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| List of Figures and Tables | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Current Issues | |
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| Bases for Water Resources Decisions | |
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| Historical Perspectives on Water Resources Development | |
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| Evolution of Water Resources Planning | |
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| Scope of the Book | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Notes | |
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| Hydrologic Fundamentals | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Hydrologic Cycle and Water Budget | |
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| Hydrologic Cycle | |
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| Water Budget | |
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| Groundwater Systems | |
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| Occurrence | |
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| Permeability | |
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| Optimal Yield | |
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| Groundwater Quality | |
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| Summary | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Notes | |
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| Water Law | |
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| Riparian Rights | |
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| Prior Appropriation | |
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| Comparison between Riparian and Prior Appropriation Rights | |
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| Groundwater Law | |
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| Federal Reserved Water Rights | |
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| National Parks, Forests, Monuments, and Military Installations | |
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| Indian Water Rights | |
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| Current Issues | |
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| State Surface Water Law | |
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| General Stream Adjudication | |
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| Reallocation of Water Supplies | |
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| Water Banking | |
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| Winters Rights in Groundwater and Off-Reservation Water Marketing | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Notes | |
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| Federal Water Agencies and Legislation | |
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| Organizational Structure | |
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| Federal Legislation | |
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| Water Resources Development Legislation | |
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| Environmental Legislation | |
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| Recent Trends | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Notes | |
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| State and Local Water Agencies and Legislation | |
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| State Agencies | |
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| Local Agencies | |
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| Florida's Approach | |
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| Legislative History | |
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| Planning | |
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| Florida Water Plan | |
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| Regional and Local Planning | |
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| Save Our Rivers/Save Our Everglades | |
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| Recent Trends | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Notes | |
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| The Planning Process | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Scope of Planning | |
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| Levels of Planning | |
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| The Planning Process | |
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| Problem Identification | |
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| Data Collection and Analysis | |
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| Goals and Objectives | |
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| Problem Diagnosis | |
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| Formulation of Alternatives | |
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| Analysis of Alternatives | |
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| Evaluation and Recommendations | |
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| Implementation | |
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| Surveillance and Monitoring | |
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| The Rational Planning Model | |
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| Incorporation of Planning in Federal Activity | |
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| The Benefit-Cost Approach | |
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| Problems with the Rational Planning Model | |
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| Technical Adjustments | |
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| Social and Political Adjustments | |
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| Trends in Planning | |
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| Alternative Dispute Resolution | |
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| Integrated Water Resources Management | |
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| Adaptive Management | |
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| Obstacles to Planning | |
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| Benefits of Planning | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Notes | |
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| Economic Analysis | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Principles of Public Investment Analysis | |
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| Demand, Supply, and Production Functions | |
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| Equity versus Efficiency | |
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| Comparisons of Value and Time | |
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| Benefit-Cost Analysis | |
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| Discounting Techniques | |
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| Cash Flow | |
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| Compound-Interest Factors | |
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| Hypothetical Example | |
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| Present-Worth Method | |
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| Rate-of-Return Method | |
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| Benefit-Cost Ratio Method | |
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| Identifying Benefits and Costs | |
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| Limitations and Cautions | |
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| Annual-Cost Method | |
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| Cost Allocation | |
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| Allocation Rules | |
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| Cost Sharing | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Notes | |
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| Compound Interest Factors | |
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| Water Use and Supply | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Water Supply "Problem" | |
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| Water Use Concepts | |
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| Water Sources and Supplies | |
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| Trends in Water Use | |
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| Agricultural Use | |
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| Industrial Use | |
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| Public-Supply Use | |
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| Planning for Future Water Use | |
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| Demand | |
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| Supply | |
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| Summary and Conclusion | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Notes | |
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| Water Quality | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Nature's Effects on Water Quality | |
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| Chemical | |
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| Physical | |
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| Biological | |
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| The Hydrologic Cycle and Water Quality | |
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| Measures of Water Quality | |
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| Chemical | |
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| Physical | |
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| Biological | |
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| Groundwater Quality | |
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| Domestic Wastes | |
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| Industrial Wastes | |
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| Agricultural Wastes | |
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| Quality Control | |
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| Water-Land Use Interrelations | |
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| Impacts of Land Use on Water Quality | |
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| Land-Water Interfaces | |
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| Water Quality Planning | |
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| Summary | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Notes | |
