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      Toward a Sustainable and Secure Water Future: A Leadership Role for the U.S. Geological Survey

      Committee on Water Resources Activities,National Research Council

      Water is our most fundamental natural resource, a resource that is limited. Challenges to our nation’s water resources continue to grow, driven by population growth, ecological needs, climate change, and…

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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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      Managing Water Resources in the West Under Conditions of Climate Uncertainty: A Proceedings

      Committee on Climate Uncertainty and Water Resources Management,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Climatic uncertainty affect water resources planning and management in the American West. This book examines the scientific basis for predictions of climate change, the implications of climate uncertainty for water…

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      Adaptive Management for Water Resources Project Planning

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

      Reviews literature on adaptive management and notes that a range of adaptive management practices present themselves for Corps projects. This book recommends that a Corps Center for Adaptive Management be…

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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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      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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      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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      Water Resources Planning for the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway

      National Research Council,Transportation Research Board,Board on Atmospheric Sciences & Climate,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee to Review the Corps of Engineers Restructured Upper Mississsippi River-Illinois Waterway Draft Feasibility Study

      Considers the issue of managing multiple resources of the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway , with regard to several NRC reports on Corps of Engineers planning procedures. This report…

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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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      Estimating Water Use in the United States: A New Paradigm for the National Water-Use Information Program

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

      Across the United States, the practices for collecting water use data vary significantly from state to state and vary also from one water use category to another, in response to…

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      Confronting the Nation’s Water Problems: The Role of Research

      Committee on Assessment of Water Resources Research,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      In order to confront the increasingly severe water problems faced by all parts of the country, the United States needs to make a new commitment to research on water resources…

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      Delta Waters: Research to Support Integrated Water and Environmental Management in the Lower Mississippi River

      Committee on Strategic Research for Integrated Water Resources Management,Water Science and Technology Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      The Water Institute of the Gulf is a not-for-profit, independent research institute dedicated to advancing the understanding of coastal, deltaic, river and water resource systems, both within the Gulf Coast…

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      Managing the Columbia River: Instream Flows, Water Withdrawals, and Salmon Survival

      Committee on Water Resources Management, Instream Flows, and Salmon Survival in the Columbia River Basin,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Flows of the Columbia River, although modified substantially during the twentieth century, still vary considerably between seasons and between years. This book provides a comprehensive water permitting process and it…

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      Hydrologic Hazards Science at the U.S. Geological Survey

      Committee on U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Research,National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources

      Losses of life and property in the United States-and throughout the world-resulting from hydrologic hazards, including floods, droughts, and related phenomena, are significant and increasing. Public awareness of, and federal…

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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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      Setting Priorities for Drinking Water Contaminants

      Committee on Drinking Water Contaminants,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Recommends a different process for the US Environmental Protection Agency to use in deciding which potential drinking water contaminants should be regulated in public water supplies to provide the greatest…

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      Safe Water from Every Tap: Improving Water Service to Small Communities

      Committee on Small Water Supply Systems,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Reviews the risks of violating drinking water standards and discusses options for improving water service in small communities. This book also presents a variety of institutional options for improving the…

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      Water Transfers in the West: Efficiency, Equity, and the Environment

      Committee on Western Water Management,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines the role that water transfers can play in allocating the region’s scarce water resources. This book focuses on the variety of third parties, including Native Americans, Hispanic communities, rural…

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      River Basins and Coastal Systems Planning Within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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

      From the Executive Summary: … Recent decades have seen an overall decline in budgets for civil works project construction, yet the range of objectives for water resources projects has broadened…

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      Innovations in Ground Water and Soil Cleanup: From Concept to Commercialization

      Committee on Innovative Remediation Technologies,National Research Council

      Focuses on the failure of regulatory policy to link cleanup with the financial interests of the company responsible for the contamination. This volume explores how to evaluate the performance of…

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      Capacity of U.S. Climate Modeling to Support Climate Change Assessment Activities

      Climate Research Committee,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The U.S. government has pending before it the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, an agreement to limit the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), which is largely based on the threat…

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      Risk Analysis and Uncertainty in Flood Damage Reduction Studies

      Committee on Risk-Based Analysis for Flood Damage Reduction,Water Science and Technology Board,National Research Council

      Reviews the Corps of Engineers’ risk-based techniques in its flood damage reduction studies and makes recommendations for improving them. This work notes the areas in which the Corps has made…

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      Mineral Tolerance of Animals

      Committee on Minerals and Toxic Substances in Diets and Water for Animals,National Research Council

      Addresses the need for preventing adverse effects of minerals on the health of animals by the application of appropriate nutritional and toxicological principles to set limits on mineral exposure to…

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      Mapping the Zone: Improving Flood Map Accuracy

      Committee on FEMA Flood Maps,Board on Earth Sciences & Resources,Mapping Science Committee,National Research Council

      Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Maps portray the height and extent to which flooding is expected to occur, and they form the basis for setting flood insurance…

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      Natural Attenuation for Ground Water Remediation

      Committee on Intrinsic Remediation,Water Science and Technology Board,Board on Radioactive Waste Management,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Explores how contamination occurs, explaining concepts and terms, and includes case studies from the Hanford nuclear site, military bases, as well as other sites. This book provides historical background and…

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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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      Issues in Potable Reuse: The Viability of Augmenting Drinking Water Supplies with Reclaimed Water

      Committee to Evaluate the Viability of Augmenting Potable Water Supplies with Reclaimed Water,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Discusses how to assess toxicity, reduce the input of contaminants, evaluate treatment options, and manage the byproducts of disinfection. This book also discusses microbial contaminants, including waterborne pathogens. It covers…

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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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      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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      Ecological Indicators for the Nation

      Committee to Evaluate Indicators for Monitoring Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments,National Research Council,Commission on Geosciences,Environment & Resources,National Academy of Sciences

      Environmental indicators, such as global temperatures and pollutant concentrations, attract scientists’ attention and often make the headlines. This book identifies ecological indicators that can support US policymaking and also be…

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      Clean Coastal Waters: Understanding and Reducing the Effects of Nutrient Pollution

      Committee on the Causes and Management of Eutrophication,Ocean Studies Board,Water Science and Technology Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Environmental problems in coastal ecosystems can sometimes be attributed to excess nutrients flowing from upstream watersheds into estuarine settings. This book explains how nutrients work in the environment, why nitrogen…

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      Charting the Future of Methane Hydrate Research in the United States

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Earth Sciences and Resources,Ocean Studies Board,Committee to Review the Activities Authorized Under the Methane Hydrate Research and Development Act of 2000

      Methane hydrate is a natural form of clathrate - a chemical substance in which one molecule forms a lattice around a ‘guest’ molecule with chemical bonding. This report reviews the…

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      Watershed Management for Potable Water Supply: Assessing the New York City Strategy

      Committee to Review the New York City Watershed Management Strategy,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Recommends that New York City place its highest priority on pathogenic microorganisms in the watershed and direct its resources toward improving methods for detecting pathogens and understanding pathogen transport and…

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      Seismic Signals from Mining Operations and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: Comments on a Draft Report by a Department of Energy Working Group

      Committee on Seismic Signals from Mining Activities,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

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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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      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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      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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      Mexico City’s Water Supply: Improving the Outlook for Sustainability

      The Joint Academies Committee on the Mexico City Water Supply,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,National Research Council,Academia Nacional de la Investigacion Cientifica, A.C.,. Academia Nacional de Ingenieria, A.C.

      Addresses the technical, health, regulatory, and social aspects of ground water withdrawals, water use, and water quality in the metropolitan area of Mexico City, and makes recommendations to improve the…

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