Watershed Management and Restoration
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, watershed management is the continuous process of creating and implementing plans, programs, and projects with partners using a multi-disciplinary and adaptive approach to sustain and enhance natural watersheds. Resources available in this sub-theme include watershed management technical reports, tools to assess flows in ecosystems, and other resources that support sustainable watershed management and restoration.
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Water Management in Philippine Irrigation Systems, Research and Operations
Published:
January 1, 1973U.S. Agency for International Development
PRESENTS 18 PAPERS READ AT THE WATER MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP HELD IN DECEMBER, 1972, BY THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE. THEY DEAL WITH SOIL-PLANT-WATER RELATIONSHIPS, SYSTEM AND PILOT PROJECT OPERATIONS, TECHNICAL PROBLEMS, ECONOMIC PROBLEMS, AND THE...Read more
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Philippines, East Asia and PacificThe Indus Rivers and Tarbel Dam
Published:
January 1, 1972U.S. Agency for International Development
A FAIRLY BRIEF HISTORY OF THE INDUS RIVER BASIN, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE HISTORY OF THE TARBELA DAM. THE REPORT BEGINS WITH A QUICK DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUS RIVER BASIN AND THEN DISCUSSES THE INDEPENDENCE OF INDIA AND THE CREATION OF PAKISTAN. WITH PARTITION CAME CONFLICT OVER THE RIVER AND IN...Read more
Analysis and Application of a Digitally Simulated Electronic Watershed Analog
Published:
January 1, 1972U.S. Agency for International Development
Watershed modelers are faced with two conflicting requirements in selecting a model for the simulation of watershed hydrologic processes. The first is to select a model that is as descriptive as possible and second is to avoid over-complexity. The electric watershed analog described in this report...Read more
On-Site Study of Major Watershed Installations in the Southeastern U.S.
Published:
January 1, 1971U.S. Agency for International Development
The subject matter discussed and studied on this trip can be divided into four general, categories: '(1) Evapotranspiration (ET) phenomena and their physical relationship to stream flow, (2)Hydrologic prediction of stream flow by mathematical models, (3) Erosion and land rehabilitation...Read more
Development of Aids for Teaching Systems Analysis of Watershed Management
Published:
January 1, 1971U.S. Agency for International Development
Education in the system analysis of watershed management consists of both the acquisition of factual knowledge and the development of a decision making capacity. The applied utility of computers can provide an efficient, and often the only approach to obtaining solutions both to real world problems...Read more
Bibliography of Interception
Published:
January 1, 1970U.S. Agency for International Development
The main purpose of the bibliography is to provide a reference of literature for use but if it proves useful to working on hydrologic problems of underdeveloped countries, it is all to the good. Among all wild land hydrologic processes, interception has been the most frequently studied.Read more
Current Research in the U.S. Applicable to Systems Analysis of Watershed Management
Published:
January 1, 1970U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this compilation is to summarize current research projects being carried out by federal and state agencies and universities in the US that may be pertinent to the objectives of AID Institutional Grant 211d. Systems analysis of watershed management implies integrating hydrologic,...Read more
Computerized Hydrologic Data Acquisition System, a Facility for Upgrading Instruction in Watershed Management
Published:
January 1, 1970U.S. Agency for International Development
Technological explosion, population expansion, urban sprawl, changing patterns of land and water use and increasing emphasis on environmental quality control are presenting vast new challenges to natural resource scientists and land managers. These scientists and managers need an understanding of...Read more
How Trees Can Retain Stormwater Runoff
Published:
December 31, 1969The National Institutes for Water Resources
Trees in our communities provide many services beyond the inherent beauty they lend to streets and properties. One of the most overlooked and underappreciated is their ability to reduce the volume of water rushing through gutters and pipes following a storm. This means less investment in expensive...Read more
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United States, North AmericaApplication of a Computer Model to a Desert Watershed
Published:
January 1, 1969U.S. Agency for International Development
Only about 5% of precipitation which fall son the dry deserts of Arizona is retained for use. Efficient watershed management could increase this percentage. This requires accurately predicting runoff from storms. Watershed modeling using computers is the most promising of methods.Read more
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