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Full-Text Articles in Environmental Sciences
Conflicts In Water Managment, A. Alvin Bishop
Conflicts In Water Managment, A. Alvin Bishop
Faculty Honor Lectures
Today we hear a lot about the "quality of life" and the "quality of the environment," two terms that everyone understands, but as yet no one has defined. Like others, I will not attempt a definition but introduce my subject by saying that water is intimately tied up with both our life and our environment, and its management has a profound effect for good or bad, depending upon the point of view. Today also, clean water and anti-pollution are popular crusades. Someone or something has to be responsible and engineering and science are convenient scapegoats. Considerable emotionalism is involved and …
Sevier River Basin Floods 1852-1967, United States Department Of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Forest Service, Soil Conservation Service
Sevier River Basin Floods 1852-1967, United States Department Of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Forest Service, Soil Conservation Service
Elusive Documents
This chronology of Sevier River Basin floods extends from 1852 to
1967. Most common and destructive are dry mantle floods, which flow as
a muddy mortar-like substance containing 40 to 55 percent water. Hundreds
of tons of protective topsoil are removed from watershed lands,
debris and boulders are picked up as the flow travels down steep stream
channel gradients, and then the flood is debouched into communities and
on to productive cropland.
Analysis Of Water Reuse Alternatives In An Integrated Urban And Agricultural Area, A. Bruce Bishop, David W. Hendricks
Analysis Of Water Reuse Alternatives In An Integrated Urban And Agricultural Area, A. Bruce Bishop, David W. Hendricks
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Intoduction
The growing demands on our existing water supplies and the current problems of water shortage emphasize the need for a comprehensive approach to analysis and planning of water reuse. The primary focus, heretofore, has been on the treatment technology for achieving water reuse.
The concept of reuse, however, should be broadened to consider a totally integrated urban and agricultural system. This necessitates a systems analysis where water reuse, together with all other water dispositions, is considered in the context of its contribution to the total water resources pool of a region.
The components of the water resource system are …
Spawning And Early Life History Of Largemouth Bass (Micropterus Salmoides) In Wahweap Bay, Lake Powell, Kent D. Miller
Spawning And Early Life History Of Largemouth Bass (Micropterus Salmoides) In Wahweap Bay, Lake Powell, Kent D. Miller
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Spawning time and habitat of largemouth bass, survival of embryos, and growth and food habits of fingerlings were studied in 1968 and 1969 at Wahweap Bay, Lake Powell. Spawning began in mid- to late-April, when mean daily water temperature at nesting depths was 14.4-15.0 Centigrade (58-59 Fahreheit), and continued until mid-June. Most spawning took place on the northeast shore of the bay. Sandstone rubble was the most commonly used bottom type for nesting, either at the base of ledges or around large sandstone boulders. Mean nest depth increased from 1.63 meter to 4.54 meters (5.36 feet to 14.90 feet) in …
Telemetered Heart Rates Of Free-Living Uinta Ground Squirrels In Response To Social Interactions, Robert L. Ruff
Telemetered Heart Rates Of Free-Living Uinta Ground Squirrels In Response To Social Interactions, Robert L. Ruff
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Free-living Uinta ground squirrels (Spermophilus armatus) were instrumented with miniaturized ECG radio-transmitters to measure their short-term and long-term heart rate responses to social interactions. A continuous trapping and direct observation program prior to and during the study provided complete behavioral and life history information for virtually all ground squirrels on the 22-acre study area.
Three broad categories of heart rate information were obtained: responses by squirrels (1) in their burrows, (2) above ground during social interactions, and (3) above ground when animals were not fighting and when conspecifics were both absent and present.
