The Collision Of 19th Century Water Law, 20th Century Water Infrastructure And 21st Century Climate Change: Navigating The New Realities

Udall , Brad 1 1 Colorado Water Institute – Colorado State University Water in the Western US is governed by water law derived from the early gold miners in the mid 19th century and is controlled by massive infrastructure built in the 20th century. Population growth and a vastly different...

Improving Diatom Enumeration Methods For Use In Predictive Bioassessment Models

Tyree , Meredith A 1 ; Bishop , Ian W 2 ; Spaulding , Sarah A 3 1 Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Boulder 2 Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Boulder 3 United States Geological Survey, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Boulder...

Temporal Signatures Of Hyporheic Exchange And Stream Metabolism In Glacial Meltwater Streams, Antarctica

Torrens , Christa L. 1 ; Gooseff , Michael N. 2 1 INSTAAR - ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, Boulder 2 INSTAAR - ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, Boulder Glacial meltwater streams in the McMurdo Dry Valleys [MDV], Antarctica flow 4-12 weeks per year during the austral summer. Instream algal mats provide most of...

Application Of Elementary Solutions In Groundwater Modeling

Strack , Otto D.L. 1 1 Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engi- neering, College of Science and Technology, University of Minnesota Groundwater flow modeling has become increasingly sophisticated as modeling tools have evolved from early computer programs that required elaborate input and produced output in terms of sheets full...

Connecting Water Managers, Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms, And Multivariate Regression Trees To Support Water Utility Planning On The Front Range

Smith , Rebecca 1 ; Kasprzyk , Joseph 2 1 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder 2 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder In light of the unpredictable effects of climate change and population shifts, responsible resource management will require new types of information and strategies going forward. For water utilities, this...

Characterizing The Role Of Hyporheic Exchange Processes In Transient Electrical Conductivity-Discharge Relationships Over Multiple Timescales

Singley , Joel G 1 ; Wlostowski , Adam N 2 ; Bergstrom , Anna J 3 ; Sokol , Erick R 4 ; Torrens , Christa L 5 ; Jaros , Chris 6 ; Wilson , Colleen E 7 ; Gooseff , Michael N 8 1 Environmental Studies Program,...

Impact Of Climate Change And Land Use On Hydrological Ecosystem Services In The Zayanderood Watershed In Iran

Sayedi , Sayedeh Sara 1 ; Malekmohammadi , Bahram 2 ; Ghandehari , Mehran 3 1 Graduate Faculty of Environment, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran 2 Graduate Faculty of Environment, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran 3 Department of Geography, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½-Boulder, Colorado, USA Humans benefit from the ecosystems in...

Modeling The Surface Energy Balance On Montane Hill Slopes

Rush , Michael 1 ; Rajaram , Harihar 2 ; Anderson , Robert 3 1 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Boulder 2 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Boulder 3 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Boulder The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2013) warns that alpine ecosystems are extremely vulnerable to climate change due to short growing...

A Mechanistic Approach To Designing Active Spreading Injection And Extraction Sequences For In Situ Remediation Of Contaminated Groundwater

Reising , Lauren J 1 ; Neupauer , Roseanna M 2 ; Mays , David C 3 1 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Boulder 2 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Boulder 3 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Denver During in situ remediation of contaminated groundwater, a treatment chemical can be injected into the aquifer to react...

What Is The Dominant Source Of Uncertainty When Mapping Basin-Wide SWE With Airborne Lidar And A Snow Model?

Raleigh , Mark 1 ; Small , Eric 2 1 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ 2 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Lidar-measured snow depth and model-estimated snow density can be combined to map snow water equivalent (SWE) across basins. This approach has the potential to transform watershed research and operations in snow dominated regions,...

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