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  • Areawide Water Quality Management: a case study

    Creator:
    Brown, Gregory Frank
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    With our present pressing need to clean up our Nation'a waterways there has developed a shift from water resource development to water quality management. This shift was manifested in 1972 when Congress created Areawide Water Quality Management in Section 208 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments. Section 208...
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    was proposed by Assistant Secre- tary for Community Planning and Management, Department of 6 Housing

  • Management efforts to control nonpoint source water pollution : Oregon's Approach

    Creator:
    Siderius, Natalie Jean
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    Water quality problems in the U.S. are a result of pollution form both point and nonpoint sources. While point source pollution can largely be controlled through waste water treatment, the pollution from nonpoint sources is more difficult to manage. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 established legislation,...
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    water quality management and planning" (Linton 1982, 416). The main focus of this paper is on the

  • Patterns of water resource decision-making: minimum stream flows in the Willamette Basin

    Creator:
    Griffith, Glenn Edwin
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    Oregon's minimum stream flow program is intended to protect certain instream flow values by maintaining sufficient stream flows to support aquatic life and to minimize pollution. The increasing demand for consumptive uses of water, as well as certain deficiencies in the laws, policies, and administration of the program, bring into...
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    the use of water resources change, resource management institutions must be able to respond to

  • Management conflicts and changing water use priorities at Fern Ridge Lake, Oregon

    Creator:
    Yingling, Jean Warrington
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    In recent years, low lake levels at Fern Ridge, Oregon have become a major concern for recreationists in the southern Willamette Valley. A filled reservoir is necessary for the most popular water sport at Fern Ridge: sailing. The Army Corps of Engineers manages Fern Ridge as part of the Willamette...
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    are representative of similar federal reservoir management conflicts and changing water use priorities

  • Management conflicts in the Bull Run Reserve, Oregon

    Creator:
    Mah, Walter Jei
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    Bull Run Reserve was used as a case study of conflicts in management. The Bull Run Watershed supplies the Portland Metropolitan area with its water. Conflicting goals led to various management decisions. Sustained yield logging was allowed within the watershed. Concern that continued logging would lead to increased turbidity and...
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    and Mineral Industries, 1974), pp. 30-35. 7. Report on Management of Forest Resources in the Bull Run

  • Watershed management in the Johnson Creek Basin

    Creator:
    Gerhardt, Nikolaus
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    The Johnson Creek Basin, Oregon is an example of the physical and jurisdictional problems often associated with watershed urbanization. Implementation of solutions to problems of water quality and quantity in the basin have been hindered by political and social constraints. Reasons for the failure of previous management proposals are analyzed...
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    waste water management and water quality. The agency conducted a water quality study of Johnson

  • An assessment of Oregon's interagency ground water quality monitoring program

    Creator:
    Goon, Timothy D.
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    Disposal of solid wastes in sanitary landfills presents poten­tial problems of ground water contamination. The most conman contaminants are leachate and dissolved gas. Oregon has implemented a ground water quality monitoring program at selected landfills. Objectives are to protect the state1 s ground water resource and complement regulatory and enforcement...
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    assistance as an employee of Oregon's Water Resource Department and as a personal friend; Dr. Keith W

  • Oregon's critical ground water areas: a case study investigation

    Creator:
    Hicks, Mark Paul
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    Oregon's critical ground water area program was designed to protect the integrity of ground water supplies under conditions of sustainable yield. In areas where the demand for water exceeds the rate of natural recharge, wells experience declining water levels. If allowed to continue, this could eventually lead to severe social...
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    Geography, Corvallis, Oregon. Hogenson, G.M. 1957. Geology and Ground Water Resources of the Umatilla River

  • Causes and sources of water quality impairment in the Upper Chehalis River, Washington

    Creator:
    Harper, A. Craig
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    Water quality problems have been identified in the Chehalis River in the vicinity of Centralia and Chehalis since the 1960's. In 1992, the Washington State Department of Ecology listed four Chehalis River segments, three segments of the Newaukum River, two segments of the Wynoochee River, and three other tributaries -...
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    Causes and Sources of Water Quality Impairment in the Upper

  • Implementation of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act in Oregon: a study of problems and issues

    Creator:
    Peck, Denise
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    In 1976 the Oregon legislature defeated a bill to assume primary enforcement responsibility (primacy) of Oregon drinking water supply systems under the purview of the Safe Drinking Water Act (PL 93- 523), and subsequently reduced state drinking water supervision program funding by 90%. Since that time Oregon drinking water systems...
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    DRINKING WATER ACT IN OREGON: A STUDY OF PROBLEMS AND ISSUES ABSTRACT: In 1976 the Oregon legislature

  • A study of aquifer protection : the Spokane case

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    Moon, George Edmund Jr
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    This case study of the Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie aquifer, deals with the evolution of water quality protection. A number of institutional efforts on multijurisdictional levels have established a piecemeal approach for this aquifer's protection. Federal legislation includes designation as a 'Sole Source' aquifer under sec. 1424(e) of SDWA, and 1...
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    , Chapter 10. Physical and. Economic Foundation of Natural Resources Subsurface Facilities Water Management

  • Wisconsin's innovative approach to nonpoint source pollution

    Creator:
    Strous, Robert E., Jr.
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    Nonpoint source pollution is a widespread problem with no easy solutions. The variable nature of nonpoint sources and the wide range of best management practices, coupled with a multitude of managerial constraints, make management of nonpoint source pollution a difficult task. Wisconsin's Nonpoint Source Water Pollution Abatement Program overcomes many...
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    : a resource conservation perspective. 37:196-99. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation Konrad, J

  • Using a Geographic Information System to identify and reduce uncertainty in hydroelectric-site inventories

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    Ellison, Bradley A.
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    Power planning efforts in Oregon require accurate information about hydroelectric potential. Potential uses for Geographic Information Systems (GISs) are being investigated by three Oregon planning agencies. This paper presents a method in which a 616 is used to help identify and reduce uncertainty in previous hydroelectric inventories. Uncertainty with respect...
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    information sytems (GISs) are being used as management tools for a wide variety of resource planning efforts

  • The problems and issues of implementing Oregon's minimum stream flow program

    Creator:
    Stafford, Bret William
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    Oregon's minimum stream flow program attempts to preserve adequate flows of water for the instream needs of aquatic life and pollution abatement. Conflicts with consumptive uses of water have indicated that improvements are needed in the program. The conflicts are explored and specific improvements suggested.
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    . Ibid., pp. 77-78. 15. Water Resources Research Institute, Oregon's Water Resource: A Summary of

  • Selected environmental concerns for small hydroelectric development in Oregon

    Creator:
    Kelly, Judy A.
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    Small hydroelectric development, the construction or reconstruction of small scale hydropower systems, has become a much discussed alternative for the future supply of U.S. energy. In the Pacific Northwest, the greatest potential for small hydro application is in the development of new dam sites. Although much is known about the...
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    quality and changes in water temper.ture. Modification of the physical aspect of the land resource

  • Some potential impacts of scenic waterway designation of the North Umpqua River on employment related to the wood products industry in Douglas County, Oregon

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    Rubenstein, Ruthanne
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    The economy of Douglas County, Oregon, is heavily dependent upon the wood products industry, which is supported primarily by the timber resources within the county. Much of the related adjacent land along Steamboat Creek and a section of the North Umpqua River is currently managed by federal and private landowners...
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    and that the visual resources of the related adjacent lands as seen from the water would be

  • River restoration: active vs. passive restoration efforts, Alder Creek example

    Creator:
    Keating, Stephen
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    The practice of river and stream restoration has increased with heightened environmental concerns and awareness. Many of these projects use structural modifications in an attempt to mimic natural landscapes. These structural modifications represent an active approach to river and stream restoration. Active restoration projects are well funded and extensively constructed....
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    of a resource based economy. The finite nature of water resources within the West has changed the

  • Protection of groundwater from nonpoint source pollution: will Oregon's 1989 legislation meet the challenge?

