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1997
- No. 185 -- Restoration of the Lower Mississippi Delta Bottomland Hardwood Forest: Economic and Policy Considerations
Gregory Amacher, Jay Sullivan, Leonard Shabman, and Laura Zepp
[No abstract available]
1994
- No. 184 -- Investigations of Eutrophication in Mountain Lake, Giles County, Virginia
Myron H. Beaty and Bruce C. Parker
Subjects: Eutrophication, Mountain Lake, nitrogen, phosphorus, oxygen deficits, primary productivity.
[Abstract] - No. 183 -- Development and Evaluation of a Colorimetric Coliphage Assay Detection System Marian Ijzerman, Charles Hagedorn III, and Raymond Reneau, Jr.
Subjects: coliphage detection, fecal contamination, Escherichia coli
[Abstract]
1993
- No. 182 -- The Concept of Instream Flow and Its Relevance to Drought Management In the James River Basin
Robert L. Vadas, Jr., and Diana L. Weigmann
Subjects: Minimum instream flow, instream-flow methods, Virginia, James River basin, aquatic ecosystem, riparian ecosystem, water law, water policy, drought management.
[Abstract] - No. 181 -- Sediment-Water Column Nutrient Exchanges In Southern Chesapeake Bay Nearshore Environments
William G. Reay, Daniel Gallagher, and George M. Sjmmons
Subjects: Groundwater seepage, estuaries, Chesapeake Bay, nonpoint source pollution, nutrients, groundwater-surface water interactions, sediment solute flux, benthic-pelagic interactions.
[Abstract]
- No. 180 -- An Assessment of the Transferability of Habitat Suitability Criteria for Smallmouth Bass, Micropterus dolomleu
Thomas P. Groshens and Donald J. Orth
Subjects: Smallmouth bass, Micropterus, dolomieu, habitat suitability depth, mean column velocity, cover, substrate
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No. 179 -- A Model of Nitrate Leaching from Agricultural Systems In Virginia's Northern Neck
Terrence G. Johnson and John C. Parker
Subjects: Smailmouth bass, Micropterus dolomieu, habitat suitability, depth, mean column velocity, cover, substrate.
[Abstract] - No. 178 -- Evaluation of the Performance of Five Aerated Package Treatment Systems
J. Lee Kellam, Gregory D. Boardman, Charles Hagedorn, and Raymond B. Reneau
Subjects: Aerated package treatment systems (APTS), onsite wastewater treatment systems, Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (VPDES) General Permit, National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) Standard 40, dry-feed tube chlorinator/dechlorinator, nutrients, biological data.
[Abstract]
No. 177 -- The Influence of Microbial Ecology on Subsurface Degradation of Petroleum Contaminants
John T. Novak, Carol Yeh, David Gullic, John Eichenberger, and Robert E. Benoit
Subjects: Groundwater, biodegradation, bioremediation, gasoline, contamination, gasoline additives, toluene.
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No. 176 -- Crop Selection, Tillage Practices, and Chemical and Nutrient Applications In Two Regions of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Darrell J. Bosch, James W. Pease, and Sandra S. Batie
Subjects: water quality, nutrients, pesticides, tillage, crop selection, attitudes, farmer characteristics, leaching, sediment loading, Virginia, Chesapeake Bay, nonpoint pollution.
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No. 175 -- Fate and Transport of Pesticides in a Virginia Coastal Plain Soil
Conrad D. Heatwole, Sebastian Zacharias, Saied Mostaghimi, Theo A. Dillaha, R.W. Young
Subjects: Surface water, groundwater, runoff, leaching, pesticide, conservation tillage, conventional tillage.
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No. 174 -- Interactions Between Surface Water and Groundwater in a Virginia Coastal Plain Watershed
Keith N. Eshelman, John S. Pollard, Anne Kuebler
Subjects: groundwater, groundwater-surface water interactions, nontidal wetlands, watershed hydrology, hillslope hydrology, riparian zone, streamflow, water balance.
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No. 173 -- Surface Water Quality Trends in Southwestern Virginia, 1970-1989:1. Seasonal Kendall Analysis
Carl E. Zipper, Golde I. Holtzman, Sungsue Rheem, Gregory K. Evanylo
Subjects: Surface water, land-use practices, monitoring station, statistical analysis, long-term trend.
[Abstract] - No. 172 -- Biodegradability of Atrazine, Cyanazine, and Dicamba in Wetland Soils
J.D. Gu, D.F. Berry, R.H. Taraban, D.C. Martens, H.L. Walker, Jr., and W.J. Edmonds
Subjects: Wetland soil, herbicides, degradation, denitrifying conditions, methanogenic conditions.
[Abstract]
1992
1991
- No. 171 -- Denitrification in Onsite Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Systems
Marcia B. Degen, R.B. Reneau, Jr., CharJes Hagedorn, D.C. Martens
Subjects: Onsite wastewater treatment and disposal system, denitrification, effluent loading rate, temperature, effluent type, acetylene blocking.
[Abstract] - No. 170 -- The 1986 Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act: Impacts on Virginia's Water Supply Industry
William E. Cox, Joseph H. Sherrard, and Christopher D. Gaw
Subjects: drinking water, Safe Drinking Water Act, health effects, water contamination, water treatment, water supply industry, waterworks management, cost analysis, intergovernmental relations.