Marked changes in the heart …
Some Aspects Of Muskrat Ecology At Big Island Lake, Alberta, Roger G. Schmitke
Some Aspects Of Muskrat Ecology At Big Island Lake, Alberta, Roger G. Schmitke
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The untimely death brought to a stop the work on his Master of Science degree and a termination of a promising career in the conservation field. Drowned in the line of duty was Roger Schmitke on June 10, 1965, in the Redwater River near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Prior to his death, Roger had worked diligently on his research assignment and had collected all of the data deemed necessary for the completion of the thesis. Partial analysis of the data had been made. The present volume is an attempt to bring together his data and analyses for presentation to his graduate …
Effects Of Season And Intensity Of Use On Desert Vegetation, C. Wayne Cook
Effects Of Season And Intensity Of Use On Desert Vegetation, C. Wayne Cook
UAES Bulletins
Desert ranges of the Great Basin area support about 9 million cattle and sheep for 5 to 6 months each winter. Many of these same ranges are used by cattle year-long.
If forage is not available on desert ranges, livestock have to be wintered on farmsteads or in feedlots after they are forced from the mountains and foothills by snow. Since feeding during the winter is expensive and reduces the economic efficiency of the range livestock operation, there is real advantage in properly managing the desert ranges and conserving the supply of forage for winter grazing.
Managing desert ranges for …
Yield And Composition Of Utah's Range Sites, Lamar R. Mason
Yield And Composition Of Utah's Range Sites, Lamar R. Mason
Elusive Documents
No abstract provided.
Aphids Of Curlew Valley, George F. Knowlton
Models Of Ingestion Rates For Desert Biome Rodents Process Study, Donald R. Johnson
Models Of Ingestion Rates For Desert Biome Rodents Process Study, Donald R. Johnson
Progress reports
No abstract provided.
Development Of Techniques For Estimating Biomass Of Desert Inhabiting Invertebrate Animals Methodological Study, Gordon L. Bender
Development Of Techniques For Estimating Biomass Of Desert Inhabiting Invertebrate Animals Methodological Study, Gordon L. Bender
Progress reports
No abstract provided.
Validation Studies At Deep Creek, Curlew Valley Validation Study, G. W. Minshall, F. L. Rose, D. A. Andrews, D. M. Shaw
Validation Studies At Deep Creek, Curlew Valley Validation Study, G. W. Minshall, F. L. Rose, D. A. Andrews, D. M. Shaw
Progress reports
No abstract provided.
Validation Studies At Tucson, Arizona, David Hendricks, A. Neil Macgregor, E. Lendell Cockrum, Et Al
Validation Studies At Tucson, Arizona, David Hendricks, A. Neil Macgregor, E. Lendell Cockrum, Et Al
Progress reports
No abstract provided.
Validation Studies At Locomotive Springs, Curlew Valley Validation Study, J. Anne Holman
Validation Studies At Locomotive Springs, Curlew Valley Validation Study, J. Anne Holman
Progress reports
No abstract provided.
Data Bank And Data Processing, Us/Ibp Analysis Of Ecosystems Desert Biome
Data Bank And Data Processing, Us/Ibp Analysis Of Ecosystems Desert Biome
Progress reports
No abstract provided.
