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      Colorado River Basin Water Management: Evaluating and Adjusting to Hydroclimatic Variability

      Committee on the Scientific Bases of Colorado River Basin Water Management,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      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…

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      Regional Issues in Aquifer Storage and Recovery for Everglades Restoration: A Review of the ASR Regional Study Project Management Plan of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan

      Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The report reviews a comprehensive research plan on Everglades restoration drafted by federal and Florida officials that assesses a central feature of the restoration: a proposal to drill more than…

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      Levees and the National Flood Insurance Program: Improving Policies and Practices

      Committee on Levees and the National Flood Insurance Program Improving Policies and Practices,Water Science and Technology Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      Levees and the National Flood Insurance Program: Improving Policies and Practices

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      Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Fourth Biennial Review, 2012

      Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress,Water Science and Technology Board,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      Twelve years into the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Project, little progress has been made in restoring the core of the remaining Everglades ecosystem; instead, most project construction so far has occurred…

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      Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Fifth Biennial Review: 2014

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress

      The Everglades ecosystem is vast, stretching more than 200 miles from Orlando to Florida Bay, and Everglades National Park is but a part located at the southern end. During the…

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      Committee On Restorationof The

      This report is a product of the Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem (CROGEE), which provides consensus advice to the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force. The Task…

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      A Review of the Use of Science and Adaptive Management in California’s Draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan

      Panel to Review California's Draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan,National Research Council

      The San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary is a large, complex estuarine ecosystem in California. It has been substantially altered by dikes, levees, channelization, pumps, human development, introduced species, dams on…

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      Endangered and Threatened Species of the Platte River

      Committee on Endangered and Threatened Species in the Platte River Basin,National Research Council

      The Platte River provides important habitat for migratory and breeding birds, including three endangered or threatened species: the whooping crane, the northern Great Plains population of the piping plover, and…

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      Final Report from the NRC Committee on the Review of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration (LACPR) Program

      Committee on the Review of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration (LACPR) Program,National Research Council

      The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration (LACPR) draft final technical report in March, 2009. In response to federal legislation, the Corps had to…

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      Ground Water Vulnerability Assessment: Predicting Relative Contamination Potential Under Conditions of Uncertainty

      Committee for Assessing Ground Water Vulnerability,National Research Council,Water Science and Technology Board,National Academy of Sciences

      Offers: three laws of ground water vulnerability; six case studies of vulnerability assessment; guidance for selecting vulnerability assessments and using the results; reviews of the strengths and limitations of assessment…

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      Public Water Supply Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks, First Report

      Committee on Public Water Supply Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      A report of the committee on public water supply distribution systems, which studies water quality issues associated with public water supply distribution systems and their potential risks to consumers. It…

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      Drinking Water Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Public Water Supply Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks,National Academy of Sciences

      Protecting and maintaining water distributions systems is crucial to ensuring high quality drinking water. This report evaluates approaches for risk characterization and data, and it identifies a variety of strategies…

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      Riparian Areas: Functions and Strategies for Management

      Committee on Riparian Zone Functioning and Strategies for Management,Water Science and Technology Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The Clean Water Act (CWA) requires that wetlands be protected from degradation because of their important ecological functions including maintenance of high water quality and provision of fish and wildlife…

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      Toward a New Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (AHPS)

      Committee to Assess the National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service Initiative,Water Science and Technology Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      The National Weather Service (NWS) is responsible for providing flood forecasts and warnings in the United States. The agency established the Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Services (AHPS) program in 1997 to…

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      The Science of Instream Flows: A Review of the Texas Instream Flow Program

      Committee on Review of Methods for Establishing Instream Flows for Texas Rivers,Water Science and Technology Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Across the United States, municipalities, counties, and states grapple with issues of ensuring adequate amounts of water in times of high demand and low supply. This title reviews the instream…

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      Opportunities to Improve the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Assessment Program

      Committee to Improve the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Assessment Program,Water Science and Technology Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      With this report, the NRC’s Water Science and Technology Board has provided advice to USGS regarding NAWQA five separate times as the program evolved from an unfunded concept to a…

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      Sea Change: 2015-2025 Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Ocean Studies Board,Committee on Guidance for NSF on National Ocean Science Research Priorities: Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences

      Ocean science connects a global community of scientists in many disciplines - physics, chemistry, biology, geology and geophysics. New observational and computational technologies are transforming the ability of scientists to…

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      Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The First Biennial Review, 2006

      Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress (CISRERP),National Research Council

      The Restoration plan, which was launched in 1999 by the US Army Corps of Engineers and the South Florida Water Management District, includes more than 40 major projects that are…

