Water Resources Center Contributions (1977-2010)
Published technical reports of research projects sponsored by the University of California Water Resources Center (1977-2010).
From High Rise to Coast: Revitalizing Ribeira da Barcarena Matt Kondolf, Kristen Podolak, and Andrea Gaffney (editors). ISBN-13: 978-1-60107-715-8; 2010.
A Living Mediterranean River: Restoration and Management of the Rio Real in Portugal To Achieve Good Ecological Condition Jennifer Natali, Matt Kondolf, Clara Landeiro, Juliet Christian-Smith, and Ted Grantham. ISBN-13: 978-0-9788896-3-0 ISBN-10: 0-9788896-3-0; February 2009.
A Fresh Perspective for Managing Water in California: Insights from Applying the European Water Framework Directive to the Russian River Ted Grantham, Juliet Christian-Smith, G. Matt Kondolf, and Stefan Scheuer (University of California, Berkeley). ISBN-13: 978-0-9788896-2-3 ISBN-10: 0-9788896-2-2; March 2008. 99 pp.
Numerical Simulation of Land Subsidence in the Los Banos-Kettleman City Area, California Keith J. Larson, Hakan Basagaoglu (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis) and Miguel Mariño (Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis). January 2001. 83 pp., ISBN 1-887192-13-1
Distribution, Ecology and Potential Impacts of the Chinese Mitten Crab (Eriocheir sinensis) in San Francisco Bay Deborah A. Rudnick, Kathleen M. Halat and Vincent H. Resh, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management. June 2000. 74 pp. ISBN 1-887192-12-3
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and the Evolution and Implementation of Water Policy: An Historical Perspective by W. Turrentine Jackson and Alan Paterson, University of California, Davis, Department of History. June 1977. 192 pp. PB-270469-AS, Code A10
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An Approach to Solving Basin-Wide Water Resources Management Planning Problem with Multiple Objectives by Peter W.F. Louie, William W-G. Yeh, and Nien-Sheng Hsu, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Civil Engineering. September 1982. 32 pp. PB-83150152, Code A03
Nitrogen Fertilizer Management of Vigorous Lemons and Nitrate-Pollution Potential of Groundwater by T.W. Embleton, C.O. Pallares, W.W. Jones, L.L. Summers and M. Matsumura, University of California, Riverside, Departments of Botany and Plant Sciences. April 1980. 29 pp. PB-83187146, Code A03
Controlling Land Use for Water Management and Urban Growth Management: A Policy Analysis by Seymour I. Schwartz, Robert A. Johnston, James R. Blackmarr and David E. Hansen, University of California, Davis, Division of Environmental Studies and Department of Agricultural Economics. October 1979. 79 pp.
PB-80139538, Code A07
Public Attitudes Toward Community Wastewater Reclamation and Reuse Options by William H. Bruvold, University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health. August 1979. 51 pp.
PB-80110851, Code A09
Emergencies in Water Delivery by Roland Schinzinger and Henry Fagin, University of California, Irvine, School of Engineering and Graduate School of Administration. June 1979. 131 pp. PB-80110372, Code A05
Factors Influencing Usefulness of Antitranspirants Applied on Phreatophytes to Increase Water Supplies by David C. Davenport and Robert M. Hagen, University of California, Davis, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, and Investigators from University of Arizona, (Regional OWRT Title II Project). PB-290171/AS, Code A09
Feasibility of Rainwater Collection Systems in California by David Jenkins and Frank Pearson, University of California, Berkeley, College of Engineering. August 1978. 55 pp. PB-288378/AS. Code A05
Brushland Watershed Fire Management Policy in Southern California: Biosocial Considerations by Robert G. Lee and Thomas M. Bonnicksen, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Forestry and Conservation. August 1978. 74 pp. PB/288523/AS, Code A05
A Dynamic Simulation of Regional Economic Performance with Alternative Water Policies by Lloyd Mercer and W. Douglas Morgan, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Economics. August 1978. 83 pp. PB-288409/AS, Code A05
Viral Control of Nuisance Blue-Green Algae by P.R. Desjardins, M.B. Barkley, S.A. Swiecki and S.N. West, University of California, Riverside, Department of Plant Pathology. May 1978. 29 pp. PB-286052, Code A03
Economic Impact of Water Quality on River Basin Management by Otto J. Helweg and Desi Alvarez, University of California, Davis, Department of Civil Engineering. March 1978. 61 pp. PB-281785/AS, Code A04
Engineering and Pedological Properties of Soils as They Affect Soil Erodibility by Michael J. Singer and John Blackard, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, and Ernest Gillogley and Kandiah Arulanandan, Department of Civil Engineering, University of California, Davis. January 1978. 75 pp. PB-279856, Code A03
Out of print:
Integrated Planning and Management for Urban Water Supplies Considering Multiple Uncertainties by Jay R. Lund, Mimi Jenkins and Orit Kalman, University of California, Davis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. May 1998. 94 pp.
