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New England's waterways have served as corridors for spreading legally-illegally introduced fish over the past 170 years, resulting in artificially enriched and altered fish assemblages in many lakes and ponds. Biological contamination - in terms...
2005-07-12
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The project stretches through 5.5 miles of downtown Phoenix and includes restoration of the Salt above, below Town Lake, and at confluence of the Salt and Indian Bend Wash in Tempe. It includes opening of new wells, a water delivery system,...
2005-07-12
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Rain and snow are not the only sources of water in arid environments. Substantial amounts of water enter watersheds through the interception of fog droplets by vegetation. This process of fog deposition is especially productive in mountainous...
2006-06-20
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SAHRA (Sustainability of Semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas) currently is engaged in multiple research and knowledge transfer efforts involving citizen scientists. These include students taking river samples and measuring soil moisture, and...
2006-07-19
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Simplicity is the key toward New Mexico residents saving water. Small farm operators, ranchers, master gardeners, and residents (landscape owners) are more likely to learn and adopt convenient technologies that are not management intensive and...
2006-07-19
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In California, the tremendous spatial and temporal variation in precipitation suggests that flexible contractual arrangements, such as option contracts, would increase allocative efficiency of water over time and space. Under such arrangements, a...
2006-07-19
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The objective of the present study is to evaluate the purification processes of a public water vending machine company in Ciudad Juarez. A revision of the Osmonics Manual of Pure Water was carried out, as well as other bibliographical sources on...
2006-07-19
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In 2001, an extreme drought tightened water supply in the Upper Klamath Basin (basin) while earlier 2001 increases in Endangered Species Act (ESA) water requirements for basin fish species elevated demands. The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation),...
2006-07-19
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The Rio Grande Basin Initiative began in 2001 aimed at improving irrigation and water use efficiencies, and meeting present and future water demands throughout the Basin in Texas and New Mexico.
2006-07-19
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A handful of universities with exceptionally strong programs in water resources currently offer multi-disciplinary Masters degrees in water resources management for mid-career professionals. The degree programs differ in several respects, but each...
2006-07-18
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The primary objective of using moderately saline water for irrigation, including reclaimed municipal effluent, is to conserve potable water, and its impact on quality of landscapes or the costs of landscape maintenance have received lesser...
2006-07-18
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The United States and other common law countries have a rich tradition of protecting property rights in land. In fact in earlier times these land rights included water as part of the right. Remnants of this are still visible in the riparian rights...
2006-07-18
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The Rio Grande is the fifth longest river in North America. Amistad Reservoir plays an important role for the development of sustainable water in the Rio Grande drainage basin. Reservoir management is a complex process involving not only the...
2006-07-18
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Focusing on the cooperative history of international water, epitomized by hundreds of documented water agreements, the paper argues that cooperation is most likely when the resource is neither abundant (when there is no real impetus for...
2008-07-01
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An empirical study was conducted to assess the need for reform concerning expert witness testimony in Western United States water cases; and to assess the receptiveness of judicial and quasi-judicial officers to various reforms that have been...
2008-07-01
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Through a comparison of the Indus, Jordan, Euphrates, Tigris, and Yarmouk Rivers, this paper examines the role of third parties in mediating international water disputes between adversarial states.
2008-07-01
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The strategic significance of the region has increased in recent years due to the Caspian Basin hydrocarbon resources that are essential to the West. A resurgent, wealthy Russia and the West, engaged in a new "Great Game", are jockeying for...
2008-07-01
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During this presentation we will discuss local and state government response to the 2007- 2008. What are the gaps in water management? What are the opportunities to incentivize planning to address future droughts? Are municipalities and states...
2008-07-01
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The southeastern drought has prompted regular media coverage, policy proclamations, and mandatory changes in water use for many communities. While the public is encountering the news and in some cases feeling the effects of water restrictions,...
2008-07-01
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Water is a critical resource that is needed by many corporations in their international activities and thus the tenets of industrial ecology need to be adapted to corporate environmental planning and sustainability in water issues. This...
2008-07-01
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The Jordan Lake Stakeholder Project (JLSP) was convened by the NC Department of Water Quality (DWQ) to gather public input in response to high levels of nutrients found in Jordan Lake, a reservoir in the central piedmont of North Carolina. The DWQ...
2008-07-01
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