Water Encyclopedia: Surface and Agricultural Water

Cover Page......Page 1
Title: Water Encyclopedia, Volume 3 - Surface and Agricultural Water......Page 4
ISBN 0471736856......Page 5
CONTENTS (with page links)......Page 6
PREFACE......Page 9
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 10
ACIDIFICATION—CHRONIC......Page 14
EPISODIC ACIDIFICATION......Page 18
ACIDIFICATION OF FRESHWATER RESOURCES......Page 20
GEOCHEMISTRY OF ACID MINE DRAINAGE......Page 26
THE ARAL SEA DISASTER: ENVIRONMENT ISSUES AND NATIONALIST TENSIONS......Page 28
LAKE BAIKAL—A TOUCHSTONE FOR GLOBAL CHANGE AND RIFT STUDIES......Page 33
BASE FLOW......Page 35
RIVER BASINS......Page 41
RIVER BASIN PLANNING AND COORDINATION......Page 46
BIOACCUMULATION......Page 47
BIOTIC INTEGRITY INDEX TO EVALUATE WATER RESOURCE INTEGRITY IN FRESHWATER SYSTEMS......Page 49
REVERSAL OF THE CHICAGO RIVER......Page 54
FLOOD CONTROL IN THE YELLOW RIVER BASIN IN CHINA......Page 58
CHIRONOMIDS IN SEDIMENT TOXICITY TESTING......Page 63
CIENEGA......Page 70
TIME-AREA AND THE CLARK RAINFALL-RUNOFF TRANSFORMATION......Page 73
STREAM CLASSIFICATION......Page 78
COASTAL WETLANDS......Page 84
FRESHWATER COLLOIDS......Page 87
CULVERT DESIGN......Page 88
DILUTION-MIXING ZONES AND DESIGN FLOWS......Page 91
DRAINAGE DITCHES......Page 100
DRAINAGE NETWORKS......Page 106
DYES AS HYDROLOGICAL TRACERS......Page 108
FLOW-DURATION CURVES......Page 115
ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS......Page 119
EUTROPHICATION (EXCESSIVE FERTILIZATION)......Page 120
CULTURAL EUTROPHICATION......Page 127
FISH CELLS IN THE TOXICOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS......Page 128
FISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORIES......Page 131
FISHERIES: HISTORY, SCIENCE, AND MANAGEMENT......Page 134
FACTORS AFFECTING FISH GROWTH AND PRODUCTION......Page 142
WATER NEEDS FOR FRESHWATER FISHERIES MANAGEMENT......Page 146
ANOUTLINEOFTHEHISTORYOFFISHPOND CULTURE IN SILESIA, THE WESTERN PART OF POLAND......Page 148
FLOODS......Page 155
FLOOD CONTROL STRUCTURES......Page 163
FLOODS AS A NATURAL HAZARD......Page 166
FLOOD SOURCE MAPPING IN WATERSHEDS......Page 168
URBAN FLOODING......Page 172
FLOODWATER SPREADING......Page 176
MINIMUM ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW REGIMES......Page 179
FORENSIC HYDROGEOLOGY......Page 181
FORESTS AND WETLANDS......Page 183
ROCK GLACIER......Page 187
GREAT LAKES......Page 188
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM HYDROELECTRIC RESERVOIRS......Page 193
GULLY EROSION......Page 196
POTENTIAL HEALTH ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH BLUE-GREEN ALGAE BLOOMS IN IMPOUNDMENTS, PONDS AND LAKES......Page 201
HEAT BALANCE OF OPEN WATERBODIES......Page 203
HYDRAULICS......Page 207
HYDRAULICS OF PRESSURIZED FLOW......Page 209
HYDROELECTRIC POWER......Page 212
HYDROELECTRIC RESERVOIRS AS ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES OF GREENHOUSE GASES......Page 216
HYDROLOGIC PERSISTENCE AND THE HURST PHENOMENON......Page 223
UNIT HYDROGRAPH......Page 234
HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES AND MEASURED POLLUTANT LOADS......Page 235
HYDROLOGIC THRESHOLDS......Page 242
GANGA RIVER, INDIA......Page 245
INTERCEPTION......Page 248
KINEMATIC SHOCK......Page 252
KINEMATIC WAVE METHOD FOR STORM DRAINAGE DESIGN......Page 255
KINEMATIC WAVE AND DIFFUSION WAVE THEORIES......Page 259
KINEMATIC WAVE FLOW ROUTING......Page 266
RELIABILITY CONCEPTS IN RESERVOIR DESIGN......Page 272