[Abstract] - No. 169 -- Agricultural BMPs Applicable to Virginia
Conrad Heatwole, Theo Dillaha, and Saied Mostaghimi (
Subjects: BMPs; Agriculture; No-till; Water Pollution; Farming
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No. 168 -- A Helium High-Efficiency Microwave Induced Plasma for the Atomic Spectrometric Determination of Metals and Nonmetals
Larry D. Perkins, Curtis B. Motley, Keith A. McClearly, and Gary L. Long
Subjects: Helium microwave induced plasma; Metals; Nonmetals; Atomic spectrometric determination
[Abstract]
1990
- No. 167 -- Effects of Tillage and Nitrogen Fertilization on Nitrogen Losses from Soils Used for Corn Production
Menelik, R.B. Reneau, Jr., D.C. Martens T.W. Simpson, G.W. Hawkins
Subjects: No-till; Nitrogen leaching; Denitrification, Nitrogen uptake; Sewage sludge; Computer models; Nitrogen balance; Nitrogen carryover
[Abstract] - No. 166 -- Comparison of Two Tests for Trace-Organic Compounds In Land-Applied Sewage Sludge
Andrea M. Dietrich, Sheryl A. Chesnutt, and Lori A. Alderman
Subjects: Municipal Wastewater Sludge; Synthetic Organic Chemicals; Pesticides; Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry; Toxicity Extraction Procedure (EP) Toxicity Test; Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP)
[Abstract]
1989
- No. 165 -- An Investigation of the Biodegradation Potential of Groundwater Contaminants
John T. Novak, Gary T. Hickman, Mark A. Morris, and Robert E. Benoit
Subjects: Groundwater; Contamination; Biodegradation; Gasoline
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No. 164 -- Variable Source Area Concept for Identifying Critical Runoff-Generating Areas In a Watershed
G.V. Loganathan, S.P. Shrestha, T.A. Dillaha, and B.B. Ross
Subjects: Partial Watershed Hydrology; Subsurface Flow; Numerical Analysis; Monte Carlo Simulation
[Abstract] - No. 163 -- A Study of Infiltration Trenches
C.Y. Kuo, J.L. Zhu, and L.A. Dollard
Subjects: Peak Flow; Runoff; Infiltration; Water Table; Trench Geometry
[Abstract]
1988
- No. 162 -- Tillage Effects on Runoff Water Quality from Sludge-Amended Soils
S. Mostaghimi, M.M. Deizman, T.A. Dillaha, C.D. Heatwole, and J.V. Perumpral
Subjects: No-till; Conventional Tillage; Sludge; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Application Method; Application Rate; Rainfall Simulator; Land Application
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No. 161 -- Financial Responsibility Provisions for Underground Storage Tanks In Virginia
Paul S. Thompson, W. David Conn, and L. Leon Geyer
Subjects: Underground Storage Tanks; Financial Responsibility; Petroleum Products; Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; Insurance; Leak Prevention
[Abstract] - No. 160 -- Underground Storage Tank Disposal: Alternatives, Economics, and Environmental Costs
Janet E. Robinson, Denise W. Scott, William Knocke, and W. David Conn
Subjects: Underground Storage Tanks; Abandonment; Removal; Disposal; Costs; Environmental Impacts; Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; Comprehensive Emergency Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
[Abstract] - No. 159 -- Effectiveness of BMPs for Stormwater Management In Urbanized Watersheds
C.Y. Kuo, G.V. Loganathan, W.E. Cox, S.P. Shrestha, and K.J. Ying
Subjects: Best Management Practices (BMPs); Hydrograph; Pollutograph
[Abstract]
1987
- No. 158 -- Control of Nonpoint Source Pollution In Virginia: An Assessment of the Local Role
William E. Cox and Lorraine M. Herson
Subjects: Nonpoint Source Pollution; Erosion and Sediment Control; Land Use Control; State Oversight; Interjurisdictional Approaches; Interdisciplinary Review; Urban Stormwater Control
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No. 157 -- Effects of Tillage System, Crop Residue Level, and Fertilizer Application Technique on Losses of Phosphorus and Pesticides from Agricultural Lands
S. Mostaghimi, V.0. Shanholtz, T.A. Dillaha, A.L. Kenimer, B.B. Ross, and T.M. Younos
Subjects: No-till; Conventional Tillage; Atrazine; Phosphorus; Application Technique; Crop Residue Level; Rainfall Simulator
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No. 156 -- Performance of Three Types of Laundry Detergents In Soft and Hard Water
R.P. Lovingood, J.E. Woodard, I.E. Leech, D.E. Hinkle, and J.D. Barber
Subjects: Phosphate-built and Carbonate-built Granular Detergents; Unbuilt Liquid Detergents; Soil Removal and Deposition; Carbonate Deposition; Water Properties; Laundering
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No. 155 -- Evaluating Potential Groundwater Contamination from Contaminated Soils
J.R. Pratt, P.V. McCormick, K.W. Pontasch, and J. Cairns, Jr.
Subjects: Soil; Leachate; Toxic Waste; Daphnia; Microcosms; Toxicity
[Abstract] - No. 154 -- Availability and Distribution of Heavy Metals, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus from Sewage Sludge in the Plant-Soil-Water Continuum
B.D. Rappaport, J.D. Scott, D.C. Martens, R.B. Reneau, Jr., and T.W. Simpson
Subjects: Cadmium; Copper; Groundwater Pollution; Heavy Metal; Phytotoxicity; Land Disposal; Mineralization; Nickel; Nutrient Balance; Sewage Sludge Utilization; Soil Contamination; Zinc
[Abstract]
1986
- No. 153 -- Long-Term Effectiveness and Maintenance of Vegetative Filter Strips
T.A. Dillaha, J.H. Sherrard, and D. Lee
Subjects: Vegatative Filter Strips; Buffer Strips; Vegatative Filters; Sediment Transport and Deposition; Nutrient Removal; Water Quality; Nonpoint Source Pollution
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No. 152 -- Development of a Method for Recommending Instream Flows for Fishes In the Upper James River, Virginia
Paul M. Leonard, Donald J. Orth, and Christopher J. Goudreau
Subjects: James River; Instream Flow; Stream Flows; Smallmouth Bass; Micropeterus dolomieui; Water Resources; Habitat Preferences; Minimum Flows
[Abstract] - No. 151 -- Use of Vegetative Filter Strips to Minimize Sediment and Phosphorus Losses from Feedlots: Phase I. Experimental Plot Studies
T.A. Dillaha, J.H. Sherrard, D. Lee, V.0. Shanholtz, S. Mostaghimi, and W. L. Magette
Subjects: Grass Filters; Filter Strips; Buffer Strips; Vegetative Filters; Sediment Removal; Feedlots; Phosphorus Removal
[Abstract]
1985
- No. 150 -- Options for Managing Underground Storage of Petroleum Products In Virginia
Margaret S. Hrezo and Mattie Quesenberry
Subjects: Groundwater; Contamination; Hazardous Materials; Oil Pollution; Underground Storage
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No. 149 -- Social Feasibility as an Alternative Approach to Water Resource Planning
Margaret S. Hrezo and Wayne J. Howe
Subjects: Public Participation; Water Resource Planning and Management
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No. 148 -- Methods of Analyzing Instream Flows
G. V. Loganathan, C. Y. Kuo, and T. McCormick
Subjects: Frequency Analysis; Low Flows; Transformations; Plotting Positions
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No. 147 -- A Water Code for Virginia
William R. Walker and Phyllis G. Bridgeman
Subjects: Water Allocation; Water Law; Water Management; Water Permits; Water Policy; Water Rights; Water Use; Reasonable Use; Beneficial Use; Groundwater Management; Public Trust Doctrine
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No. 146 -- Assessing the Feasibility and Potential Expansion of Large-Scale Riparian Irrigation in Virginia
D.B. Taylor, B. B. Ross, G. Vellidis, and A. B. Lanier
Subjects: Irrigation; Riparian; Feasibility; Econometric; Microcomputer; Center Pivot; Traveling Gun; Big Gun; Portable Pipe
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No. 145 -- Development of Procedures for Improved Resolution of Conflicts Related to Interjurisdictional Water Transfer
William E. Cox, Leonard A. Shabman, and Walton Blackburn
Subjects: Water Transfer; Political Aspects; Political Constraints; Boundaries; Negotations
[Abstract] - No. 144 -- Effects of Land Use Practices on Water Resources in Virginia
R. Christian Jones and Beatrice H. Holmes
Subjects: Land Use; Water Management; Agricultural Runoff; Agricultural Hydrology; Forest Hydrology; Forest Management; Urban Hydrology; Urban Runoff
[Abstract]
1984
- No. 143 -- Agricultural Use of Sewage Sludge: A Literature Review
W.D. Kelly, D. C. Martens, R. B. Reneau, Jr., and T. W. Simpson
Subjects: Heavy Metals; Land Application; Micronutrients; Nitrogen; Pathogens; Phosphorus; Soil Pollution; Waste Disposal
