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Water supply reliability is a major concern for water users in regions subject to prolonged drought. In much of the western US, agricultural districts hold the most senior and reliable water rights. Access to this water during drought is of great...
2006-07-18
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In Southern Idaho, as in most of the western US, available fresh water supplies are essentially fully appropriated and future economic growth depends upon the ability to transfer water rights from lower value uses. These transfers often involve a...
2006-07-18
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Fiscal, physical, environmental and political consideration have severally restricted building new reservoirs to meet municipal water needs in Texas and throughout the American west. Water management is transitioning from an era of reservoir...
2006-07-18
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In many parts of the western U.S. that rely on groundwater, the sustainability of aquifers is tenuous. Water supply managers have opportunities for rainwater harvesting where community development increases stormwater runoff. Stormwater control...
2006-07-18
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In this paper authors present results of a soil column experiment on salinity effects and salt movement from surface applied gray water and brackish water.
2006-07-18
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Reclaimed water use has the potential to help communities, especially in the arid southwest, meet growing water demands under dwindling fresh water supplies. Reclaimed water represents a reliable supply of water for small-scale production...
2006-07-18
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Desalination offers an opportunity for source diversification of water for many communities, along with possible defenses against security threats potentially affecting clean water supplies. The economic costs associated with constructing and...
2006-07-18
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Recent growth in demand for alternative water resources in South Texas has resulted in a rapid growth of brackish groundwater desalination plants, including the largest in Texas. This paper will focus on the successes and lessons learned from...
2006-07-18
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An investigation of current water use in small rural cities in the Aral Sea disaster zone, as a means of devising a rational water use model rural villages of Uzbekistan.
2007-07-26
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The paper reviews some past and present (new, known, and forgotten) lessons to help us face the challenge of natural resource, ecological, and human sustainability, how that might be accomplished, and to provide vital information from current...
2007-07-26
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This study estimates the economic value of irrigation water shortfalls in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. The water shortage levels correspond closely to the delivery shortfalls experienced by the U.S. during the 1990s when Mexico fell behind on...
2007-07-26
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Thermoelectric power generation currently accounts for 40% of all fresh water withdrawals in the U.S. - the same as is withdrawn for irrigation – and for approximately the same amount of fresh water consumed as the industrial/mining sector. Future...
2006-07-20
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Many invasive species have moved unintentionally through human assisted pathways causing significant environmental and economic impact. Identifying pathways likely to spread species and preventing introductions is inconsistent from office to...
2005-07-12
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The Texas Panhandle is a semi-arid region with varied rainfall. The variation in rainfall leads to variation in the year-to-year production of agricultural products. Therefore the Texas Panhandle relies on irrigation to both increase and stabilize...
2006-07-20
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INTERA is currently working with Santa Fe County, New Mexico, to develop a regional groundwater availability model and decision support system (DSS) to assist the County in evaluating potential well locations for new water supply sources. The...
2006-07-19
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High rates of water withdrawal from the Ogallala aquifer threatens sustainability of various agricultural uses. Since rainfall patterns differ across many Western regions where beef grazing and combined beef and crop rotation practices prevail,...
2006-07-19
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This paper describes conjunctive surface water – groundwater management approaches to water allocation and administration on the South Platte in Colorado, focusing in particular on the hydrologic evaluation of the efficacy of the various...
2006-07-19
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Abstracts of presentations given on Wednesday, 19 July 2006, in session 17 of the UCOWR Conference.
2006-07-19
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More than any other natural resource, water holds the key to our future. Yet scarcity and competition for water, heightened environmental concerns, and the expense of new water-supply development make sound water management increasingly difficult...
2006-07-19
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The last decades in Mexico have been marked by decentralization to the municipal level of water services. Questions arise relating to the best modality of municipal integration to the water administration systems and their services. Also...
2006-07-19
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Climate change is likely to impact the economic demand and supply for water resources. Changes in temperatures and effective precipitation will shift evapotranspiration and hence demand, while climate change throughout a watershed will change both...
2005-07-12
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By explicitly identifying the dimensions that complicate dam removal decisions, this paper aims to clarify how these project parameters affect net economic benefits and thus improve communication among the many other disciplines involved in such...
2005-07-12
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In 1997, a project was completed on the Mad River in Waterbury, Connecticut to provide physical habitat enhancement measures in a previously altered reach of river. That project provides several lessons about the application of such restoration...
2005-07-12
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This erosion assessment was conducted to evaluate the condition of the streambanks and the storm sewer outfalls along the Root River within the City of Racine (the City) and the associated erosion and erosion potential. The study area includes...
2005-07-12
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The United States Geological Survey lists over 30 non-native aquatic plant species colonizing water bodies in Louisiana. Some have been here for decades and remain fairly rare (such as Asian duck lettuce) while others (such as common salvinia,...
2005-07-12
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