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A landscape-scale watershed assessment method to support fish passage restoration in Puget Sound, Washington State: An analysis for the Fish Barrier Removal Board

Creator:: Zweifel, Justin C.
Abstract:: In 2014, the Washington State Legislature directed the creation of the Fish Barrier Removal Board (FBRB), a multi-entity committee tasked with the development of a statewide strategy for removing anadromous fish barriers. The strategy shall identify watersheds with the greatest potential for salmon and steelhead recovery and implement the removal...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: these investments. As an example, there have been thousands of barrier removals on forest roads in the

Seeking Balance in Oregon’s Coastal River Aggregate Mining Policy: How Do Scientists Inform the Permit Streamlining Process?

Creator:: Ewing, Amy
Abstract:: This essay presents a case study of the Regional Gravel Initiative (RGI) workshop, one instance of policy makers using science to inform decision making for sustainable and streamlined processes. The RGI consists of eight agencies, both federal and state, with responsibilities for informing and issuing permits for mining aggregate on...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Regional Gravel Initiative Agency Responsibility Authority F E D E R A L U.S. Army Corps of

Exploring Vulnerability and Scarcity of Groundwater Resources in Quintana Roo, Mexico

Creator:: Iglesias Thome, Maria Jose
Abstract:: This study examined water scarcity and vulnerability in Quintana Roo, along the northern Caribbean coast of Mexico where rapid growth of tourism in the past 40 years has limited the ability of rural and urban communities to obtain safe, reliable, and equitable access to water services and critical water infrastructure...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: undermined the agency of water users to adapt to changing water conditions. These results imply that water

Institutional capacity building through land and water stewardship integration - an analysis of source water protection in Corvallis, Oregon

Creator:: Odom, Olivia
Abstract:: Globally, access to safe, reliable drinking water sources is a major challenge of this generation. Protected sources of drinking water provide communities with a sustainable, vital resource, yet many public water suppliers lack legal authority over their source water protection (SWP) area, especially in surface water systems. Absence of legal...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: SWP. Using a case study approach, this paper presents a national experience survey of municipal

A Spatiotemporal Characterization of Water Resource Conditions and Demands for the Wilcox Groundwater Basin, Southeastern Arizona

Creator:: Job, Carl
Abstract:: Groundwater overdraft in the Wilcox Groundwater Basin, as a consequence of increasing rates of agricultural groundwater withdrawal, has led to significant regional groundwater level decline and threatens to undermine the basin’s long-term water resource security. Updated characterization of the basin’s water resource conditions and agricultural water demand is critically important...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Resources Groundwater Site Inventory Database and land cover classification data from the National

Evaluating Biochar for the Sustainable Treatment of Heavy Metals in Stormwater: Characteristics, Mechanisms, and Barriers

Creator:: Burch, Sarah
Abstract:: Heavy metals, such as copper, zinc, and cadmium, are ubiquitous in stormwater and potentially toxic to aquatic organisms at low concentrations. Removal of heavy metals contamination by conventional treatment is expensive and does not always reduce metals concentrations low enough to ensure safety of all aquatic species. This research seeks...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and environmental applications, bio-energy and biochar production, and forest management were

Evaluation of Serratia Ureilytica as a Greener Unsealed Road Stabilization Method

Creator:: Portugal, Carla Ribeiro Machado e
Abstract:: Covering half of South America, Brazil is one of the largest agricultural and commercial forest producers globally, with a correspondingly complex road network necessary to support the production and marketing processes of such goods. Contrary to global statistics, almost 90% of the country’s road network is classified as unsealed or...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: commercial forest producers globally, with a correspondingly complex road network necessary to support

Flow From Flexibility : Identifying Opportunities For Streamflow Restoration in a Transboundary Municipal Watershed Through Water Budgeting

Creator:: Pierson, Jessica S.
Abstract:: Municipal watersheds attempt to balance growing and conflicting demands for water for human use and for ecosystems. The Mill Creek basin, a 295 km2 basin in southeast Washington, exemplifies these conflicts. Since the late 1800s, the City of Walla Walla has withdrawn water from Mill Creek for municipal use. However,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the City of Walla Walla (U.S. Forest Service, 1990). Although wet winters provide relatively

Quantifying the Geomorphic Response of Stage 0 Stream Restoration: A Pilot Project on Whychus Creek

Creator:: Scagliotti, Alex
Abstract:: It is generally accepted in stream ecology that habitat heterogeneity and patchiness at multiple scales increases ecosystem resilience through niche diversification. Heterogeneous stream habitats include a complex mosaic of hydraulic features, large woody debris, anabranches, substrata and channel forms - this complexity tends to increase as streams progress towards later...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: this sub basin is predominantly composed of volcanic ash, pumice and cinder (U.S. Forest Service 2014

Assessment of Decentralized Wastewater Treatment System- Potential Impact on Water Quality

Creator:: Chavan, Padmaja Ramesh
Abstract:: Watershed analysis is a method used to collectively characterize ecosystem elements present within a watershed. Wastewater flow and pollutant content help to define the appropriate wastewater treatment system necessary to treat the wastewater within the watershed. Watershed monitoring aids to investigate the potential contamination through analysis of surface waterbodies. Major...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: septic systems can provide effective environment protection. In the U.S. alone, household wastewater

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A landscape-scale watershed assessment method to support fish passage restoration in Puget Sound, Washington State: An analysis for the Fish Barrier Removal Board

Seeking Balance in Oregon’s Coastal River Aggregate Mining Policy: How Do Scientists Inform the Permit Streamlining Process?

Exploring Vulnerability and Scarcity of Groundwater Resources in Quintana Roo, Mexico

Institutional capacity building through land and water stewardship integration - an analysis of source water protection in Corvallis, Oregon

A Spatiotemporal Characterization of Water Resource Conditions and Demands for the Wilcox Groundwater Basin, Southeastern Arizona

Evaluating Biochar for the Sustainable Treatment of Heavy Metals in Stormwater: Characteristics, Mechanisms, and Barriers

Evaluation of Serratia Ureilytica as a Greener Unsealed Road Stabilization Method

Flow From Flexibility : Identifying Opportunities For Streamflow Restoration in a Transboundary Municipal Watershed Through Water Budgeting

Quantifying the Geomorphic Response of Stage 0 Stream Restoration: A Pilot Project on Whychus Creek

Assessment of Decentralized Wastewater Treatment System- Potential Impact on Water Quality

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