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    Homer, Pamela E.
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    Nonpoint sources of pollution are being recognized nationwide as a significant threat to groundwater quality. In Oregon, groundwater supplies in several areas have been affected by contamination possibly caused by nonpoint sources associated with agricultural activities, on-site sewage disposal, and inadequate hazardous materials management in urban areas. State groundwater protection...
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    planning, and monitoring and assessment. The Strategic Water Management Group (SWMG), consisting of the

  • Changes in floodplain occupance Portland, Oregon 1957-1986

    Creator:
    Chaney, Richard Earl
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    Portland, Oregon Is in the northern end of the Willamette River Basin and Valley. The Willamette River caries the runoff discharge from approximately 12,000 square miles of basin area, and flows northward where it bisects the Portland metropolitan area and enters the confluence with the Columbia River. However, high discharge...
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    State Department of Water Resources for the loan of library reference materials, and their patience

  • Analyzing the impact of flood plain regulations upon residential land values: The North Albany case study

    Creator:
    Turner, Michael Frank
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    Land use regulation as a nonstructural method of flood damage mitigation has proven to be a controversial measure due, among other things, to suspected adverse impacts upon residential land values. Little evidence, however, has been gathered to substantiate this claim. This study attempts to analyze the relationship between flood plain...
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    , "Urban Flood 1anagemcnt: Problems and Research Needs," Journal of the Water Resources Planning and

  • Factors affecting the use of soil conservation practices: an analysis of farmers in Monroe County, Missouri

    Creator:
    Ervin, Christine A.
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    Literature exploring the use of soil conservation practices has generaly lacked a theoretical framework. This study proposes a decision-making model comprised of physical, personal, economic, and institutional factors. Data from Monroe County, Missouri, are used to test the hypothesized relationships of explanatory variables to variations in nurnber of practices used...
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    , Department of Natural Resources, Missouri Water Quality Management Plan: 1979 (Jeffer- son City: Department

  • An analysis of the impact of floodplain regulations on residential land values: the Oak Grove, Oregon case study

    Creator:
    Brainerd, Richmond T.
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    Flood damage mitigation by means of land use regulations, as mandated by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, has been controversial and slow in implementation, in part due to the conjecture that residential land values will be adversely affected in the regulated areas. There has been relatively little research...
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    Evolution of Approaches to Flood Damage Reduction", Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, Vol. 31, No. 2

  • Analysis of growth rates of residential land values on and near the regulated flood plain

    Creator:
    Warnick, Larry James
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    Flood plain regulations are one of six major adjustments used to cope with flood hazard in the United States. This adjustment was essentially neglected in the national flood hazard policies until Congress enacted the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968. The implementation of regulations, as called for in the Act,...
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    Flood Catastrohpe," Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, March-April (1976), Vol. 31, Number 2, p

  • The use of riparian open space as an alternative to structural flood control measures in the United States

    Creator:
    Olson, Thomas
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    Annual flood damages continue to rise in the United States in spite of massive investments in flood control structures since 1936. These increased losses can be attributed, in part, to the inherent Limitations in scope and nature of traditional "structural" approaches to flood control. Acquisition of flood plain lands is...
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    National Program for Flood Plain Management) and congressional action (Section 73 of the Water Resources

  • The problems of implementing flood damage reduction measures in the vicinity of Malheur/Harney Lakes, Oregon

    Creator:
    Wahab, Amin
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    The rise of water level in Malheur Lake in Southeastern Oregon has become a major issue of concern in Harney County, where the lake is located, and on a state-wide level. The concern is due to the extensive damage caused by flood water to agricultural land, highways and roads, a...
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    ). Natural Resources As a typical rural area, land and water are two of the most important resources