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Development And Preliminary Application Of Mathematical Models To The Weber Basin, W. J. Grenney, D. S. Bowles, M. D. Chambers, J. P. Riley

Reports

The adoption of stream standards, whether for direct application or for the establishment of realistic effluent standards, creates a need to predict the impact of pollution loads on river water quality during critical flow periods or as the result of future user demands. Because of the complexity of aquatic systems, mathematical models are an excellent medium for bringing together the state-of-the-art knowledge from a variety of disciplines into a form which can be readily applied to practical problems. Applying a mathematical model to a river system has the added advantage of providing a structure for the systematic consideration of the …

Multiple Uses Of Utah Irrigation Canals: Cache County As A Case Study, James J. Kennedy, Komain Unhanand

Reports

Irrigation use is an obvious benefit of Utah canals that has been recognized for over 100 years. This study attempts to illustrate other, less obvious, uses. the major use examined was recreational, but canals are presently functioning as storm drainage systems and have potential for diverting flood crests in many river systems.

Recreational use of canals falls into two categories. There is passive use such as its landscape values, affects on creating shade and bird-wildlife habitat, etc., that is difficult to quantify but no less important than active canal use such as tubing, hiking, bank-play, bicycling, etc. We selected several …

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 6, Nos. 3 And 4. September-December 1974

The Prairie Naturalist

A BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF KRAFT SLOUGH ▪ G. L. Krapu & H. F. Duebbert

CHRISTMAS BIRD·COUNTS FOR NORTH DAKOTA - 1974 ▪ R. N. Randall

USE OF SMALL FENCES TO PROTECT GROUND BIRD NESTS FROM MAMMALIAN PREDATORS ▪ A. B. Sargeant & A. D. Kruse

BOOK REVIEW: Finding Birds in Minnesota ▪ E. M. Welter

Hydraulic And Flow Studies Related To Sediment Transport, Kentucky River, Kentucky, Bruce R. Moore, Michael R. Short, Thomas Wachs

KWRRI Research Reports

This study related the conditions of flow and channel shape to distribution of sediment types in the Kentucky River. Seven distinct types of sediment association were delineated and these have a regular pattern of distribution influenced by the presence of navigation locks and dams. The most suitable locations for commercial extraction of bed material were clearly indicated and the variations of sand size delineated by the study. The irregular discharge pattern of the stream indicates potential problems in the disposal of solid waste pollutants.

A remeasurement of the dredge hole in the Ohio River indicated a continuation of the same …

Water Current, Volume 6, No. 11, November 1974

Water Current Newsletter

Guest Editorial: Earl R. Kendle, Chief, Research Division, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
Deadline for Research Proposals
NWRRI Hires Research Associate
Underground Water Supplies Remain the Same
Greater Priority Urged for Platte Level B Study
Coming Crisis -- Water Shortage?
EPA Orders Study of Nation's Drinking Water
Water Resources Council to Conduct Project Cost Sharing Study
Corps of Engineers Reviewing Project Deauthorization
Methods for Cleaner Irrigation Runoff
Water Proponents Defend Water Resource Spending
Expo '74 "Tote Board" or Resource Use
ERTS Can Locate Energy Resources and Protect Environment
Research Review: Water Quality Study of Runoff from Agricultural Lands

Legal Symposium On Wetlands: An Executive Summary, Roger D. Anderson, David Garten, Ted Smolen

Reports

In 1969 the Virginia Institute of Marine Science published a report stating that although marshlands represented only one-half of one percent of the total area of the state, 95 percent of Virginia 's annual harvest of sport and commercial fisheries were dependent to some degree upon these valuable wetlands . The report went on to urge some form of public control over these vital areas in order to relieve some of the pressures created by dredging, filling, diking and bulkheading.

