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Creator:: Hepperly, Jody R.
Abstract:: In recent years, several interrelated forces—prolonged drought, growing populations, height-ened environmental protections, sustained agricultural use, and hydrologic alterations due to climate change—have increased pressure on water users in the Western United States, where the agricultural sector accounts for up to 90% of total water withdrawals. Technology im-provements developed since the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: agriculture, continuing to describe water use, technology, and legislative questions, and ending with a

Creator:: Fesler, Kristel J.
Abstract:: This research provides details of water resource conflict and cooperation in Oregon between 1990 and 2004 by using an event database methodology. Events were concentrated in four of 18 basins. No basin accounted for more that 25% of the total water rights events, the most evenly distributed issue type. Overall...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , straightening stream banks and improving water quality for municipal consumption (Travis 2003). The main water

Creator:: Mittelstadt, Richard Lee
Abstract:: The consumptive water use of six cities in the Willamette Basin of northwestern Oregon was evaluated for the period 1960-66. Consumptive use ratios were obtained by analyzing data from monthly water supply and sewage flow records. The average annual consumptive use for the six cities was found to be 26...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: though they are located within the city limits. The water consumption of these industries is not

Creator:: Johnson, Erica M.
Abstract:: This study focused on the potential water and energy savings from implementing a revised schedule of a recirculation pump connected to a condensing gas tankless water heater located in a study home in Portland, Oregon. The existing recirculation pump activation schedule was studied for its impact on the overall water...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Utilizing the recirculation pump for water events was found to reduce overall water consumption by 14.84

Creator:: Cho, Seong-Hoon
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: increasing marginal cost curve shows an increasingly heavier economic burden to agriculture as water use

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