LAKES......Page 278
THE THEORY OF ALTERNATIVE STABLE STATES IN SHALLOW LAKE ECOSYSTEMS......Page 285
NOAA LAKE LEVEL FORECAST FOR LAKE MICHIGAN RIGHT ON TARGET......Page 287
SUBMERGED AQUATIC PLANTS AFFECT WATER QUALITY IN LAKES......Page 288
LAKES—DISCHARGES TO......Page 294
LASERS SCAN LEVEES FROM THE AIR......Page 297
LEVEES FOR FLOOD PROTECTION......Page 299
LIMNOLOGY......Page 304
ADSORPTION OF METAL IONS ON BED SEDIMENTS......Page 308
MICROBIOLOGY OF LOTIC AGGREGATES AND BIOFILMS......Page 318
MICROORGANISMS IN THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT......Page 322
CALIBRATION OF HYDRAULIC NETWORK MODELS......Page 326
NUMERICAL MODELING OF CURRENTS......Page 333
UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS IN WATERSHED MODELING......Page 338
WATERSHED MODELING......Page 340
MODELING OF WATER QUALITY IN SEWERS......Page 344
MODELING OF URBAN DRAINAGE AND STORMWATER......Page 350
MODELING UNGAUGED WATERSHEDS......Page 355
CORPS TURNED NIAGARA FALLS OFF, ON AGAIN......Page 358
OPEN CHANNEL DESIGN......Page 359
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND TRACE ELEMENTS IN FRESHWATER STREAMBED SEDIMENT AND FISH FROM THE PUGET SOUND BASIN......Page 362
IMPERVIOUS COVER—PAVING PARADISE......Page 376
PHYTOREMEDIATION BY CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS......Page 377
UNRECOGNIZED POLLUTANTS......Page 384
POLLUTION OF SURFACE WATERS......Page 386
POND AQUACULTURE—MODELING AND DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS......Page 388
PUMPING STATIONS......Page 392
REGULATED RIVERS......Page 394
RESERVOIRS-MULTIPURPOSE......Page 395
DAM REMOVAL AS RIVER RESTORATION......Page 400
RIPARIAN SYSTEMS......Page 403
RIVERS......Page 405
RIVER AND WATER FACTS......Page 407
SEDIMENT LOAD MEASUREMENTS......Page 410
SEDIMENTATION......Page 414
SEDIMENTATION AND FLOTATION......Page 417
RESERVOIR SEDIMENTATION......Page 421
WATER FROM SATURATED RIVER SEDIMENT—SAND ABSTRACTION......Page 425
SEDIMENT TRANSPORT......Page 430
STOCHASTIC SIMULATION OF HYDROSYSTEMS......Page 434
STORAGE AND DETENTION FACILITIES......Page 443
URBAN STORMWATER RUNOFF WATER QUALITY ISSUES......Page 445
RIVERS AND STREAMS: ONE-WAY FLOW SYSTEM......Page 450
STREAMFLOW......Page 452
WATER QUALITY IN SUBURBAN WATERSHEDS......Page 454
SURFACE WATER POLLUTION......Page 457
SURFACE RUNOFF AND SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE......Page 464
TRACE ELEMENTS IN WATER, SEDIMENT, AND AQUATIC BIOTA—EFFECTS OF BIOLOGY AND HUMAN ACTIVITY......Page 467
INNOVATIVE PENS HATCH THOUSANDS OF TROUT......Page 471
WATERSHED......Page 473
COMBUSTIBLE WATERSHEDS......Page 474
TIME OF CONCENTRATION AND TRAVEL TIME IN WATERSHEDS......Page 482
WATERSHED HYDROLOGY......Page 485
WATER HYACINTH—THE WORLD’S MOST PROBLEMATIC WEED......Page 492
WATER QUALITY IN PONDS......Page 497
WATER TURBINE......Page 500
WETLANDS: USES, FUNCTIONS, AND VALUES......Page 502
WETLANDS OVERVIEW......Page 506
CLASSIFICATION OF WETLANDS AND DEEPWATER HABITATS OF THE UNITED STATES......Page 509
URBAN RUNOFF......Page 511
URBAN WATER STUDIES......Page 514
SUBGLACIAL LAKE VOSTOK......Page 516
WATER—THE CANADIAN TRANSPORTER......Page 520
FLOOD PREVENTION......Page 523
EFFECTS OF DDT IN SURFACE WATER ON BIRD ABUNDANCE AND REPRODUCTION—A HISTORY......Page 526
INSTREAM FLOW METHODS......Page 539
FLOODPLAIN......Page 540
FISH PASSAGE FACILITIES......Page 542
FISHING WATERS......Page 545
LAND SURFACE MODELING......Page 546