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      Preparing for the Third Decade of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Preparing for the Third Decade (Cycle 3) of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program

      The first two decades of the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program have provided a successful and useful assessment of U.S. water-quality conditions, how they have changed…

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      Review of the Everglades Aquifer Storage and Recovery Regional Study

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee to Review the Florida Aquifer Storage and Recovery Regional Study Technical Data Report

      The Florida Everglades is a large and diverse aquatic ecosystem that has been greatly altered over the past century by an extensive water control infrastructure designed to increase agricultural and…

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      Review of the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Studies

      The Royal Society of Canada,National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee to Review the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Studies

      The International Joint Commission (IJC) of Canada and the United States has issued water regulation and management plans for Lake Ontario and the St Lawrence River. The IJC supported a…

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      Colorado River Ecology and Dam Management: Proceedings of a Symposium May 24-25, 1990 Santa Fe, New Mexico

      Committee to Review the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Contains 11 papers that review the information about the Colorado River from an ecosystem perspective and serve as the basis for discussion of the use of ecosystem/earth science information for…

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      CLEANER and NSF’s Environmental Observatories

      Committee on the Collaborative Large-scale Engineering Analysis Network for Environmental Research (CLEANER),Water Science and Technology Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Degradation of the nation’s water resources threatens the health of humans and the functioning of natural ecosystems. To help better understand the causes of these adverse impacts and how they…

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      Inland Navigation System Planning: The Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway

      In 1988, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began an investigation of the benefits and costs of extending several locks on the lower portion of the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway…

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      Preparing for the Twenty-First Century: A Report to the USGS Water Resources Division

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on USGS Water Resources Research

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      Review of USGCRP Plan for a New Science Initiative on the Global Water Cycle

      Committee on a Review of A Plan for a New Science Initiative on the Global Water Cycle,Water Science and Technology Board,Board on Atmospheric Sciences & Climate,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      In 2001, the U.S. Global Change Research Program produced the report A Plan for a New Science Initiative on the Global Water Cycle. This report was designed to represent a…

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      Development of Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources in the Appalachian Basin: Workshop Summary

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Board on Earth Sciences and Resources,Committee on Earth Resources

      Development of Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources in the Appalachian Basin is the summary of a workshop convened by the National Research Council to examine the geology and unconventional hydrocarbon resources of…

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      Achieving Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Goals in the Chesapeake Bay: An Evaluation of Program Strategies and Implementation

      Committee on the Evaluation of Chesapeake Bay Program Implementation for Nutrient Reduction to Improve Water Quality,National Research Council

      The Chesapeake Bay is North America’s largest and most biologically diverse estuary, as well as an important commercial and recreational resource. However, excessive amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment from…

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      Management and Effects of Coalbed Methane Produced Water in the United States

      Committee on Management and Effects of Coalbed Methane Development and Produced Water in the Western United States,Committee on Earth Resources,National Research Council

      In some coalbeds, naturally occurring water pressure holds methane–the main component of natural gas–fixed to coal surfaces and within the coal. In a coalbed methane (CBM) well, pumping water from…

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      Review of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Restructured Upper Mississippi-Illinois River Waterway Feasibility Study

      National Research Council,Transportation Research Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee to Review the Corps of Engineers Restructured Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Feasibility Study

      The lock system on the lower portion of the Upper Mississippi River has caused waterway congestion, causing some ships to wait from several hours to several days. The Army Corps…

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      Review of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Restructured Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Feasibility Study: Second Report

      National Research Council,Transportation Research Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee to Review the Corps of Engineers Restructured Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Feasibility Study

      Finds the US Army Corps of Engineers has made good progress in broadening its proposed plan for navigation improvements on the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway system to give greater consideration…

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      Review of the EPA’s Economic Analysis of Final Water Quality Standards for Lakes and Flowing Waters in Florida

      Committee to Review EPA's Economic Analysis of Final Water Quality Standards for Nutrients for Lakes and Flowing Waters in Florida,National Research Council

      The Environmental Protection Agency’s estimate of the costs associated with implementing numeric nutrient criteria in Florida’s waterways was significantly lower than many stakeholders expected. This discrepancy was due, in part…

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      Seeing into the Earth: Noninvasive Characterization of the Shallow Subsurface for Environmental and Engineering Applications

      Committee for Noninvasive Characterization of the Shallow Subsurface for Environmental and Engineering Applications,Board on Earth Sciences & Resources,Water Science and Technology Board,National Research Council

      Examines why noninvasive characterization is important and how improved methods can be developed and disseminated. This volume makes recommendations for linking characterization and cost savings, provides information on topics such…

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      Corps of Engineers Water Resources Infrastructure: Deterioration, Investment, or Divestment?

