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This talk describes our efforts to realize a network of small, low-cost X-band radars suitable for deployment in high-population urban regions. The radar design is based on a single-polarization Raymarine "boat radar" suitably modified to suppress...
2007-07-25
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The National Weather Service's Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (AHPS) currently provides river flow/stage and forecast information at more than 3,600 forecast points across the United States. Along with this information, AHPS describes...
2007-07-25
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This study explores different combinations of infrastructure and agreement type that define three different transfer programs, describing the frequency and volume of transfers associated with each, as well as its costs. The agreements are...
2007-07-25
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We report progress on an effort to develop a unified framework for constructing scenarios for water resource management. We place particular emphasis on semi-arid environments and forces external to the traditional water management process such as...
2007-07-25
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This paper presents an overview of enhanced aquifer recharge, its current status in New Mexico, and methods that can be used to monitor the movement and quality of recharged water. Despite their growing use in communities throughout the United...
2006-07-18
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Despite its critical role in agriculture and potable water supply for the region, few studies have evaluated the microbial quality of the Rio Grande River, especially for the parasites Cryptosporidium and Giardia. Cryptosporidium and Giardia cause...
2006-07-18
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Coastal Louisiana is characterized by low-lying topography and an intricate network of sounds, estuaries, bays, marshes, lakes, rivers and inlets that permit widespread inundation during hurricanes, such as that witnessed during the 2005 hurricane...
2007-07-25
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In this manuscript we report on findings from a quasi-field experiment of a small group of subjects displaced by the 2005 hurricanes, Katrina and Rita. The sampled group, though small, is remarkable in that they all were deeply and personally...
2007-07-25
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As oil prices continue to increase and uncertainties associated with the affects of peak oil create economic instability, local agriculture will be relied upon to provide food and materials to nearby communities. At the same time, uncertainties...
2007-07-24
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Conjunctive use of surface and groundwater becomes one of important strategies of water supply management that should be considered to optimize the water resources development, management and conservation within a basin, especially in arid regions...
2006-07-19
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The problem of increasing freshwater supplies is the west is not only a matter of water quantity it is also a problem of water quality and failures in the existing regulatory scheme. A case in point is the contamination of surface waters with...
2006-07-19
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Change of filter properties of porosity rock and filter wells takes place, owning to salt ratio and corrosion products of water well’s metallic elements. To rehabilitate filter indices of rocks in a water well’s filter area for the first time, a...
2006-07-19
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Biofuels, especially ethanol, have emerged as the most recent threat to sustainable water resources management. Although there is some concern about the direct effect of ethanol production on water demand, this effect is small compared to the...
2007-07-24
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The Oklahoma Mesonet, a statewide automated network of more than 110 environmental monitoring stations, has proven to be very useful to the state's water management functions at both the wet and dry ends of the hydrological spectrum.
2007-07-24
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