Colorado River Basin Water Management
Title | Colorado River Basin Water Management PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 222 |
Release | 2007-06-30 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0309105242 |
Recent studies of past climate and streamflow conditions have broadened understanding of long-term water availability in the Colorado River, revealing many periods when streamflow was lower than at any time in the past 100 years of recorded flows. That information, along with two important trends-a rapid increase in urban populations in the West and significant climate warming in the region-will require that water managers prepare for possible reductions in water supplies that cannot be fully averted through traditional means. Colorado River Basin Water Management assesses existing scientific information, including temperature and streamflow records, tree-ring based reconstructions, and climate model projections, and how it relates to Colorado River water supplies and demands, water management, and drought preparedness. The book concludes that successful adjustments to new conditions will entail strong and sustained cooperation among the seven Colorado River basin states and recommends conducting a comprehensive basinwide study of urban water practices that can be used to help improve planning for future droughts and water shortages.
Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Northern Gulf of Mexico
Title | Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Northern Gulf of Mexico PDF eBook |
Author | Committee on Clean Water Act Implementation Across the Mississippi River Basin |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 34 |
Release | 2012-12-31 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0309162726 |
Most water resources managers, scientists, and other experts would agree that nonpoint source pollution is a more pressing and challenging national water quality problem today than point source pollution. Nonpoint sources of pollutants include parking lots, farm fields, forests, or any source not from a discrete conveyance such as a pipe or canal. Of particular concern across the Mississippi River basin (MRB) are high levels of nutrient loadings--nitrogen and phosphorus--from both nonpoint and point sources that ultimately are discharged into the northern Gulf of Mexico (NGOM). Nutrients emanate from both point and nonpoint sources across the river basin, but the large majority of nutrient yields across the MRB are nonpoint in nature and are associated with agricultural activities, especially applications of nitrogen-based fertilizers and runoff from concentrated animal feeding operations. Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Northern Gulf of Mexico offers strategic advice and priorities for addressing MRB and NGOM water quality management and improvements. Although there is considerable uncertainty as to whether national water quality goals can be fully realized without some fundamental changes to the CWA, there is general agreement that significant progress can be made under existing statutory authority and budgetary processes. This book includes four sections identifying priority areas and offering recommendations to EPA and others regarding priority actions for Clean Water Act implementation across the Mississippi River basin. These sections are: USDA's Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative; Numeric Water Quality Criteria for the northern Gulf of Mexico; A Basinwide Strategy for Nutrient Management and Water Quality; and, Stronger Leadership and Collaboration.
River Basin Reports: Snake River Basin; interim report no.1-
Title | River Basin Reports: Snake River Basin; interim report no.1- PDF eBook |
Author | Oregon. State Water Resources Board |
Publisher | |
Pages | 250 |
Release | 1958 |
Genre | Water resources development |
ISBN |
River Basin Reports: Lower Willametee River Basin
Title | River Basin Reports: Lower Willametee River Basin PDF eBook |
Author | Oregon. State Water Resources Board |
Publisher | |
Pages | 182 |
Release | 1965 |
Genre | Water resources development |
ISBN |
River Basin Reports: Umatilla River Basin
Title | River Basin Reports: Umatilla River Basin PDF eBook |
Author | Oregon. State Water Resources Board |
Publisher | |
Pages | 182 |
Release | 1963 |
Genre | Water resources development |
ISBN |
River Basin Reports: North Coast Basin
Title | River Basin Reports: North Coast Basin PDF eBook |
Author | Oregon. State Water Resources Board |
Publisher | |
Pages | 196 |
Release | 1958 |
Genre | Water resources development |
ISBN |
Annual Report
Title | Annual Report PDF eBook |
Author | Missouri River Basin Commission |
Publisher | |
Pages | 12 |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | Water resources development |
ISBN |