Recognizing the need to address this issue, the 1971 General Assembly passed House Joint Resolution Number 60, creating a Wetlands …

Water Current, Volume 6, No. 10, October 1974

Water Current Newsletter

From the Desk of the Director
Thanks Don for a Job Well Done
Deadline for Research Proposals
NWRRI Hosts Research in Action Conference
Learn About Nebraska's Water Quality
NWRRI Advisory Committee Meets
Director Lectures at Maine
Hydrologist Position Available
Forestry Chairman Sought
Wise Water Use Advocated
MRBC Director Sees Adequate Water for Planned Development
MRBC Committee on Energy and Environment
Energy Research and Development Adminstration Established
EPA Reports on Future Wastewater Treatment Plant Needs
New Criteria for EPA Grants
"Second America" Needs Discussed by USGS
Research Review: Disposal of Cattle Feedlot Runoff on Agricultural Land

Computer Sheets, Walter A. Lawrance

Walter Lawrance Papers

No abstract provided.

Lower Androscoggin, Walter A. Lawrance

Walter Lawrance Papers

No abstract provided.

Upper Androscoggin River, Walter A. Lawrance

Walter Lawrance Papers

No abstract provided.

Press Reports, Walter A. Lawrance

Walter Lawrance Papers

No abstract provided.

Water Current, Volume 6, No. 9, September 1974

Water Current Newsletter

From the Desk of the Director
Deadlines for Research Proposals
NWRRI Hosts Research in Action Conference
Opening: River Basin Planner
Hal Schroeder Speaks at ICE/WRC Conference
$1.6 Billion for Nebraska Sewage Needs
FY 1975 Title II Projects Announced
Discount Rate for Water Resources Projects Increases
Water Gun: Toy or Tool?
EPA Administrator Comments on Chlorine
Completed Water Projects Ignored
Senator Defends Current Water Policies
Rail-Barge System May Join Hands
Urban Water Pollution
New General Counsel of WRC
Research Review: Recharge Simulation Model

Sodium, Potassium, Calcium And Magnesium Content Of Northwest Arkansas Rain Water In 1973 And Trace Metal Analyses Of 1974 Rains, G. H. Wagner, R. W. Holloway

Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Metabolic Capabilities Of Sulfur Oxidizing Bacteria And Their Role In Water Pollution, M. I. H. Aleem

KWRRI Research Reports

This report describes investigations into the physiology of microorganisms that are commonly involved in the oxidation of inorganic sulfur compounds. The metabolic activities of these bacteria play a potent role in several fields of economic importance such as strip mining operations, water pollution, corrosion, metallurgy, petroleum technology and soil fertility processes.

The oxidation of inorganic sulfur compounds was studied in the chemolithotrophs Thiobacillus denitrificans, Thiobacillus A₂, Thiobacillus neapolitanus, and a photolithotroph Rhodopseudomonas palustris. Cell suspensions from all of the thiobacilli catalyzed completely the oxidation of sulfide, thiosulfate, and sulfite to sulfate. The oxidation of thiosulfate in R. palustris …

Powers Of The State Of Kentucky In Implementing An Effluent Tax As A Part Of An Interstate Ohio River Basin Water Pollution Control Program, Anita L. Morse, Edward Zeigler

KWRRI Research Reports

This report is intended to set forth some of the problems and solutions involved in financing and regulating water quality control. The purpose is to record some of the major problems confronting those who legislate water quality, those who espouse technological answers, and those who see the problem in terms of economic solutions. The limits placed by political and institutional constraints on solutions to these problems are frequently not understandable.

Within this report are contained separate investigations: a study of federal-interstate relations and the interstate compact; a study of Kentucky's common law approach to water rights; a study of financing …

Water Current, Volume 6, No. 8, August 1974

Water Current Newsletter

Guest Editorial: Mandatory versus Voluntary, Dayle Williamson, Executive Secretary, Nebraska Natural Resources Commission
Deadlines for Research Projects
NWRRI Hosts Research in Action Conference
DEC Director Named
Nebraska Receives Discharge Elimination Report
Sewage Treatment Plant in Lincoln
Nebraska Drought
South Dakota Seeks Additional Missouri River Benefits
Main-Stem Water Marketing
OWRR Reorganized
ERTS Begins Third Year in Orbit
Sirotherm - An Australian Development for Purifying Water
Purpose, Policy and Objectives
Research Review: Alternatives in Area Management of Groundwater