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No. 142 -- Institutional Framework for Rural Water Supply in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia
William E. Cox and Kurt S. Patrizi
[No abstract available] - No. 141 -- Adsorption of Metal Ions and Metal Complexes on Minerals
John G. Dillard, Deborah L. Crowther, and Catherine V. Schenck
Subjects: Cobalt Amino Acid Complexes-Adsorption; X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy; Surface Characterization; Adsorption; Montmorillonite; Synthetic Birnessite (MnO2); Electrophoresis Cobalt Amine Complexes-Adsorption; Hydrolysis; Surface Speciation
[Abstract]
1983
- No. 140 -- In Situ Survival of Enteric Bacteria in Estuarine Environments
Martha W. Rhodes and Howard I. Kator
Subjects: Enteric Bacteria; Escherichia coli; Salmonella spp.; Water Quality; Estuaries; Environmental Microbiology; Sublethal Stress
[Abstract] - No. 138 -- Institutional Issues Affecting Water Supply Development: Illustrations from Southeastern Virginia
William E. Cox and Leonard A. Shabman
[No abstract available]
- No. 137 -- Wastewater Treatment In Soil as a Function of Residence Time In the Root Zone
William L. Magette, Eldridge R. Collins, Jr., and Vernon O. Shanholtz
Subjects: Land Application; Land Treatment Design; Effluent Irrigation; Nitrate Pollution; Percolation; SPAW Model; Soil Water Model
[Abstract]
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No. 127 -- Seasonal Variation in the Nature and Removability of Reservoir THM Precursors
Robert C. Hoehn, Clifford W. Randall, Jill K. Malone, and Kevin L. Dixon
Subjects: Trihalomethanes; Drinking Water Treatment; Algae; Trihalomethane Precursors; Lake-Water Organics
[Abstract]
1982
- No. 139 -- Altered Hydrology of the Missouri River and Its Effects on Floodplain Forest Ecosystems
W. Carter Johnson, Peggy W. Reily, L. Scott Andrews, James F. McLellan, and John A. Brophy
Subjects: Floodplains; Floodplain Protection; Floods; Forests; Dams; Riparian Ecosystems; Riparian; Vegetation; Rivers; River Meandering; Growth; Survivorship; Land Use; North Dakota; Missouri River
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No. 136 -- A Financial Assessment of Virginia's Outdoor Recreation Planning
Leonard Shabman and Reid Ostrander
Subjects: Recreation; Outdoor Recreation; Recreation Planning; Land Use; Public Investment; Linear Programming
[Abstract] - No. 133 -- Floc Property Effects on Sludge Dewatering Characteristics
William R. Knocke and Douglas L. Wakeland
Subjects: Sludge Floc Properties; Floc Density; Sludge Filtrate Viscosity; Floc Compressibility; Floc Strength; Sludge Dewatering Characteristics; Sludge Handleability; Particle Size Distribution
[Abstract]
1981
- No. 135 -- Runoff and Pollution Abatement Characteristics of Concrete Grid Pavements
Gary E. Day, David R. Smith, and John Bowers
Subjects: Pavement; Concrete Grid Pavement; Urban Runuff; Stormwater Runoff; Stormwater Management; Heavy Metals; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Plant Nutrients
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No. 134 -- Securing Support for Nonpoint Pollution Control with Local Compensation
William Park and Leonard Shabman
Subjects: Nonpoint Pollution Control; 208 Planning; Water Quality; Cost Distribution; Benefit Distribution; Occoquan Basin
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No. 132 -- The Significance of Heavy Metals In Urban Runoff Entering the Occoquan Reservoir
Clifford W. Randall, Robert C. Hoehn, Thomas J. Grizzard, Stanley P. Gawlik, Jr., Dennis R. Helsel, and William D. Lorenz, Jr.
Subjects: Heavy Metals; Urban Runoff; Stormwater Runoff; Benthic Organisms; Bioaccumulation; Biomagnification; Water Pollution; Urbanization; Occoquan Reservoir; Water Supply
[Abstract] - No. 116 -- Rock Type and Minimum 7-Day/10-Year Flow in Virginia Streams
Rod W. Smith
Subjects: Minimum 7‑Day Per 10‑Year Flow; 7 Day Per 10‑Year Low Flow; Q7,10; Virginia Streamflows; Streamflows; Streams; Geohydrology
[Abstract]
1980
- No. 131 -- Enumeration and Inactivation of Enteric Viruses In Sludge
Michael W. Nath and James C. Johnson
Subjects: Sludge; Enteric Virus; Inactivation; Evaporation; Enumeration; Plaquing; Efficiencies; Bound-Virus Sludge Solids; Desorption; Extraction and Concentration; Surfactants; Poliovirus-2; Coxsackievirus B-2; Anatid Herpesvirus; Ultracentrifugation; Monitoring; (14)C-Poliovirus
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No. 130 -- Model for Simulating Runoff and Erosion in Ungaged Watersheds
B. B. Ross, M. L. Wolfe, V. 0. Shanholtz, M. D. Smolen, D. N. Contractor
Subjects: Watershed Model; Land Use Model; Finite Element Model; Hydrologic Model; Water Quality Model; Distributed Parameter Model; Sediment Model; Overland Flow; Spatial Variability; Washload; Stormwater Runoff
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No. 129 -- Direct Filtration of Virginia Surface Waters: Feasibility and Costs
Richard F. McCormick and Paul H. King
Subjects: Water Treatment; Coagulation; Sedimentation; Filtration; Economics
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No. 128 -- Rapid Assays for Microbial Degradation of 2-Chlorophenol
H.S . Pal, T. Murphy, A. C. Carter, and S. W. Drew
Subjects: Indicator Organisms; Chlorophenol; Most-Probable-Number; Culture Acclimation; Microbial Subpopulations
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No. 126 -- Sediment Bacteria as a Water Quality Indicator In the Lynnhaven Estuary
Carl W. Erkenbrecher, Jr.
Subjects: Total Coliforms; Fecal Coliforms; Fecal Streptococci; Suspended Sediment; Water Quality; Bacteria; Sediment
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No. 125 -- Agricultural Land Use: Effects on the Chemical Quality of Runoff
M.D. Smolen and V.0. Shanholtz
Subjects: Agriculture; Water Quality; Hydrology; Background Water Quality; Land Use; Precipitation; Nitrogen; Phosphorus
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No. 124 -- Septic Tank Drainfield Failures Resulting from Mineralogical Changes
L. W. Zelazny, D. A. Lietzke, and H. L. Barwood
Subjects: Septic Tank Drainfield Failures; Mineralogical Changes; Soils; Groundwater; Water Pollution; Wastewater
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No. 123 -- Dynamics and Control of the Asiatic Clam In the New River, Virginia
Donald S. Cherry, John H. Rodgers, Jr., Robert L. Graney, and John Cairns, Jr.
Subjects: Corbicula; Asiatic Clam; Toxicity; Bioconcentration; Population Density; Bioassays; New River
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No. 122 -- Measuring the Risks of Waste Disposal by Deep-Well Injection
Charles H. Breeden
Subjects: Waste Disposal Methods; Deep-Well Waste Disposal; Injection-Well Disposal; Subsurface Waste Disposal; Environmental Risk
[Abstract] - No. 119 -- Streamflow and Water Quality Modeling of the Chowan River
D.N. Contractor and P. H. King
Subjects: Chowan River; Numerical Modeling; Water Resources; Flood Routing; Water Quality Modeling; Algal Growth; Implicit Finite Difference Method
[Abstract]
1979
- No. 121 -- Navigation User Charges: Impact on the Transportation of Agricultural Products
James Binkley, Leonard Shabman, Joseph Havlicek, William Luppold, Richard Stillman, Walter Spilka, and David Kenyon
Subjects: User Charges; Navigation; Water Resources Policy; Transportation; Inland Waterways
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No. 120 -- Virginia's Inland Waterways: Legal Rights and Landowners' Perceptions
William E. Cox and Keith A. Argow
Subjects: Recreation; Public Rights; Canoeing; Fishing; Water Law; Public Access; Navigability; Steambed Ownership; Riparian Rights; Landowner Attitudes; Property Rights; Scenic Rivers
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No. 118 -- Occurrence and Distribution of Human Bacterial Pathogens in Virginia Surface Waters
Stephen L. Wendt, Bruce C. Parker. and Joseph O. Falkinham III
Subjects: Waterborne Pathogenic Bacteria; Atypical Mycobacteria; Microlayer; Aerosols; Epidemiology of Atypical Mycobacteria; Adsubble Process; Bubble-Burst Jet-Drop Mechanism; Environmental Microbiology
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No. 117 -- Effects of Non-Point Pollution on Benthic Invertebrates In the Lynnhaven River System
Daniel M. Dauer, W. Wright Robinson, Charles P. Seymour. and A. Thomas Leggett, Jr.
