The Rueter-Hess Dam and Reservoir Project: A Question of Sustainable Water

Water in sufficient quantities throughout the Colorado Front Range is becoming increasingly limited. This paper examines the consequences for continued unsustainable use of water for communities of the Denver metropolitan area. This paper also looks at the effect that water law in the West has for otherwise optimum distributions of water. In addition, four regional and state water studies are reviewed for their contribution to sustainable water. Finally, the Final Environmental Impact Statement of the Rueter-Hess dam and reservoir project in Parker, Colorado is explored. Key findings conclude that the Rueter-Hess project may not, by itself, provide sustainable water for Parker; but the project will create incentive and opportunity for communities throughout the region to address the question of sustainable water.

Monitoring an earthfill dam using differential SAR interferometry: La Pedrera dam, Alicante, Spain

Surface displacement at the dykes of La Pedrera reservoir (SE Spain) has been measured by satellite differential Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) interferometry. At the main dyke, a displacement of about 13 cm along the satellite line of sight has been estimated between August 1995 and May 2010, from a dataset composed by ERS-1, ERS-2 and Envisat-ASAR images. Two independent short-term processing tasks were also carried out with ERS-2/Envisat-ASAR (from June 2008 to May 2010) and TerraSAR-X (from August 2008 to June 2010) images which have shown similar spatial and temporal displacement patterns. The joint analysis of historical instrument surveys and DInSAR-derived data has allowed the identification of a long-term deformation process which is reflected at the dam's surface and is also clearly recognizable in the inspection gallery. The plausible causes of the displacements measured by DInSAR are also discussed in the paper. Finally, DInSAR data have been used to compute the long-term settlement of La Pedrera dam, showing a good agreement with external studies. Consequently, this work demonstrates the integration of DInSAR with in-situ techniques which helps provide a complete spatial vision of the displacements in the dam thereby helping to differentiate the causal mechanisms.

Sandstone Dam and Reservoir municipal, agricultural and industrial water supply project, Carbon County : environmental impact statement.

Mode of access: Internet.

Walker Dam impoundment, aquatic plant control project, New Kent County : environmental impact statement.

F available only in microfiche

BMB Enterprises Inc. right-of-way request for a hydroelectric generating facility, Deep Creek Mountains, environmental assessment (EA).

Mode of access: Internet.

Dam for Flooding Logs

From the series "Scenes at L. B. Curtis & Co.'s Camp, Midland County, Michigan"

Water resources appraisal for hydroelectric licensing : Skagit River basin, Washington.

Aug. 1980.

Smithland Locks and Dam, Ohio River : Hydraulic model investigation /

"Prepared for U.S. Army Engineer District, Nashville and U.S. Army Engineer District, Louisville."

Shoaling conditions in Lock and Dam 13 pool, Arkansas River /

"November 1983."

Fixed-cone valve prototype tests, final series, New Melones Dam, California /

"August 1984."

Harry S. Truman Dam Spillway and Powerhouse, Osage River, Missouri. hydraulic model investigation /

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