Build-Up Of Mineral Content In Lake Dardanelle And The Effect On Zooplankton, Tom N. Palko

Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Spatially Varied Subcritical And Supercritical Flow In Gullies, T. Y. Kao

KWRRI Research Reports

The objective of this study was to investigate the phenomena of subcritical and supercritical spatially varied flow in rectangular expansions such as that in an erosion gully. Based on momentum and continuity principles, equations were developed to predict such flow phenomena. Computations of the water surface profiles for subcritical spatially varied flow were carried out by applying direct step numerical calculations. Because of the presence of standing waves, the method of characteristics was employed in the analytical analysis of the supercritical flow phenomena. Of primary importance in this study is the effect of varying amounts of lateral inflow rates. Other …

Analysis Of Unsteady Flow Toward Artesian Wells By Three-Dimensional Finite Elements, Yang H. Huang, Shen-Jyh Wu

KWRRI Research Reports

A three-dimensional finite element computer program was developed for analyzing unsteady flow toward artesian wells. The program is designed especially for determining the drawdown around an artesian well penetrating fully or partially a nonhomogeneous and anisotropic aquifer of irregular shape and cross section. It can also be used as a general program for aquifer simulation and evaluation. A major advantage of the program lies in the minimum amount of input data required. By assuming the top and bottom boundaries of the aquifer as two arbitrary planes, the aquifer will be divided into six- or eight-node elements, and their nodal coordinates …

A Position Paper Of Environmental Education For Nelson County, Geneva B. Hunt

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The results of a survey, concerning environmental education taken of the educators of the Nelson County School System, indicated a need for environmental education workshops and classes.

The status of environmental education in the nation and in Kentucky were studied and compared. A research was done of the status of environmental education in Nelson County, and implications were drawn for implementing environmental education in the Nelson County School System.

A tentative program for implementing environmental education in the Nelson Country schools was given, and a bibliography of resources and materials to be used in said program was included.

Water Current, Volume 6, No. 7, July 1974

Water Current Newsletter

Guest Editorial: Hal L. Schroeder, Chairman, Water Resources Research Institute Advisory Committee
Deadlines for Research Proposals
Research Contracts from Old West Commission
State Reclamation Projects Funded
Water Management Needed in Nebraska
DEC Issues Power Plant Permit
Rann Proposal Guidelines Available
Water Resources Information Program
Principles and Standards - Procedure #1
New Energy Developments Will Use More Water
Research Review: A Regional Model for Predicting Great Plains Evapotranspiration

Water Salvage Potentials In Utah, Volume I. Open Water Evaporation And Monolayer Suppression Potential, Trevor C. Hughes, E. Arlo Richardson, James A. Franckiewicz

Reports

An estimate of the potential in Utah for evaporation suppression by the monolayer film method is presented. The model estimates evaporation suppression as a function of wind speed, a four parameter exposure factor, and reservoir size. The estimated suppression factors vary from 0 to 30 percent and average 11 percent of the statewide total annual evaporation. Estimates of May to October evaporation and suppression potential are calculated for each of the 227 impoundments in the surface water inventory. A forthcoming report in this series will examine the potential for evaporation suppression by thermal destratification. This procedure, which is already being …

Water Current, Volume 6, No. 6, June 1974

Water Current Newsletter

From the Desk of the Director
1974 Summer Institute
Deadlines for Research Proposals
Support Available for PhD Candidates
EPA and Feedlot Industries
EPA--No Exception
Fire on Asbestos
Solar Hot Water Heater Available
Cancer from Drinking Water
1975 Autos May Be Health Hazards
Soil Acts as Neutralizer
Jack C. Jorgensen Appointed Associate Director of OWRR
New State Institute Directors
Research Review: Improved Water and Fertility Management in Irrigation Systems