      Committee on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Science, Engineering, and Planning,Water Science and Technology Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      Over the past century, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has built a vast network of water management infrastructure that includes approximately 700 dams, 14,000 miles of levees, 12,000 miles…

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      National Water Resources Challenges Facing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

      Committee on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Science, Engineering, and Planning,National Research Council

      The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is responsible for construction, operations, and maintenance of much of the nation’s water resources infrastructure. This infrastructure includes flood control levees, multi-purpose dams…

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      Hydrologic Sciences: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead

      Proceedings of the 1997 Abel Wolman Distinguished Lecture and Symposium on the Hydrologic Sciences,Water Science and Technology Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Hydrologic science, dealing with the occurrence, distribution, and properties of water on Earth, is key to understanding and resolving many environmental issues. This volume stresses many needs for furtherance of…

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      The New Orleans Hurricane Protection System: Assessing Pre-Katrina Vulnerability and Improving Mitigation and Preparedness

      Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects,National Research Council

      Hurricane Katrina, which struck New Orleans and surrounding areas in August 2005, ranks as one of the nation’s most devastating natural disasters. Shortly after the storm, the U.S. Army Corps…

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      Himalayan Glaciers: Climate Change, Water Resources, and Water Security

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board

      Scientific evidence shows that most glaciers in South Asia’s Hindu Kush Himalayan region are retreating, but the consequences for the region’s water supply are unclear, this report finds. The Hindu…

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      Hydrology, Ecology, and Fishes of the Klamath River Basin

      Committee on Hydrology, Ecology, and Fishes of the Klamath River,National Research Council

      Assesses two studies that evaluate the various aspects of flows in the Klamath basin: The Instream Flow Phase II study (IFS), conducted by Utah State University, and the Natural Flow…

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      Affordability of National Flood Insurance Program Premiums: Report 1

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications

      The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is housed within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and offers insurance policies that are marketed and sold through private insurers, but with the…

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      Modernizing Probable Maximum Precipitation Estimation

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Water Science and Technology Board, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Committee on Modernizing Probable Maximum Precipitation Estimation

      For more than 75 years, high-hazard structures in the U.S., including dams and nuclear power plants, have been engineered to withstand floods resulting from the most unlikely but possible precipitation…

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      Tying Flood Insurance to Flood Risk for Low-Lying Structures in the Floodplain

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board

      Floods take a heavy toll on society, costing lives, damaging buildings and property, disrupting livelihoods, and sometimes necessitating federal disaster relief, which has risen to record levels in recent years…

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      U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Planning: A New Opportunity for Service

      Coordinating Committee,Committee to Assess the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Methods of Analysis and Peer Review for Water Resources Project Planning,Water Science and Technology Board,Ocean Studies Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies

      From the Executive Summary: There are some concerns that the current Corps planning and construction budget has not kept pace with expanding national water management needs for flood hazard management…

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      Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Second Biennial Review, 2008

      Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress (CISRERP),National Research Council

      An evaluation of the progress being made in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), a multibillion-dollar effort to restore historical water flows to the Everglades. It concludes that budgeting, planning…

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      Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Third Biennial Review

      Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress (CISRERP),National Research Council

      Although the progress of environmental restoration projects in the Florida Everglades remains slow overall, there have been improvements in the pace of restoration and in the relationship between the federal…

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      Toward Sustainability: Soil and Water Research Priorities for Developing Countries

      Committee On International Soil and Water Research and Development,Water Science and Technology Board,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Board on Science & Technology for International Development,Office of International Affairs

      Explores research priorities to support sustainable agriculture. This book identifies six areas that could offer great rewards: addressing institutional constraints on resource conservation, enhancing soil biological processes, managing soil properties…

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      Reducing Coastal Risk on the East and Gulf Coasts

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Ocean Studies Board,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Science, Engineering, and Planning: Coastal Risk Reduction

      Hurricane- and coastal-storm-related losses have increased substantially during the past century, largely due to increases in population and development in the most susceptible coastal areas. Climate change poses additional threats…

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      Analytical Methods and Approaches for Water Resources Project Planning

      Panel on Methods and Techniques of Project Analysis,Committee to Assess the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Methods of Analysis and Peer Review for Water Resources Project Planning,Water Science and Technology Board,Ocean Studies Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies

      Offers a study that was conducted in response to a request from the US Congress in the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 for the National Academy of Sciences to…

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