Modeling of Precipitation-Based Drought Characteristics Over California by H.W. Shen and G.Q. Tabios, III, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Civil Engineering. February 1996. 85 pp.
Regional Scale Groundwater Monitoring: Methods and Case Studies by Paul F. Hudak, University of North Texas, Department of Geography, Hugo A. Loaiciga, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Geography, and Miguel A. Mariño, University of California, Davis, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources. April 1993. 74 pp.
Evaporation Rates from Temperature-Stratified Saline Lakes Using a One Dimensional Integrated Evaporation Methodology - Mono Lake as a Case Study by Ben J. Tsuang and John A. Dracup, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Civil Engineering. May 1991. 76 pp.
A Technique for the Assessment of Uncertainty in Water Quality Models Used for Public Health Risk Analysis by Mark A. Tumeo, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Department of Civil Engineering and Gerald T. Orlob, University of California, Davis, Department of Civil Engineering. December 1990. 39 pp.
Biogeography of Caddisfly (Trichoptera) Assemblages in Cold Springs of the Sierra Nevada (CA, USA) by Nancy A. Erman and Don C. Erman, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Forestry and Resource Management. October 1990. 29 pp.
An Economic Analysis of Flood Control Policy in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta by Samuel H. Logan, University of California, Davis, Department of Agricultural Economics. June 1989. 62 pp.
Evaluation of the Impact of Small Hydroelectric Facilities on the Visual Resources of Free-Flowing Streams in the Sierra Nevada by M.L. Shelton and Raymond J. Lacey, University of California, Davis, Department of Geography and California Tahoe Conservancy. April 1989. 49 pp.
Municipal Water Conservation by William H. Bruvold, University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health. September 1988. 49 pp.
Chemical Effects of Saline Drainage Waters on Irrigated San Joaquin Valley Soils by Garrison Sposito, Catherine Thellier, Kenneth Holtzclaw and James Rhoades, University of California, Riverside, Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences. June 1987. 85 pp.
Risk Analysis and Stochastic Management of Reservoir Systems by Miguel Mariño and Hugo A. Loaiciga, University of California, Davis, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources. October 1986. 63 pp.
Small Community Responses to Water Quality Requirements in a Non-metropolitan California by Alvin D. Socolow and Priscilla L. Hanford, University of California, Davis, Institute of Governmental Affairs. June 1986. 98pp.
Optimal Operation of a Multiple Reservoir System by Miguel Mariño and Hugo A. Loaiciga, University of California, Davis, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources. February 1985. 103 pp. PN-84111665, CodeA14
Use of Estimation Techniques for Flood Forecasting by N.S. Hsu, B.J. Williams, W. W-G. Yeh and M.K. Stenstrom, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Civil Engineering. February 1985. 52 pp.
Shrublands in California: Literature Review and Research Needed for Management edited by Johannes J. DeVries, University of California, Davis, Water Resources Center. November 1984. 146pp.