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 6, No.2. June 1974

The Prairie Naturalist

WOOD DUCKS IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ H. A. Doty

AERIAL FEEDING BY RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS NEAR FULLER'S LAKE, NORTH DAKOTA ▪ W. C. Royall, Jr. & O. E. Bray

ARBOREAL WOODCHUCKS? ▪ K. T. Killingbeck

IMAGES, CHOICE, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ▪ E. Smith

BREEDING STATUS OF THE LEAST BITTERN IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ C. L. Cink

NOTE: Maximum Sizes for Ambystomatid Salamanders ▪ D. W. Larson

Water Current, Volume 6, No. 5, May 1974

Water Current Newsletter

From the Desk of the Director
1974 Summer Institute
Dr. Peter Huntoon to Wyoming
Deadlines for Research Proposals
Two Matching Grants Funded
OWRR Scientist to Visit Nebraska
Nebraska's Research Needs
Water Permit Program Changes Hands
MRBC Announces Planning Goals and Objectives
Barbarossa Named MRBC Director of Planning
Nation's Water Quality - Getting Better or Worse?
Water Resources Development Act Signed
OSW Funds Cut (Again!)
EPA and WPCF to Recommend Changes to PL 92-500
More Flexibility for Effluent Guidelines
Research Review: Biological Control of "Sphaerotilus natans" and Other Related Species in Waste Waters

Fomes Annosus In Giant Sequoia, Douglas D. Piirto, John R. Parmeter Jr., F. W. Cobb Jr.

Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.

Pinniped Populations At Islas Ae Guadalupe, San Benito, Cedros, And Natividad, Baja California, In 1968, Robert L. Brownell Jr., Robert L. Delong, Ralph W. Schreibe

United States Department of Commerce: Staff Publications

In April and June 1968, the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program (POBSP) of the Smithsonian Institution conducted surveys on breeding marine birds and pinnipeds on various Mexican islands. Between 18 to 26 April and 21 to 29 June, pinniped populations were surveyed at Islas de Guadalupe, San Benito, Cedros, and Natividad off Baja California. Species observed were the California sea lion, Zalophus californianus, Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi, harbor seal, Phoca vitulina, and northern elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris

Seed Reserves In Desert Soils, David W. Goodall, Suzanne J. Morgan

Memorandum

Soil and litter samples were collected from the playa, playa fringe and bajada zones of the Jornada Validation Site. These samples were analyzed for their seed content, special attention being paid to spatial distribution. At the time of sampling, there was little litter on the soil surface, and the litter contained only a small proportion of the total seeds present.

Microfossils From The Upper Severy Shale (Pennsylvanian) Near Dubois, Nebraska, Robert F. Diffendal Jr.

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Organic rich limestone nodules within the Severy Shale Formation collected directly above the Nodaway Coal Member near DuBois, Nebraska, have yielded a rich microflora and microfauna. The microflora includes Triletes megaspores, seeds, cuticle, and pieces of wood with well preserved structures. The microfaunal skeletal material is either partially or completely replaced by pyrite, marcasite, or, in rare cases, by sphalerite. The following major invertebrate groups and genera within these groups have been identified to date: Bryozoa (one undetermined genus); Brachiopoda (Juresania) ; Gastropoda (four undetermined genera); Ammonoidea (one undetermined genus); Ostracoda (Amphissites, Coryellites, Hollinella, Macrocypris); Echinoidea (five spine types); and …

A Localized Epizootic Of Trichomoniasis In Mourning Doves, Ellis Greiner, William Baxter

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: Staff Research Publications

Trichomonas gallinae was present in 47% (57/121) of adult, 41% (7/17) of juvenile, and 29% (2/7) of nestling mourning doves (Zenaida ,nacroura) from Lincoln, Nebraska. Throat lesions were present in 5.9% (43/724) of the mourning doves trapped for banding. Two of four pigeons (Columba livia) possessed T. gallinae, but none contained throat lesions.