Subjects: Non-Point Pollution; Nutrient Enrichment; Macrobenthic Invertebrates; Estuaries
[Abstract] - No. 114 -- Survey and Evaluation of Social Science Research on Flood-Damage Abatement
S. K. Paulson and W. E. Lawrence
Subjects: Floods; Flood Prevention; Flood Damage; Flood‑Damage Abatement; Sociology; Social; Institutions; Values; Atitudes; Beliefs; Behavior; Customs; Bibliography; State of Art; Knowledge; Community; Economics; Energy; Health; Environment; Culture
[Abstract]
1978
- No. 115 -- Evaluation of Stream Improvement Practices In Southeastern Trout Streams
O. Eugene Maughan, Kent L. Nelson, and John J. Ney
Subjects: Stream Habitat Improvement; Stream Improvement Structures; Mountain Trout Streams; Gabions; Boulder Emplacements; Log Dams; Instream Cover
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No. 113 -- Benzimidazole Fungitoxicants in Virginia Soils: Movement, Disappearance, and Effect on Microorganisms
D.B. Janutolo and R. J. Stipes
Subjects: Fungitoxicants; Fungicides; Fungistats; Residues; Pesticides; Benomyl; Benlate; Lignasan BLP; Carbendazim; Surfactants; Soil Thin‑Layer Chromatography; Plant Chemotherapy; Plant Disease Control
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No. 112 -- Wastewater User Charges and Industrial Cost Recovery: Guidelines and Examples
Peter M. Ashton and William R. Walker
Subjects: User Charges; Industrial Cost Recovery; Industrial Charges; Industrial Assessment; Waste Treatment Charges; Utility Rates for Waste Treatment; Municipal Wastewater Charges
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No. 111 -- Modeling Sediment Movement in the Turbidity Maximum of an Estuary
Albert Kuo, Maynard Nichols, and James Lewis
Subjects: Mathematical Model; Estuaries; Sediment Transport; Turbidity Maximum
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No. 110 -- Swine Lagoon Effluent on a Soil-Plant Environment: An Impact Assessment
A.R. Collins, Jr., E. T. Kornegay, and D. C. Martens
Subjects: Swine Waste Treatment; Land Disposal; Swine Waste Irrigation
[Abstract] - No. 106 -- Effects of Temperature on Aquatic Organism Sensitivity to Selected Chemicals
John Cairns, Jr., Arthur L. Buikema, Jr., Alan G. Heath, Bruce C. Parker
Subjects: Toxicity; Bioassay; Thermal Pollution; Interaction of Toxicants; Aquatic Organisms
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No. 85 -- A Model for Evaluating the Effect of Land Uses on Flood Flows
B.B. Ross, V.0. Shanholtz, D.N. Contractor, and J.C. Carr
Subjects: Watershed Model; Land Use Model; Finite Element Model; Surface Flow Modeling; Stormwater Model; Flood Flow Routing; Parametric Model; Watershed Subdivision
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No. 80 -- Impact of Urban Runoff on Water Quality In the Occoquan Watershed
Clifford W. Randall, Thomas J. Grizzard, and Robert C. Hoehn
Subjects: Storm Runoff; Urban Runoff; Water Pollution Sources; Biochemical Oxygen Demand; Coliforms; Heavy Metals; Nutrients; Suspended Solids; Total Organic Carbon; Hydrographs
[Abstract]
1977
- No. 109 -- Phosphate and Tripolyphosphate Adsorption by Clay Minerals and Estuarine Sediments
Carol A. Lake and William G. Maclntyre
Subjects: Phosphate; Adsorption; Clays; Sediment
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No. 108 -- Magnetic Separation of Soluble Organic Pollutants from Water
J. A. Petruska and J.V. Perumpral
Subjects: High Gradient Magnetic Separation; Food Processing Wastewater; Activated Carbon Adsorption; Soluble Organics; Wastewater Treatment; Nutrient Removal; Water Purification
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No. 105 -- A Computerized Method for Abstracting and Evaluating Environmental Impact Statements
Gary F. Martel and Robert T. Lackey
Subjects: Environmental Impact Statement; Environmental Analysis; Environmental Assessment; Simulation; Reservoirs and Impoundments; Dams; Probability and Statistics
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No. 104 -- A Productivity Study of the Roanoke River Above Niagara Dam In Virginia
Joseph H. Sherrard and Joyce L. Hoyle
Subjects: Eutrophication; Productivity; Algal Growth Potential; Nutrients; Nitrogen; Phosphorus
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No. 103 -- Effect of Land Use Management on Flood Predictions
Rod W. Smith, Donald K. Jamison, and John W. Knapp
Subjects: Floods; Flood Prediction; Land Use Practices; Land Use Management
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No. 102 -- A Watershed Planning and Management System: Design and Synthesis
Robert H. Giles, Jr.
Subjects: Planning; Watershed Management; Computers; Models; Optimization; Decisionmaking; Urban Ecosystems
[Abstract] - No. 101 -- Interest Group Perceptions of Development Issues in Tidewater Virginia
Kenard E. Smith, Larry M. Springer, and John D. Stephens
Subjects: Costal Zone Management; Middlesex County; Virginia; Tidewater Virginia; Chesapeake Bay; Perceptions; Delphi Techniques; Exurbanization; Interest Groups; Constraints to Growth; Waste‑Disposal Problems; Septic Tanks; Water Pollution; Demography; Leadership Assessment Techniques; Local Perceptions of Growth Potential; Community Perceptions of Environmental Hazards
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No. 100 -- Pollutant Movement to Shallow Ground Water Tables from Swine Waste Lagoons
T.G. Ciravolo, D.C. Martens, D.L. Hallock, E.R. Collins, Jr., and E.T. Kornegay
Subjects: Pollutant Movement; Ground Water Monitoring; Lagoon Seepage; Soluble Nutrients; Waste Disposal
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No. 97 -- Stream Community Response to Road Construction Sediments
James R. Reed, Jr.
Subjects: Non‑point Sources; Pollution; Road Construction Effects; Macrobenthos and Fishes; Population Response
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No. 92 -- Rotifer Sensitivity to Combinations of Inorganic Water Pollutants
Arthur L. Buikema, Jr., Carolyn L. See, and John Cairns, Jr.