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| Floodplain Management | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Early History | |
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| Twentieth-Century America | |
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| Flooding | |
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| Floodplains | |
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| Streamflow Analysis | |
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| Runoff | |
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| Frequency | |
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| Flood Damage Reduction Measures | |
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| Modifying Susceptibility to Flood Damage | |
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| Modifying Flooding | |
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| Modifying the Impact of Flooding | |
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| Recent Floods | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Postscript | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Notes | |
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| Stormwater Planning and Management | |
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| Background | |
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| Legal Framework | |
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| Phase I of the NPDES Storm Water Program of 1990 | |
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| Phase II of the NPDES Storm Water Program | |
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| Wet Weather Discharges | |
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| Implementing the Legal Framework | |
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| Stormwater Quality Master Planning | |
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| Best Management Practices (BMPs) | |
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| Structural BMPs | |
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| Nonstructural BMPs | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Notes | |
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| Models in Water Resources Planning | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Model Types | |
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| Simulation Models | |
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| Optimization Models | |
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| Statistical Techniques | |
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| Regression Models | |
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| Model Selection | |
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| Applications | |
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| Some Current Models | |
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| Water Quality Models | |
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| Groundwater Models | |
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| Stormwater and Watershed Models | |
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| Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Water Models | |
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| Examples | |
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| Optimization Models | |
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| Other Model Types | |
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| Recent Trends | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Notes | |
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| Summary of Selected Water Resources Modeling Applications | |
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| Summary of Water Resources Models | |
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| Executive Summary: Assured Water Supply for the Washington Metropolitan Area | |
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| Other Planning Issues | |
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| Fish and Wildlife | |
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| Wetlands | |
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| U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | |
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| Environmental Protection Agency | |
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| Navigation | |
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| Harbors and Ports | |
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| Waterways | |
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| Recreation | |
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| Hydroelectric Power | |
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| Environmental Impacts | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Notes | |
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| Future Directions | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Economic Issues | |
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| Water Pricing | |
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| Privatization | |
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| Globalization | |
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| National Policy Issues | |
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| Offstream Uses | |
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| Instream Uses | |
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| Institutional Issues | |
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| Global Trends | |
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| Summary | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Notes | |
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| Information Sources | |
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| USGS | |
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| Water Data Program | |
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| National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN) | |
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| Water Data Storage and Retrieval System (WATSTORE) | |
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| National Water Data Exchanges (NAWDEX) | |
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| National Water Use Information Program | |
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| National Water Summary Series | |
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| Hydrologic Data via Satellite | |
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| EPA | |
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| National Ground Water Information Center | |
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| Storage and Retrieval System (STORET) | |
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| Selected Water Resources Websites | |
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| Global | |
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| United Nations Environment Programme | |
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| World Watch Magazine | |
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| World Resources Institute | |
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| United States | |
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| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | |
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| United States Geologic Survey | |
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| U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | |
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| U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation | |
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| National Park Service | |
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| American Water Resources Association | |
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| Florida | |
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| Florida Department of Environmental Protection | |
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| Florida's Five Water Management Districts | |
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| Academic Databases | |
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| Southern Illinois University--Universities Water Information Network | |
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| Arizona | |
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| George Mason University--Potomac River | |
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| University of Texas Center for Research in Water Resources | |
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| University of Florida Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants | |
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| Prentice Hall | |
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| Commissions within the United States | |
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| Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin | |
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| Susquehanna River Basin Commission | |
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| Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission | |
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| Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission | |
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| Great Lakes Commission | |
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| Tennessee Valley Authority | |
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| Trinity River Authority of Texas | |
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| Delaware River Basin Commission | |
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| Environmental/Water Resources Firms | |
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| Cygnus Group | |
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| Montgomery Watson | |
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| Miscellaneous | |
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| Resources for the Future | |
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| Stormwater News | |
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| The Water Rights Market | |
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| English-Metric Conversion Factors for Common Units | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |