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Land rental costs associated with a proposed large-scale and dispersed floodwater storage project in the Red River Basin (RRB) of North Dakota and Minnesota are estimated through: GIS-based spatial overlays of township cropland rental values with...
2007-07-24
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Hydrologists expect the demand for water will continue to increase with the world’s growing population. As a result, some have predicted that by the year 2025, as many as 3.5 billion people will be living in water stressed or water scarce...
2005-07-12
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This paper assesses the market value of protection afforded by levees, using data from two metropolitan areas within California's Central Valley where some levees have been subject to scrutiny since the late 1980s.
2007-07-24
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Time-lag and dampening effects are being evaluated through time-series analysis of historical data, analytical models, and numerical models. Application of these techniques in the eastern Snake River Plain in Idaho provides an indication of the...
2007-07-24
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This hydrology study applied the Hazen plotting position method to estimate precipitation, return periods and its probability of occurrence, to assess flood risks in Ciudad Juárez, México.
2007-07-24
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The Rio Grande/Rio Bravo flow rate from El Paso/Ciudad Juarez to Fort Quitman/Cajoncitos has changed since the 19th century due to agriculture irrigation on both sides of the border. The river has been modified by agricultural infrastructure, as...
2005-07-12
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This work contends that farmers as a group do not impede progress on long run land use change and aggressive forward-looking research to locate a 'backstop' technology practice(s) that wean them from heavy use of virtually non-renewable aquifer...
2007-07-24
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A discrete choice model is employed to determine the characteristics shared by small water systems that are acquired in six midwest states. We find that these acquired firms are smaller, have more frequent drinking water violations, are often...
2007-07-24
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Zone testing refers to the chemical analysis of groundwater in a small diameter test hole, prior to drilling large diameter boreholes and installing permanent casing. Using the methods outlined below, the water quality of the production well can...
2007-07-24
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Potential increased sodium loads in the Rio Grande associated with drainage from Mexican farmer fields is avoided due to the El Morillo Drain, located in Mexico. Random failures of the Drain threaten the quality of source water available to Rio...
2007-07-24
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This paper compares and contrasts the policy and management framework associated with flood management between these two countries. The results of a related workshop will be discussed, along with post-Katrina collaborations.
2007-07-24
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This presentation will summarize ongoing work at the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center (WRC) and the Mekong River Commission Secretariat (MRCS) to investigate socioeconomic vulnerability to multiple stresses and hazards occurring in...
2007-07-24
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Environmental goals of the European Water Framework Directive (hereinafter called: WFD) (The European Parliament and the Council, 2000), adopted by the European Community in 2000, foresee the achievement of the Good Ecological Status of all...
2005-07-12
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Up until summer 2002, only one invasive aquatic plant species, variable water-milfoil (Myriophyllum heterophyllum), had been documented in Maine waters. Since then, however, two invasive aquatic plants often cited as North America’s nastiest have...
2005-07-12
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The Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge and its many partners and volunteers have completed a sixth very successful field season helping citizens throughout the Connecticut River watershed protect their aquatic ecosystems from the...
2005-07-12
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The City of Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States is the site of a major infestation of water chestnuts, Trapa natans. This infestation has provided lessons in the importance of partnering, education, outreach, cooperation, and solving logistical...
2005-07-12
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Because it is viewed increasingly for its potential to augment the supply of fresh water as well as a reliable means for mitigating certain hazardous weather conditions, the use of weather modification technologies has flourished in recent...
2006-07-18
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Stream channel incision has significant implications for aquatic and riparian ecology, as well as river engineering and management. Understanding the geomorphic processes and cause-and-effect linkages at work in a basin experiencing channel...
2005-07-12
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Over 30 percent of the northern Connecticut River was straightened and channelized in the 19th Century for log drives. The practice of channelization continued until at least the 1960s for flood control purposes along some tributaries. Erosion and...
2005-07-12
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Undergraduate and graduate students conducted research into experimental stream restoration techniques along Blue Hen Creek. This 200-acre headwater tributary flows for a mile through the University of Delaware Experimental Watershed before...
2005-07-12
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In 2000, four citizens in the State of Maine got together to formulate an anti-invasive aquatic plant piece of legislation that galvanized grass roots support, became a top media story and in 2001 came into law by one vote. Subsequently the...
2005-07-12
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New Mexico plays a critical role in America’s oil and natural gas industry with the first San Juan Basin oil well drilled near Aztec in 1921. The San Juan Fruitland formation is first in coal bed-methane production and reserves with approximately...
2006-07-18
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River restoration efforts typically receive broad public support. However, standing questions include whether restoration efforts are worth it in the sense that benefits outweigh the costs, whether some types of restoration are more beneficial...
2006-07-19
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In the Rio Grande Basin, water is over-appropriated, and demands for water grow while supplies are constrained by drought and climate change. The Basin is currently in its seventh year of drought, and reservoirs are at historically low levels....
2006-07-19
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A recent report details the limited nature of water leasing/banking in the Western U.S. (West Water Research, 2004). The report provides an analysis of water banking legislation policies and programs in 12 Western states. There are 23 active water...
2006-07-19
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