ANIMAL FARMING OPERATIONS: GROUNDWATER QUALITY ISSUES......Page 551
AQUACULTURE TECHNOLOGY FOR PRODUCERS......Page 553
BIOFUEL ALTERNATIVES TO FOSSIL FUELS......Page 558
SOIL CONSERVATION......Page 562
LANDSCAPE WATER-CONSERVATION TECHNIQUES......Page 566
CROP WATER REQUIREMENTS......Page 570
AGRICULTURAL WATER USE EFFICIENCY (WUE) AND PRODUCTIVITY (WP)......Page 571
LARGE AREA SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE ESTIMATION USING SATELLITE IMAGERY......Page 573
SOIL EROSION AND CONTROL PRACTICES......Page 578
WATER TABLE CONTRIBUTION TO CROP EVAPOTRANSPIRATION......Page 583
CROP EVAPOTRANSPIRATION......Page 584
WATER POLLUTION FROM FISH FARMS......Page 592
WORLD’S MAJOR IRRIGATION AREAS......Page 594
IRRIGATION IN THE UNITED STATES......Page 599
IRRIGATION WELLS......Page 607
AGRICULTURE AND LAND USE PLANNING......Page 608
WATERLOGGING......Page 612
WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN AN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE......Page 617
CLASSIFICATION AND MAPPING OF AGRICULTURAL LAND FOR NATIONAL WATER-QUALITY ASSESSMENT......Page 621
METAL TOLERANCE IN PLANTS: THE ROLES OF THIOL-CONTAINING PEPTIDES......Page 622
MICROIRRIGATION......Page 628
MICROIRRIGATION: AN APPROACH TO EFFICIENT IRRIGATION......Page 633
PLANT AND MICROORGANISM SELECTION FOR PHYTOREMEDIATION OF HYDROCARBONS AND METALS......Page 641
NITRATE POLLUTION PREVENTION......Page 650
NITRIFICATION......Page 653
OCCURRENCE OF ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES IN VEGETABLES GROWN ON UNTREATED SOILS FROM AN AGRICULTURAL WATERSHED......Page 656
PESTICIDE CHEMISTRY IN THE ENVIRONMENT......Page 660
REMEDIATION OF PESTICIDE-CONTAMINATED SOIL AT AGRICHEMICAL FACILITIES......Page 664
PESTICIDE OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION IN RELATION TO USE......Page 668
ASSESSMENT OF POLLUTION OUTFLOW FROM LARGE AGRICULTURAL AREAS......Page 670
DEEP-WELL TURBINE PUMPS......Page 677
MICROBIAL QUALITY OF RECLAIMED IRRIGATION: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE......Page 680
SOIL SALINITY......Page 686
MAINTAINING SALT BALANCE ON IRRIGATED LAND......Page 690
SALT TOLERANCE......Page 694
GROUNDWATER ASSESSMENT USING SOIL SAMPLING TECHNIQUES......Page 701
SKIMMED GROUNDWATER......Page 704
SOIL MOISTURE MEASUREMENT—NEUTRON......Page 705
SOIL N MANAGEMENT IMPACT ON THE QUALITY OF SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE WATER......Page 707
SOIL PHOSPHORUS AVAILABILITY AND ITS IMPACT ON SURFACE WATER QUALITY......Page 714
SOIL WATER ISSUES......Page 719
WATER SPREADING......Page 721
SPRINKLER IRRIGATION......Page 725
STOMATES......Page 727
CROP WATER STRESS DETECTION USING REMOTE SENSING......Page 732
VACUUM GAUGE TENSIOMETER......Page 737
TILE DRAINAGE......Page 742
TILE DRAINAGE: IMPACTS, PLANT GROWTH, AND WATER TABLE LEVELS......Page 744
MEASURING AND MODELING TREE AND STAND LEVEL TRANSPIRATION......Page 745
WATER LOGGING: TOPOGRAPHIC AND AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS......Page 754
WEED CONTROL STRATEGIES......Page 755
SCREEN FILTERS FOR MICROIRRIGATION......Page 761
XERISCAPE......Page 763
MEDIA FILTERS FOR MICROIRRIGATION......Page 765
A......Page 768
B......Page 769
C......Page 770
D......Page 772
E......Page 773
F......Page 774
G......Page 776
H......Page 777
J......Page 779
K,L......Page 780
M......Page 781
N......Page 782
O......Page 783
P......Page 784
Q,R......Page 786
S......Page 787
T......Page 790
W......Page 792
Y,Z......Page 794