The Effect Of Carbon On Algal Growth--Its Relationship To Eutrophication, Joel C. Goldman, Donald B. Porcella, Joe E. Middlebrooks, Daniel F. Toerien
The Effect Of Carbon On Algal Growth--Its Relationship To Eutrophication, Joel C. Goldman, Donald B. Porcella, Joe E. Middlebrooks, Daniel F. Toerien
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Introduction: Natural and cultural eutrophication (enrichment with nutrients) frequnetly results in excessive algal growths thereby reducing the beneficial uses of surface waters (Hasler, 1947; Thomas, 1955, Edmondson et al., 1956, Oswald and Golueke, 1966, Skulberg, 1967, Mackenthun et al., 1968, Goldman and Armstrong, 1969, McGauhey et al., 1968,1969, 1970a, 1970b). Recent reviews emphsize that the prevention of further reduction in the quality of water resources requires the implementation of effective control measures (Goldman, 1965, Steward and Rohlich, 1967, Middlebrooks et al., 1969, Rohlich, 1969). Effective control of cultural eutrophication must involve the manipulation of those factors which affect algal growth, …
Further Studies Of The Optimum Operation Of Desalting Plants As A Supplemental Source Of Firm Yield, Calvin G. Clyde, Wesley H. Blood
Further Studies Of The Optimum Operation Of Desalting Plants As A Supplemental Source Of Firm Yield, Calvin G. Clyde, Wesley H. Blood
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The Operating Rule Program was developed in an earlier study to furnish a means to determine optimum desalting plant size, optimal operating rule, and costs of operating in conjunction with existing water supply systems, under the present study, five further objectives were accomplished: (1) The program was applied to a New York City water supply system feasibility study in connection with a dual purpose nuclear power plant to develop costs for adding firm yield to the New York City water supply system in conjunctive operation with the desalting plant. (2) The program was modified to enable assessment of stage construction …
Development Of Cold Cloud Seeding Technology For Use In Precipitation Management, Charles F. Chappell, Joel E. Fletcher, George W. Reynolds, William N. Mcneill, Ronald Campbell
Development Of Cold Cloud Seeding Technology For Use In Precipitation Management, Charles F. Chappell, Joel E. Fletcher, George W. Reynolds, William N. Mcneill, Ronald Campbell
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This is a report of the world accomplished and results obtained under a 2-year contract. The primary objective of the Wasatch Weather Modification Project is to assess the effectiveness of selected procedures for increasing the water supply in the Wasatch Mountains by cloud seeding. As part of this overall objective, an airborne seeding experiment has been conducted for two winter seasons. Preliminary results of this experiment indicate a positive seeding effect within and on the periphery of the designated target area. A summary of project designs, procedures, and problems encountered is also included. Data processing, editing, analysis and display procedures, …
Inverse Solutions To Three-Dimensional Free Surface Potential Flows, Roland W. Jeppson
Inverse Solutions To Three-Dimensional Free Surface Potential Flows, Roland W. Jeppson
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Methods are developed and defined for obtaining numerical solutions to three-dimensional, free surface, invisvid, incompressible fluid flows and three-dimensional free surface Darcian flow in porous media. Since those boundaries consisting of free surface are unknown a priori, a solution to the space boundary value problem resulting from a formulation in the physical space is very difficult, if not impossible, to obtain. Consequently, the methods described herein are based on a formulation in a space defined by a potential function and two mutually orthogonal stream surfaces whose intersections define the streamlines of the flow. In this space the positions of free …
Extending Utility Of Non-Urban Water Supplies, Jay M. Bagley
Extending Utility Of Non-Urban Water Supplies, Jay M. Bagley
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Extending the utility of an existing water supply in any river basin suggests a management-planning approach under three general guiding principles: (1) minimize depletions wherever possible (thereby maintaining a greater manageable quantity with subsequent potential to satisfy more uses); (2) generally preserve, protect, and improve water quality (thereby retaining its itility for use by a wider variety of potential users); and (3) make carefully considered allocations (thereby assuring multiples duty, more optimal sequencing, and shifts in use to conform to current and projected soil preferences). There are many technological and managerial techniques that can be employed to implement these principles. …
