Seasonal and ephemeral surface water resources are essential to human consumptive uses and the nourishment of aquatic habitats, but they are increasingly threatened by climate-change related impacts. Western North America, for example, has already experienced significant decline…
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Silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) is an invasive species to the United States that is capable of spawning multiple times within a single reproductive season. In 2016, an abundance of age-0 silver carp, with size-structure indicative of multiple hatch dates, were captured…
Movement and dispersal of migratory fish species is an important life history characteristic that can be impeded by navigation dams. Although habitat fragmentation may be detrimental to native fish species, it can act as an effective and economical barrier for controlling the sp…
The United States and the world have recently been challenged with the disparate effects of COVID-19 and the continual killings of unarmed Black men and women across the nation. A history of anti-black racism has led to systemic structures of inequity that thread throughout inst…
This project examines how indigenous agrarian communities in Mexico’s Central Highlands used both legal and extralegal strategies to maintain their access to water while facing increasing environmental changes and competition from private landholders, cities, and other indigenou…
New Mexico’s Gila River is the last major free-flowing Southwestern river network that provides an array of resources, or ecosystem services (ES), throughout the riverine ecosystem. For decades, the unique landscape surrounding the river has been the focus of various conservatio…
Making Water Pure: A History of Water Softening from Potash to Tide, is a history of water softening in the United States from 1860 through 1970. Water’s materiality, specifically its tendency to dissolve geological features, consistently interfered with labor processes, especia…
The management and protection of National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs) requires local and regional inventories and assessments for the biological, physical, chemical, and hydrologic resources of each unit. Water resource Inventories and Assessments (WRIAs) are compiled by the U.S. Fi…
Engineered nanoparticles (NPs) are materials with unique properties that originate from having at least one spatial dimension less than 100 nm. NPs are incorporated into manufactured products and have various applications in daily life including personal care products, textiles,…
How to consider effects of climate change on the design and management of hydrology-related infrastructure is crucial but remains a challenge for sustaining resilient society. To address this challenge, existing hydrologic design procedures may need to be revised and/or redevelo…
Long standing residents of Northern New Mexico hold a special relationship with water, through both centuries old and time immemorial water stewardship practices. In the face of ecological threats, such as mining, water diversions and evolving social dynamics, Northern New Mexic…
Inductive and model-tree (MT) approach-based models are developed and evaluated for forecasting mean, minimum and maximum monthly temperature in this study. The models are developed and tested using long-term historical temperature time series data derived from U.S. Historical C…
For more than a century, a large volume of gold-mining tailings was deposited in Whitewood Creek and the Belle Fourche River, tributaries to the Cheyenne River in western South Dakota. Much of it still remains, and field and historical evidence indicates continued remobilization…
The American Southwest is one of the most rapidly growing regions of the United States, as are similar arid regions globally. Across these landscapes where surface water is intermittent and variable, groundwater aquifers recharged by surface waters become a keystone resource for…
Climate variability and its impacts on the agriculture system is clearly evident in Ghana. Weather and seasonal climate forecast information service has been in operation for some time in the country. However, farmers generally do not find the information useful for their farm-l…
Underground utilities and wastewater collection systems deteriorate over time demanding utility owners to involve in continuous revisions and development of their asset management frameworks to maintain the functionality of their assets. In any asset management framework, inspec…
A Colina do Castelo, onde se inclui Alfama, é uma zona da cidade de Lisboa rica em recursos hidrológicos, frios e termais, que foram aproveitados ao longo dos tempos pelas populações e onde se encontram identificadas dezenas de estruturas de abastecimento de águas de diferentes …
The common practices for planning and management of Water Resources Systems (WSSs) are challenged in the last decades by global climate change processes which are observed around the world in increasing frequencies. Climate change is manifested by climate variability, temperatur…
Human-caused changes in water use, emissions, and land cover have increasingly impacted the natural and built environments. As a result, the natural hydrologic cycle has been disrupted, causing changes in the quantity and quality of water, extreme events (i.e., droughts and floo…