Subjects: Toxicity; Invertebrate Bioassays; Rotifers; Inorganic Compounds; Pollution Hazard Assessment
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No. 84 -- Water Quality at Five Proposed Industrial Sites on the Roanoke and New Rivers
James H. Wilson and Kenneth L. Dickson
Subjects: Water Quality; New River; Biological Assessment; Baseline Ecological Surveys; Roanoke River
[Abstract]
1976
- No. 107 -- Water Resources Administration in Virginia: Analysis and Evaluation
William R. Walker and William E. Cox
Subjects: Water Resources Management; Administrative Agencies; Institutions; Water Policy; Administrative Decisions; Water Quality Management; Water Resources Development; Water Allocation; Water Supply Development
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No. 99 -- A Model for Predicting Flood Hazards Due to Specific Land-Use Practices
B.B. Ross, D.N. Contractor, E.A. Li, V.0. Shanholtz, J.C. Carr
Subjects: Mathematical Models; Computer Models; Model Studies; Agricultural Watersheds; Watershed Management; Finite Element Mehtod; Land Use; Surfaction; Surface Runoff; Floods
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No. 98 -- Evaluation of Sediment Yields Due to Urban Development
Chin Y. Kuo
Subjects: Urban Runoff; Sediment Yield; Soil Erosion; Monitoring; Non‑Point Pollution Sources; Urban Hydrology; Construction
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No. 96 -- Citizen Attitudes Toward Management of the Chesapeake Bay
Leonard A. Shabman and Peter M. Ashton
Subjects: Resources Management; Public Participation; Coastal Zone Management; Chesapeake Bay
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No. 95 -- Land Prices In Flood Hazard Areas: Applying Methods of Land Value Analysis
Demetrios Damianos and Leonard A. Shabman
Subjects: Flood Control; Floodplain Management; Economic Analysis; Land Use
[Abstract] -
No. 94 -- A Butane Freezing Process for Dewatering Sludge
M.Z. Ali Khan, Clifford W. Randall, and N. Thomas Stephens
Subjects: Activated Sludge; Sludge Conditioning; Slurry Freezing; Dewatering; Economic Feasibility; Design Criteria; Vacuum Filtration; Gravity Drainage; Specific Resistance; Setting Velocity
[Abstract] -
No. 93 -- Penetration and Mixing of Heated Discharges Into Waterways
J.A. Schetz, C.H Lewis, B.L. Sill, J.C. Chien, and D. Markham
Subjects: Thermal Pollution; Waterways; Mixing; Numerical Analysis; Simulation; Water Temperature; Temperature Effects; Destratification; Cooling Water
[Abstract] -
No. 91 -- User Changes for Inland Waterways: A Review of Issues In Policy and Economic Impact
Leonard A. Shabman
Subjects: Water Policy; Economic Impact; Inland Waterways; User Charges; Cost Analysis; Navigable Waters; Waterways
[Abstract] -
No. 89 -- Wastewater Disinfection: State-of-the-Art Summary
C.M. Sawyer
Subjects: Residual Chlorine; Chlorine; Disinfection; Chlorination; Ozonation; Halogens; Irradiation; Toxicity; Wastewater; Bacteria; Pathogens; Pathogenic Bacteria; Wastewater Treatment; Water Treatment
[Abstract] -
No. 87 -- Factors Affecting Water Quality at Strip Mine Sites
J.F. Connel, D.N. Contractor, and V.0. Shanholtz
Subjects: Acid Mine Drainage; Strip Mines; Hydrology; Surface Runoff; Alkalinity; Wa\ter Temperature; Acid Streams; Stream Pollution; Acidity; Deterministic Models
[Abstract] -
No. 86 -- The Effects of Various Tertiary Treatment Nutrient Removal Schemes on Periphyton Communities in Model Laboratory Streams
Jerry C. Smrchek, John Cairns, Jr., Kenneth L. Dickson, Paul H. King, Clifford W. Randall, John Crowe, David Huber. and John W. Olver
Subjects: Model Studies; Trickling Filters; Eutrophication; Algae; Benthic Flora; Ecological Effects; Stream Biota; Wastewater Pollution; Phosphorus; Carbon; Wastewater; Nitrogen; Aquatic Populations; Ecosystems
[Abstract] - No. 79 -- Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Carbon Flux in Chesapeake Bay Marshes
Donald M. Axeland, Kenneth A. Moore, and Michael E. Bender
[Abstract]
1975
- No. 90 -- Residue-Removal Methods for Pesticides and Industrial Chemicals Found In Aquatic Environments
Roderick W. Young
Subjects: Pesticide; Detection Limits; Polychlorinated Biphenyls; Gas Chromatography; Chemical Wastes; Chemical Analysis; Organic Pesticides; Non‑point Pollution Sources
[Abstract] -
No. 88 -- A Case Study of Non-Point Source Pollution in Virginia
Leland L. Harms and Elizabeth V. Southerland
Subjects: Non‑Point Pollution Sources; Organic Matter; Sediments; Nutrients; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Case Studies; Pollution; Wastewater Pollution; Agriculture; Urban; Point Source Pollution; Land Use
[Abstract] -
No. 82 -- Evaluating a Mathematical Model for Predicting Lake Eutrophication
G.M. Hornberger, Mahlon G. Kelley, and T.C. Lederman
Subjects: Eutrophication; Mathematical Models; Ecological Effects; Computer Models; Nutrients; Phytoplankton
[Abstract] -
No. 78 -- Teaching Water Resource Management with the Aid of a Computer-Implemented Simulator
Robert T. Lackey and Franklin B. Titlow
Subjects: Computer Models; Education; Resources Management; Decision Making; Land Management; Water Management; Fish Management; Wildlife Management; Training
[Abstract] -
No. 77 -- Recovery and Reuse of Coagulants from Treatment of Water and Wastewater
Paul H. King, Ben H.H. Chen, and Kenneth Weeks, Jr.