The Behavior Of Pvc Pipe Under The Action Of Water Hammer Pressure Waves, Gary Z. Watters
The Behavior Of Pvc Pipe Under The Action Of Water Hammer Pressure Waves, Gary Z. Watters
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Introduction: Hydraulic transients, commonly referred to as water hammer, occur in a hydraulic system whenver the velocity of flow in any one of the pipes in the system is caused to change. The magnitude of the pressure waves generated by a given change in velocity depends on the geometry of the pipe system, the magnitude of the velocity change and the elastic wave velocity in the system componenets. In turn, the elastic wave velocity depends on the modulus of elasticity of the fluid and the pipe material, the size and thickness of the pipe, the method by which the pipe …
A Computer Model Of The Quantity And Chemical Quality Of Return Flow, Jimmie L. Thomas, J. Paul Riley, Eugene K. Israelsen
A Computer Model Of The Quantity And Chemical Quality Of Return Flow, Jimmie L. Thomas, J. Paul Riley, Eugene K. Israelsen
Reports
A hybrid computer program is developed to predict the water and salt outflow from a river basin in which irrigation is the major water user. A chemical model which predicts the quality of water percolated through a soil profile is combined with a general hydrologic model into form the system simulation model. The chemical model considers the reactions that occur in the soil, including the exchange of calcium, magnesium, and sodium cations on the soil complex, and the dissolution and precipitation of gypsum and lime. The chemical composition of the outflow is a function of these chemical processes within the …
Detergent And Non-Detergent Phosphorus In Sewage, Donald B. Porcella, E. J. Middlebrooks
Detergent And Non-Detergent Phosphorus In Sewage, Donald B. Porcella, E. J. Middlebrooks
Reports
Introduction: Quantitative data on nutrient levels in sewage from homes which are using heavy-duty detergents and which have been restrcited from using such detergents is necessary before rational decisions on the removal of phosphorus from detergetn can be made. Furthermore, the effect of various standard sewage treatment schemes on phosphorus levels should be evaluated to determine the relative cost of such treatment. Then the cost (to society, the environment, and to the taxpayer) of phosphorus removal from detergent and/or from sewage effluents can be estimated and such data utilized to make the appropriate policy decisions. The report herein presented is …
Water Resources Planning And Social Goals: Conceptualization Toward A New Methodology, D. Peterson, H. Caulfield, R. D'Arge, D. Gordon, M Marts, T. Roefs, R. Roelofs
Water Resources Planning And Social Goals: Conceptualization Toward A New Methodology, D. Peterson, H. Caulfield, R. D'Arge, D. Gordon, M Marts, T. Roefs, R. Roelofs
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A modeling concept relating water resource use to
Correspondence On Home Range Determination For Small Mammals, F.B. Turner, R.D. Anderson, D.F. Balph
Correspondence On Home Range Determination For Small Mammals, F.B. Turner, R.D. Anderson, D.F. Balph
Memorandum
No abstract provided.
Development Of A Technique For Measuring The Water Balance Of Validation Study Areas Methodological Study, John Thames, H. Qashu, C. Kiesel
Development Of A Technique For Measuring The Water Balance Of Validation Study Areas Methodological Study, John Thames, H. Qashu, C. Kiesel
Progress reports
No abstract provided.
The Jornada Validation Site (Playa- Nmsu Ranch) Validation Study, Walter G. Whitford, John Ludwig
The Jornada Validation Site (Playa- Nmsu Ranch) Validation Study, Walter G. Whitford, John Ludwig
Progress reports
No abstract provided.
Growth And Development Of Sitanion Hystrix Process Study, M. Hironaka, E. W. Tisdale
Growth And Development Of Sitanion Hystrix Process Study, M. Hironaka, E. W. Tisdale
Progress reports
No abstract provided.
Evaluation Of Techniques For Estimating Population Sizes In Desert Rodents Methodological Study, C. D. Jorgensen, H. D. Smith, D. T. Scott, H. D. Tolley
Evaluation Of Techniques For Estimating Population Sizes In Desert Rodents Methodological Study, C. D. Jorgensen, H. D. Smith, D. T. Scott, H. D. Tolley
Progress reports
No abstract provided.
Diets, Food Preferences And Reproductive Cycles Of Some Desert Mammals Process Study, Russell P. Balda, Gary C. Bateman, Terry A. Vaughan
Diets, Food Preferences And Reproductive Cycles Of Some Desert Mammals Process Study, Russell P. Balda, Gary C. Bateman, Terry A. Vaughan
Progress reports
No abstract provided.