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Creator:: Burright, Harmony S. J.
Abstract:: Irrigated agriculture accounts for 90 percent of consumptive use of freshwater in the western US and is considered the largest contributor to nonpoint source water pollution. The diffuse nature of most water quality and quantity challenges necessitates institutions that can more effectively engage agricultural producers in strategic, integrated, watershed-scale approaches...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Watershed Planning Unit and Walla Walla Basin Watershed Council who fostered my curiosity in and passion

Creator:: Cogan, Leah R.
Abstract:: In the western United States, climate change is likely to bring greater uncertainty and extreme events outside the range for which water infrastructure, governance, and allocation mechanisms have been designed. In addition, many water systems already struggle with issues of institutional fragmentation, ineffective governance, and unsustainable management practices. Adaptive capacity,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: decision making, management based on hydrological boundaries such as a watershed or river basin

Creator:: Brennan, Sarah E.
Abstract:: Among the suite of water resources management strategies, water banking can be a tool for water resource management in areas with high water demands or localized water scarcity. This research aims to further the understanding of water banking by conducting a review and analysis of relevant state legislation. This research...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , 2 to alleviate the impacts of water shortage in a basin. In short, the goal of a water bank

Creator:: Holderman, Jennifer A.
Abstract:: Microscale hydropower, facilities that produce between 1 kW and 1 MW of power, has the potential to revolutionize modern power production. Unlike conventional large scale operations, these water supplies can be utilized with little impact on the environment. Hydropower per unit production can be very affordable compared to other renewable...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: a basin. Each watershed has an individual K, I, and S. This research reveals that a reasonable

Creator:: Welch, Christina, N.
Abstract:: Globally, as surface water quality and quantity diminishes there is increasing reliance on groundwater to buffer water demands of growing populations. Today in many arid regions around the world aquifer pumping rates far exceed recharge rates. Often the groundwater is nonrenewable, or thousands of years old. Despite the known hydrologic...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: my interviewees in the Rio Grande/Bravo river basin. I am impressed by how many of you took time

Creator:: Galipeau, Brendan A.
Abstract:: This ethnographic research examines socioeconomic vulnerabilities to resettlement from a large hydropower dam and agricultural commodification in a Tibetan village in Yunnan Province, Southwest China. After providing an initial background on the dynamics of the research region and hydrodevelopment on its rivers, the research framework of examining vulnerability through a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Basin is home to over 60 million people, many of whom directly rely on the river for their daily

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