Subjects: Water Treatment; Chemical Coagulation; Chemical Recovery; Economic Feasibility; Aluminum Salt; Iron Salt; Wastewater Treatment; Computer Models; Metals; Alum Sludge; Aluminum; Alum; Iron
[Abstract] - No. 76 -- Modeling the Assimilative Capacity of a Small Mountain Stream
R.E. Hoehn, M. Childrey, and D.N. Contractor
Subjects: Computer Models; Dissolved Oxygen; Biochemical Oxygen Demand; Stream Pollution; Wastewater Disposal
[Abstract] -
No. 74 -- Removal of Soluble Mercury from Waste Water by Complexing Techniques
Donald L. Michelsen, James A. Gideon, Gerald P Griffith, John E. Pace, and Hidayet L. Kutat
Subjects: Tannery Wastes; Wastewater Reclamation; Mercury; Ion Exchange; Resins; Adsorption; Wastewater Treatment; Anion Exchange; Cation Exchange; Heavy Metals
[Abstract] -
No. 73 -- Vertical Electrical Resistivity Soundings To Locate Ground Water Resources: A Feasibility Study
Mohamed A. Sabet
Subjects: Groundwater; Sounding; Resistivity; Groundwater Availability; Electrical Well Logging; Groundwater Budget; Aquifer Testing
[Abstract]
1974
- No. 83 -- Guarding Our Water Resources
(1974 Annual Report of the Virginia Water Resources Research Center) - No. 81 -- Minimum Oxygen Levels Survived by Stream Invertebrates
Eugene W. Surber and William E. Bessey
Subjects: Invertebrates; Oxygen; Oxygen Requirements; Water Quality; Aeration; Mollusks; Crustaceans; Insects; Aquatic Insects
[Abstract] -
No. 75 -- National Water Commission: A Review of Some Issues
edited by Peter M. Ashton
Subjects: Water Resources Development; Water Pollution Control; Pricing; Urban Planning; Social Values; Legal Aspects; Political Aspects
[Abstract] -
No. 72 -- Water Resources Research: Annual Report for Fiscal Year 1974
Water Resources Research Center
Subjects: Water Resources Institutes; Water Pollution Control; Sludge; Model Studies; Micoorganisms; Industrial Wastewater; Reclaimed Water; Detergents; Monitoring; Fungi
[Abstract] -
No. 71 -- Rotifers as Monitors of Heavy Metal Pollution in Water
Arthur L. Buikema, John Cairns, Jr., and Gail W. Sullivan
Subjects: Heavy Metals; Bioassay; Rotifers; Invertebrates; Toxins; Pollution; Monitoring
[Abstract] -
No. 70 -- Predicting Pollution in the James River Estuary: A Stochastic Model
Harry Bard and Richard G. Krutchkoff
Subjects: Mathematical Models; Estuaries; Sensitivity Analysis; Wastewater Disposal; Temperature; Carbon; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Bacteria; Algae
[Abstract] -
No. 69 -- Water Quality Monitoring: Bacteria as Indicators
Noel R. Krieg and Jean H. Bowdre
Subjects: Industrial Wastes; Indicators; Bacteria; Toxins; Heavy Metals; Monitoring
[Abstract] -
No. 68 -- Aquatic Fungi in Rivers: Their Distribution and Response
David F. Farr and Robert A. Paterson
Subjects: Aquatic Environment; Aquatic Fungi; Ecological Effects; Sewage Treatment; Toxicants; Industrial Wastes; Heavy Metals; Detergents; Effluents; Species Composition; Species Diversity; Nutrients
[Abstract] -
No. 67 -- Minimizing Water and Sewage Costs Using TOPAZ
John W. Dickey, J. Marshall Anthony, Dale R. Burton,Alan R. Gordon, Kent R. Morgan, Richard M. Peters, Jr., and Michael A. Volpe
Subjects: Land Use; Sewer Systems; Cost Analysis; Optimization; Regional Planning; Regional Development; ComputerModels; Water Supply; Water Management
[Abstract] -
No. 66 -- Rehabilitation of Streams Receiving Acid Mine Drainage
Edwin E. Herricks and John Cairns, Jr.
Subjects: Acid Mine Drainage; Aquatic Environment; Neutralization; Computer Models; Stream Degradation; Aquatic Drift; Aquatic Habitats; Acid Streams; Stream Biota; Stream Pollution; Acidity; Rehabilitation; Species Diversity
[Abstract] -
No. 64 -- Investigations of Freshwater Surface Microlayers
Roger F. Hatcher and Bruce C. Parker
Subjects: Aquatic Environment; Sampling; Surface Water; Aerosols; Microorganisms; Metals; Pesticide
[Abstract] -
No. 60 -- Stochastic Model for a Dynamic Ecosystem
William R. Schofield and Richard G. Krutchkoff
Subjects: Model Studies; Estuaries; Eutrophication; Water Quality; Water Pollution Effects; Computer Programs
[Abstract]
1973
- No. 65 -- Water Resources Research: Annual Report for Fiscal Year 1973
Water Resources Research Center
Subjects: Water Resources Institutes; Monitoring; Management Planning; Computers; Acid Mine Drainage; Herbicides; Tidal Marshes; Wastewater Treatment; Sludge; Lagoons; Water Law; Floods; Insurance; Administrative Agencies
[Abstract] -
No. 63 -- Aquatic Invertebrate Recovery in the Clinch River Following Hazardous Spills and Floods
John S. Crossman and John Cairns, Jr.
Subjects: Benthic Fauna; Hazardous Materials; Fly Ash; Sulfuric Acid; Flooding; Acidity; Mollusks; Clams; Species Diversity; Acid; Species Composition; Stream Degradation; Pollution; Aquatic Drift; Power Plants; Stream Biota
[Abstract] -
No. 62 -- Effect of Detergent-Laden Water on the Growth of Corn
Wybe Kroontje, Jesse Judy, and Hermann Hahne
Subjects: Detergents; Salinity; Fertilizers; Irrigation Effects; Plant Growth; Phosphorus
[Abstract] -
No. 61 -- Optimal Procedures for the Processing of Waste Activated Sludge
Clifford W. Randall, David G. Parker, and Antonio Rivera-Cordero
Subjects: Sludge; Sludge Drying; Aerobic Digestion; Anaerobic Digestion; Polymers; Filtration; Compressibility; Chlorination
[Abstract] -
No. 59 -- The Development of an Automated Biological Monitoring System for Water Quality
John Cairns, Jr., John W. Hall, Eric L. Morgan, Richard E. Sparks, William T. Walker. and Garson F. Westlake
Subjects: Water Quality; Monitoring; Bluegills; Chlorine; Zinc; Industrial Waste; Heavy Metals; Toxicity; Fish; Indicator
[Abstract] -
No. 58 -- Improving Water Quality by Removal of Pesticide Pollutants with Aquatic Plants
S.W. Bingman
Subjects: Pesticide; Herbicide; Residue Removal; Pollutant Removal; Water Quality; Aquatic Plants; Algae; Herbicide Metabolism
[Abstract] - No. 57 -- The Effects of Waste Discharges from Radford Army Ammunition Plant on the Biota of the New River, Virginia
John Cairns, Jr., and Kenneth L. Dickson
Subjects: Stream Survey; Biological Survey; Munition Wastes; TNT Wastes; Nutrient Enrichment
[Abstract]
1972
- No. 56 -- Some Seismic Measurements on the Virginia Coastal Plain
John K. Costain and Edwin S. Robinson
Subjects: Seismology; Seismic Properties; Seismic Waves; Wave Refraction, Wave Velocity; Coastal Plains; Stratigraphy
[Abstract] -
No. 55 -- A Pre-Impoundment Study of the North Anna River, Virginia
George M. Simmons, Jr.
