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A preliminary assessment of hydrogeologic suitability for Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) in Oregon

Creator:: Woody, Jen
Abstract:: An ASR metric and site rating index applied to over 120 municipal and agricultural locations across Oregon, combined with comparison to case study data from existing ASR sites, indicate that more than 50% of selected sites are hydrogeologically suitable for ASR. The ASR metric is a ratio of aquifer storage...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ). This means that the recharge water must either maintain the

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:: Env. Health Benton County Environmental Health EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency

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:: the state Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), which is responsible for issuing a 401 Water

Assessing water governance capacity in MENA : applying an institutional document analysis to Jordan

Creator:: Brown, Bridget N.
Abstract:: Water governance has been identified as a crucial component to improving conditions and balancing supply and demand of water resources in the water-scarce Middle East North Africa (MENA) region. Finding a method for, and commencing the process of, evaluating water governance is thus imperative. This study analyzes the potential to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the MENA region, the United States Agency for International Development

Experimental study of impulse turbines and permanent magnet alternators for pico-hydropower generation

Creator:: Cobb, Bryan R.
Abstract:: Increasing access to modern forms of energy in developing countries is a crucial component to eliminating extreme poverty around the world. Pico-hydro schemes (less than 5-kW range) can provide environmentally sustainable electricity and mechanical power to rural communities, generally more cost-effectively than diesel/gasoline generators, wind turbines, or solar photovoltaic systems....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Pelton turbines. Obtaining turbine data from manufacturers and distributors in the United States (US

Enhancing social-ecological resilience in the Colorado River Basin

Creator:: Eidem, Nathan T.
Abstract:: This research presents the Colorado River basin as a social-ecological system. Utilizing event data on cooperative and conflictive interactions over fresh water, the system is decomposed to look for evidence of outcomes of resilience enhancement. The Animas-La Plata Project in the upper San Juan basin is presented as a case...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Database, USBR Western Water 34 Information Network, Environmental Protection Agency, National

Addressing the future of water in Oregon : a look at the human and institutional factors shaping Oregon water management

Creator:: Wolters, Erika Allen
Abstract:: Oregon is a state with great social and ecological diversity. Unfortunately however, Oregon's water-rich reputation is more rumor than reality. As with many Western states, Oregon struggles with water scarcity, especially during dry summer months. Recent efforts by the state to develop an integrated water resource strategy (IWRS) to manage...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: in the United States relate to environmental concern and behavior. Two of the chapters in this

An ecosystem service approach to inform reactive nitrogen management in the lower Yakima River Basin, Washington

Creator:: Crowell, Morgan
Abstract:: Spatially explicit ecosystem service valuation (ESV) allows for the identification of the location and magnitude of services provided by natural ecosystems to human activities along with a measure of their significance based upon economic valuation. While ESV has been used to provide new insight into land use management, few studies...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: water quality have been affected. Working together, the efforts of state, tribal and federal agencies

The role of policy and collaboration in decommissioning exempt water wells in Washington state

Creator:: Moran, Kathryn A.
Abstract:: The rapid proliferation of exempt wells since the settlement of the West has left the State of Washington with little knowledge of the existing number of exempt wells within its boundaries. Exempt wells are primarily a rural phenomena that when abandoned leave aquifers vulnerable to contaminants and create a general...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: United States, over 43% of the population relies on groundwater for drinking water (NGWA, 2010). In

International river basin management in the face of change : Syr Darya Basin case study

Creator:: Pak, Mariya
Abstract:: The conflict over water resources exploitation and sharing in the Aral Sea Basin is one of the most pressing environmental issues yet to be resolved in Central Asia. The fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 and establishment of the New Independent States (NIS) within the Aral Sea Bain led...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: drinking, agricultural production, recreation, sanitation, environmental protection and religious needs

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A preliminary assessment of hydrogeologic suitability for Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) in Oregon

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

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

Assessing water governance capacity in MENA : applying an institutional document analysis to Jordan

Experimental study of impulse turbines and permanent magnet alternators for pico-hydropower generation

Enhancing social-ecological resilience in the Colorado River Basin

Addressing the future of water in Oregon : a look at the human and institutional factors shaping Oregon water management

An ecosystem service approach to inform reactive nitrogen management in the lower Yakima River Basin, Washington

The role of policy and collaboration in decommissioning exempt water wells in Washington state

International river basin management in the face of change : Syr Darya Basin case study

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