatory, with a command-and-control structure, in which regulatory agencies set the standards water suppliers and users must adhere to under threat of penalty....
2006-07-19
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Riparian areas are called “ribbons of life” since they are considered the most productive habitats in North America (Johnson et al. 1977; Chaney et al. 1990). In the arid western United States, riparian areas comprise less than 2% of the total...
2006-07-19
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Economic analysis and capital budgeting methods are utilized to analyze the costs of desalinated water relative to conventionally-treated surface water originating from the Rio Grande. Sensitivity analyses are used to evaluate alternative prices...
2007-07-26
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This paper exploits the impact of possible climate changes in 2055 on crop yield from a soil water balance perspective.
2007-07-26
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We work down through various scales to provide an overview of risk assessment tools that use landscape characteristics, fire behavior, and values at risk that help identify fuel treatment priority areas.
2007-07-25
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The study aimed to investigate Sanmenxia Dam effects on backwater and human activities in middle Yellow River through proposed models combined with statistical model, Backward Propagation Artificial Neural Network (BP-ANN) model, and hydrodynamic...
2007-07-25
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The present study refers to the regime of maximum water runoffs applicable to the streams that discharge to the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo, originating from the Sierra de Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. The study sets up the maximum discharges and its...
2007-07-25
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Specifically, we explore (a) the reliability of the index at different levels of probability of exceedance of maximum seasonal rainfall; (b) the effect of sampling uncertainties and the strength of the proxy's association to local outcome, (c) the...
2007-07-25
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Probabilistic risk or decision analysis is the most rigourous approach to engineering solutions to fiddicult diecision making problems involvingt uncertainty. A large body of theory and applications has been developed for probabilistic risk...
2007-07-25
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All technological systems, dams included, exist within that broader world and today, in many countries, society expects that it will dictate to the technological community the safety and other goals that should be met by technological systems,...
2007-07-25
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The Rio Grande River flows from its headwaters in southern Colorado, south through New Mexico, turning southeast at El Paso, Texas, where it becomes the international boundary between the United States and Mexico until it drains into the Gulf of...
2005-07-12
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Historically, large expanses of California's low-lying Central Valley flooded nearly every winter. Over the past 150 years, individuals, communities, and state and national agencies have increasingly altered the landscape with levees, reservoirs,...
2007-06-25
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In this paper, the authors present a conceptual model for flood control planning in the Lower El Paso Valley. In the model, the river, canals and laterals and drains as well as underlying shallow groundwater aquifer are considered as integrated...
2007-07-25
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Beginning in late July and continuing through mid September 2006 the Paso del Norte region, consisting of El Paso City and County, Texas, southern New Mexico and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, experienced a number of record high precipitation events and...
2007-07-25
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In Massachusetts, the State’s Executive Office of Environmental Affairs has conducted a pilot remote sensing impervious surface analysis of the Mill River watershed (~154 Km2 primarily located in the Cities of Springfield and Wilbraham) to help...
2005-07-12
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