Subjects: Water Quality; Acid Mine Drainage; Reservoirs; Benthic Environment; Oxygen; Nutrients; Bacteria; Radioisotopes; Benthic Fauna; Physical Properties; Chemical Properties; Sediments; Species Diversity
[Abstract] -
No. 54 -- An Ecosystematic Study of the South River, Virginia
edited by John Cairns, Jr., and Kenneth L. Dickson
Subjects: Organic Enrichment; Biological Survey; Nutrient Enrichment; Diversity
[Abstract] -
No. 53 -- Climatological Summaries for Selected Stations In Virginia
Curtis W. Crockett
Subjects: Climatic Data; Climates; Air Temperature; Precipitation; Local Precipitation; Weather; Weather Data Collections; Meterological Data Collection
[Abstract] -
No. 52 -- Treatment of Waste Sludges from Water Purification Plants
Paul H. King, Henry M. Bugg, John W. Olver, and David G. Argo
Subjects: Sludge; Alum Sludge; Sludge Drying; Chemical Coagulation; Polyelectrolytes; Vacuum Filtration; Flocculation; Water Treatment; Sludge Conditioning
[Abstract] - No. 51 -- Numerical Studies of Unsteady Flow in the James River
D.N. Contractor and J.M. Wiggert
Subjects: Flood Routing; Numerical Analysis; Computers; Open Channel Flow; Reservoir Stages; Low Flows; River Flow; Hydraulics; Channel Roughness; Flood Flows; James River; Virginia; Smith Mountain Pumped Storage Project; Leesville Reservoir
[Abstract] - No. 50 -- Measuring Attitudes Toward Water Use Priorities
John A. Ballweg
Subjects: Water Management; Water Use; Attitudes; Scaling; Statistical Analysis; Surveys; Public Opinions; Recreation; Public Participation
[Abstract] - No. 49 -- Water Resources In Virginia: 1969-1971
edited by W.R. Walker and T.W. Johnson
Subjects: Education; Publications; Research Facilities
[Abstract] -
No. 48 -- The Effects of Heated Waste Waters on Some Microorganisms
John Cairns, Jr. and Guy R. Lanza
Subjects: Thermal Stress; Thermal Pollution; Microorganisms; Fluorescence
[Abstract] - No. 45 -- Biological and Chemical Study of Virginia's Estuaries
Morris L. Brehmer
Subjects: Estuaries; Water Quality; Monitoring; Saline Water; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Chlorophyll; Nutrients
[Abstract]
1971
- No. 47 -- Convective Heat and Mass Transfer from Water Surfaces
J. Taylor Beard, Charles S. Chen, and Chandrika Prasad
Subjects: Heat Transfer; Mass Transfer; Analog Models; Air‑Water Interfaces; Interferometry; Surface Water
[Abstract] -
No. 46 -- Water Resources Research In Virginia: Annual Report Fiscal Year 1971
Virginia Water Resources Research Center
Subjects: Water Resources Institutes; Allotments; Grants; Administration; Water Quality; Water Management
[Abstract] -
No. 44 -- Proceedings: Community Workshop on Flood Insurance
edited by James E. Hackett and T.W. Johnson
Subjects: Floods; Insurance; Economic Aspects; Local Government; Law; Public Participation
[Abstract] -
No. 43 -- Effects of Zooplankton on Algae in Weshampton Lake
John W. Bishop
Subjects: Algae; Plankton; Rotifers; Aquariums; Photosynthesis; Zooplankton; Copepods; Vertical Distribution; Chlorophyll
[Abstract] -
No. 42 -- Adsorption of Organic Compounds onto Solids from Aqueous Solutions
James P. Wightman, Leslie R. Dole, J. Jones and Clarence A. King
Subjects: Adsorption; Pollutants; Phenols; Polymers; Silica; Carbon; Infrared Spectroscopy; Sorption; Decontamination; Cleanup; Solids Contact Processes
[Abstract] -
No. 41 -- A Guide to Aquatic Smartweeds (Polygonum) of the United States
Richard S. Mitchell
Subjects: Aquatic Weeds; Water Quality; Taxonomy; Systematics; Reservoirs; Wetlands; Aquatic Habitats; Aquatic Plants
[Abstract] -
No. 36 -- Microbial Release of Soluble Phosphate in an Activated Sludge Environment
Clifford W. Randall, Bruce S. Hulcher, and Duane W. Marshall
Subjects: Wastewater Treatment; Activated Sludge; Eutrophication; Phosphorus Removal; Sludge Conditioning; Sorption; Anaerobic Digestion; Aerobic Digestion; Microorganisms
[Abstract] - No. 35 -- The Effects of Detergents on Gas Absorption Processes
Jerry A. Caskey, Ralph F. Herbert, and Yan Pui To
Subjects: Soil‑Water‑Plant Relationships; Evapotranspiration; Infiltration; Plant Growth; Soil Profiles; Computer Models
[Abstract] -
No. 10 -- Flood Damage Abatement Study for Virginia
William R. Walker
Subjects: Floods; Flood Damage; Flood Plain Management; Legislation; Regulations; Floodways; Encroachment
[Abstract]
1970
- No. 40 -- Water Resources Research in Virginia - Annual Report for Fiscal Year 1970
Virginia Water Resources Research Center
Subjects: Water Resources Institutes; Education; Publications; Nuclear Power Plants; Wastewater Treatment; Phosphorus Removal; Thermal Pollution; Microorganisms; Recreation; Reservoirs; Research Priorities; Thermal Capacity; Phenols; Activated Carbon
[Abstract] -
No. 39 -- Flood Damage Abatement: Federal Assistance to Local Government
edited by W.R. Walker and T.W. Johnson
Subjects: Floods; Flood Damage; Flood Plain Management; Local Governments; Flood Control; Economic Aspects
[Abstract] - No. 38 -- A Soil Water Model for Two Contrasting Tillage Systems
Vernon O. Shanholtz and J. H. Lillard
Subjects: Soil‑Water‑Plant Relationships; Evapotranspiration; Infiltration; Plant Growth; Soil Profiles; Computer Models
[Abstract] - No. 37 -- Legal Aspects of Water Supply and Water Quality Storage
William R. Walker and William E. Cox
Subjects: Water Storage; Water Quality; Water Rights; Riparian Rights; Legislation; Federal Jurisdiction; State Jurisdiction; Legal Aspects; Water Law; Water Pollution Control
[Abstract] -
No. 34 -- The Treatment of Disperse Textile Dye Wastes by Foam Fractionation
Donald L. Michelsen and Thomas B. Fansler
Subjects: Textile Mill Wastes; Foam Separation; Chemical Oxygen Demand; Color Removal; Turbidity; Biological Oxidation; Surfactants; Flocculation; Waste Water Treatment; Polyelectrolytes
[Abstract]
1969
- No. 33 -- Temperature and Turbulence Effects on the Parameter "Delta" in the Stochastic Model for BOD and DO In Streams
Joseph R. Bosley, John J. Cibulka, and Richard G. Krutchkoff
Subjects: Model Studies; Water Quality; Biological Oxygen Demand; Dissolved Oxygen; Water Temperature; Turbulent Flow; Steam Pollution; Statistical Models; Oxygen Sag
[Abstract] - No. 32 -- Removal of Selected Contaminants from Water by Sorption of Coal
Paul H. King, Francis R. McNeice, and Pierre S. Warren
Subjects: Pesticides; Lindane; Parathion; Herbicides; Phosphorus; Sorption; Activated Carbon; Coal; Wastewater Treatment
[Abstract] - No. 31 -- Annual Report: Fiscal Year 1969
Virginia Water Resources Research Center
Subjects: Water Resources Institutes; Public Relations; Education; Research Priorities; Sludge; Evaporation; Coal; Hydrologic Cycle; Social Aspects; Dissolved Oxygen; Adsorption; Ground Water; Aquatic Weeds; Estuaries; Dye Industrial Wastes; Zooplankton
[Abstract] - No. 30 -- The Influence of Solar Radiation Reflectance on Water Evaporation
J. Taylor Beard and David K. Hollen
Subjects: Evaporation; Reservoir Evaporation; Water Loss; Solar Radiation; Computer Models; Numerical Analysis; Reflectance; Optical Properties
[Abstract] - No. 29 -- Public Perception of Water Resource Problems
