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  • Western U.S. Water Utilities and Adaptive Capacity: A Case Study

    Creator:
    Schermer, Maren
    Abstract:
    Water in the U.S. West faces considerable challenges and uncertainties. Climate change has intensified weather extremes, threatening the water sources that support the region’s many stakeholders. Urban water providers are among the stakeholders contending with the challenge of providing reliable water supplies to their growing populations. Recognizing the critical role...
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    Capstone Project
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    on relatively less water while economies continued to grow (Donnelly and Cooley, 2015). In fact

  • Preventing the Accumulation of Fine Sediments in Sand Dam Reservoirs: An Analytical Framework and Flume Experiments

    Creator:
    Ellingson, Joseph M.
    Abstract:
    Sand dams – low-head dams built in ephemeral streambeds that store water within saturated sediments – are a proven means to increase water supplies for rural communities in arid and semiarid regions. Water percolates into the reservoir-impounded sediments during wet season rains and can subsequently be extracted during the dry...
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    Masters Thesis
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    meet with the sand dam team and to give advice, Dr. Chris Paola and Jeffrey Marr for meeting with the

  • International environmental treaty-making. The future of the UN BBNJ Treaty

    Creator:
    Banshchikova, Inga
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    Because the environmental threats are becoming global in scope, international cooperation and global governance issues are in the spotlight. The most controversial environmental law and policy problems arise in the areas where no individual state has sole responsibility for governing, "global commons." Scholars believe that the best way to deal...
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    Capstone Project
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    politics (Chasek, Downie, and Brown, 2014, p.1). Many by-products of global economic growth (water and