Quantitative Methods for Evaluating the Effects of Geothermal Energy Development on Stream Benthic Communities at the Geysers, California by Vincent H. Resh, Gary A. Lamberti, Eric P. McElravy, John R. Wood, and Jack W. Feminella, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Entomology and Parasitology. October 1987. 57 pp.
Methodologies to Predict the Mobility and Availability of Hazardous Metals in Sludge-Amended Soils by Garrison Sposito, Joseph P. LeClaire, Cynthia S. LeVesque and Nicola Senesi, University of California, Riverside, Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences. August 1984. 94 pp.
PB-84171099, Code A09
Developing the Resource Potential of a Shallow Water Table by Donald W. Grimes, Roshan L. Sharma and Delbert W. Henderson, University of California, Davis, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources. August 1984. 39 pp.
PB-84207315, Code A04
Environmental Effects of Land Use and Intensive Range Management: A Northern California Example by Teresa K. Albin-Smith and Charles A. Raguse, University of California, Davis, Department of Agronomy and Range Science. July 1984. 35 pp.
Recovery After Logging in Streams With and Without Bufferstrips in Northern California by Don C. Erman and Donald Mahoney, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Forestry and Resource Management. June 1983. 50 pp. PB-83178129, Code A04
Viral Control of Nuisance Cyanobacteria (Blue-Green Algae). II. Cyanophage Strains, Stability Studies of Phages and Hosts, and Effects of Environmental Factors on Phage-Host Interactions by P.R. Desjardins and G.B. Olson, University of California, Riverside, Department of Plant Pathology. March 1983. 35 pp. PB-83178129, Code A04
Mathematical Modeling and Parameter Identification in a Two-Dimensional Estuary: Case Study of the Hydraulic Model of the San Francisco Bay and Delta by Wen-Sen Chu, William W-G. Yeh and Richard C. Kristof, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Civil Engineering. March 1981. 38 pp.
PB-83-187146, Code A03
Benefits of Long-Range Streamflow Prediction by William W-G. Yeh, Leonard Becker, Marvin J. Cohn and Robert Zettlemoyer, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Civil Engineering. February 1980. 31 pp. PB-80156276/AS, Code A08
The Stanislaus River Drainage Basin and the New Melones Dam: Historical Evolution of Water Use Priorities by W. Turrentine Jackson and Stephen Mikesell, University of California, Davis, Department of History. June 1979. 185 pp. PB-8011828, Code A04
Remote Sensing Detection of Perched Water Tables: A Pilot Study by John E. Estes and David S. Simonett, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Geography. October 1978. PB-291753/AS, Code A05
Decision Theory Application and Irrigation Optimization by Marshall J. English and Gerald T. Orlob, University of California, Davis, Department of Civil Engineering. September 1978. 48 pp. PB-288436/AS, Code A04
Economic Impact of Fossil Energy Alternatives on California Irrigated Agriculture by Warren E. Johnston, Richard M. Adams and Gordon A. King, University of California, Davis, Department of Agricultural Economics. June 1978. 35 pp.
The Effects of Irrigation Return Water on Aquatic Plants (Periphyton) in the Sacramento River at Knights Landing, California by Stephen P. Hayes, Allen W. Knight, David E. Bayer and Gary R. Sanford, University of California, Davis, Department of Civil Engineering. March 1978. 61 pp.
Evaluation of Streamside Bufferstrips for Protecting Aquatic Organisms by Don C. Erman, J. Dennis Newbold and Kenneth B. Roby, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Forestry and Resources Management. September 1977. 48 pp. PB-273605/AS, Code A04
Influence of Domestic Wastes on the Structure and Energetics of Intertidal Communities near Wilson Cove, San Clemente Island by Mark M. Littler and Steven N. Murray, University of California, Irvine, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. June 1977. 88 pp. PB-271072-AS, Code A05