Charles A. Ibsen and John A. Ballweg
Subjects: Social Aspects; Public Opinion; Water Use; Water Cost; Water Pollution; Water Shortage
[Abstract] - No. 28 -- Generalized Initial Conditions for the Stochastic Model for Pollution and Dissolved Oxygen In Streams
Richard H. Moushegian and Richard G. Krutchkoff
Subjects: Model Studies; Biological Oxygen Demand; Dissolved Oxygen; Rivers; Water Quality; Mathematical Studies; Computer Programs
[Abstract] - No. 27 -- Water Evaporation Suppression
John L. Gainer, J. Taylor Beard, and Robert T. Thomas
Subjects: Water Pollution; Air Pollution; Economic Evaluation; Cost Analysis; Regulations; Economic Aspects; Interdisciplinary Studies; Cost‑Benefit Analysis; Effluent Charges; Subsidies; Waste Management; Government Supports; Property Rights; Unemployment
[Abstract] - No. 26 -- Economics of Air and Water Pollution
Papers from a seminar
Subjects: Water Pollution; Air Pollution; Economic Evaluation; Cost Analysis; Regulations; Economic Aspects; Interdisciplinary Studies; Cost‑Benefit Analysis; Effluent Charges; Subsidies; Waste Management; Government Supports; Property Rights; Unemployment
[Abstract] -
No. 25 -- Geologic Control of Rainfall-Runoff Relations in the Peak Creek Watershed, Pulaski, and Wythe Counties, Virginia
Byron N. Cooper
Subjects: Rainfall; Rainfall‑Runoff Reationships; Gaging; Watersheds; Dams; Small Watersheds; Geologic Formations; Bedrock
[Abstract] -
No. 24 -- Prediction Models for Investment in Urban Drainage Systems
John W. Knapp and Walter J. Rawls
Subjects: Urban Watersheds; Urban Drainage; Precipitation Rate; Land Use; Cost Analysis; Drainage Systems; Urban Runoff; Urban Planning; Storm Sewers; Cost‑Benefit Analysis; Model Studies
[Abstract] -
No. 23 -- Some Water Quality Aspects of the Upper River Basin with Special Emphasis on Temperature
Kenneth B. Cumming and R. Don Estes
Subjects: Water Quality; Reservoirs; Pumped Storage; Water Temperature; Water Pollution; Thermal Pollution; Water Analysis; Rivers; Bass; Hydroelectric Power
[Abstract] -
No. 22 -- Stochastic Models for Biological Oxygen Demand and Dissolved Oxygen In Estuaries
Stephen W. Custer and Richard Krutchkoff
Subjects: Model Studies; Biochemical Oxygen Demand; Dissolved Oxygen; Water Pollution; Oxygen Deficit; Wastewater Pollution
[Abstract] -
No. 21 -- The Effects of Pumped Storage Reservoir Operation on Biological Productivity and Water Quality
George Simmons and Stuart E. Neff
Subjects: Water Quality; Pumped Storage; Reservoirs; Dissolved Oxygen; Coliforms; Primary Productivity; Bacteria; Nutrients; Water Circulation; Lakes; Enrichment; Thermal Stratification
[Abstract] -
No. 20 -- Probability Forecasts of 30-Day Precipitation
John W. Philpot and Richard G. Krutchkoff
Subjects: Precipitation; Areal Precipitation; Forecasting; Weather Data Collections; Weather Forecasting; Model Studies
[Abstract] -
No. 15 -- Instantaneous Unit Hydrograph Response by Harmonic Analysis
Jonathan T. Phillippe and James M. Wiggert
Subjects: Rainstorms; Streamflow; Streamflow Forecasting; Unit Hydrographs; Hydrographs; Rainfall‑Runoff Relationships; Precipitation; Computer Programs; Hydrograph Analysis; Mathematical Studies
[Abstract]
1968
- No. 19 -- Annual Report: Fiscal Year 1968
Water Resources Research Center
Subjects: Water Resources Institutes; Education; Publications; Water Quality; Streptococcus; Wastewater Treatment; Water Treatment; Evaporation Control; Dye Industry Wastes; Hydrologic Models; Estuaries; Ecology; Swamps; Land Use
[Abstract] -
No. 18 -- Water Resources Research in Virginia
William R. Walker
Subjects: Research Facilities
[Abstract] -
No.17 -- Water Resources Research Interests in the Colleges and Universities of Virginia
William R. Walker
Subjects: Education; Organization; Research Facilities; Institutions
[Abstract] -
No. 16 -- Computer System for the Reduction and Analysis of Soil Moisture Data
Vernon O. Shanholtz
Subjects: Computer Programs; Soil Water; Data Processing; Statistical Analysis; Fortran; Soil Profiles; Analysis of Variance
[Abstract] -
No. 14 -- Hydrologic Aspects of No-Tillage Versus Conventional Tillage Systems for Corn Production
Vernon O. Shanholtz and James L. Lillard
Subjects: Soil Moisture Retention; Soil Water; Soil Conservation; Plant Growth; Crop Yield; Corn; Statistical Analysis; Evaporation Control; Soil Erosion; Model Studies
[Abstract] -
No. 13 -- The Effect of Water Quality on the Metabolism of the Lactic Streptococci
Robert E. Benoit
Subjects: Water Quality; Fermentation; Culture Media; Streptococcus; Bacteria; Trace Elements; Metabolism; Dairy Industry; Milk
[Abstract] -
No. 12 -- Analysis of Hydrologic Systems
Tsung Ting Chiang and James M. Wiggert
Subjects: Artificial Watercourses; Rainfall‑Runoff Relationships; Simulation; Rainfall Simulators; Open‑channel Flow; Mathematical Models; Streamflow Forecasting; Systems Analysis
[Abstract] -
No. 11 -- Multicomponent Mass Transport In Aqueous and Membrane Systems
George B. Wills
Subjects: Membranes; Conductivity; Mass Transfer; Membrane Filters; Mathematical Models; Ions
[Abstract] - No. 9 -- Water Resources Laws In Virginia
William R. Walker and William E. Cox
Subjects: Legal Aspects; Regulations; Legislation; Water Rights; Water Resources
[Abstract]
1967
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No. 8 -- Annual Report: Fiscal Year 1967
Water Resources Research Center
Subjects: Water Resources Institutes; Education; Publications; Pumped Storage; Reservoirs; Mathematical Models; Waste Treatment; Sludge; Algae; Runoff; Drainage Systems; Crop Yield; Herbicides; Water Quality; Political Aspects
[Abstract] -
No. 7 -- Lime Treatment for Removal of Phosphate from Digester Supernatant Liquor
William A. Parsons, H.H. Yeh, and J.M. Glennon, Jr.
Subjects: Sludge; Sludge Drying; Lime; Chemical Precipitation; Phosphorus Removal; Phosphates; Wastewater Treatment; Aeration; Sludge Excess
[Abstract] - No. 5 -- Translocation of Growth Regulators in Chara vulgaris, a Non-Vascular Aquatic Plant Found In Virginia's Waters
Thomas O. Evrard and William F. Chappell
Subjects: Water Quality; Herbicides; Pesticides; Chara; Isotope Studies; Aquatic Weed Control; Streams; Lakes; Ponds
[Abstract]
1966
- No. 6 -- Annual Report: Fiscal Year 1966
Virginia Water Resources Research Center
Subjects: Water Resources Institutes
[Abstract] - No. 4 -- Water Resources Programs in Virginia
Papers from a symposium
Subjects: Water Resources Development; Regional Planning; Recreation; Water Quality; Groundwater; Soil Conservation; Streams; Coastal Waters
[Abstract] - No. 3 -- Stochastic Model for Pollution and Dissolved Oxygen in Streams
Richard P. Thayer and Richard G. Krutchkoff
Subjects: Model Studies; Biological Oxygen Demand; Dissolved Oxygen; Rivers; Water Quality; Simulation; Mathematical Studies
[Abstract] - No. 1 -- Water Resources of Virginia: Inventory of Printed Information and Data
Frederick E. McJunkin and William R. Walker
[No abstract available]
1965
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No. 2 -- Multidisciplinary Research as an Aid to Public Policy Formation
Papers from a seminar
[No abstract available]

