Review of the New York City Watershed Protection Program
Review of the New York City Watershed Protection Program

Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2020-12-04

Total Pages: 423

ISBN-13: 0309679702

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New York City's municipal water supply system provides about 1 billion gallons of drinking water a day to over 8.5 million people in New York City and about 1 million people living in nearby Westchester, Putnam, Ulster, and Orange counties. The combined water supply system includes 19 reservoirs and three controlled lakes with a total storage capacity of approximately 580 billion gallons. The city's Watershed Protection Program is intended to maintain and enhance the high quality of these surface water sources. Review of the New York City Watershed Protection Program assesses the efficacy and future of New York City's watershed management activities. The report identifies program areas that may require future change or action, including continued efforts to address turbidity and responding to changes in reservoir water quality as a result of climate change.

Hydrology Handbook
Hydrology Handbook

Author: American Society of Civil Engineers

Publisher: Amer Society of Civil Engineers

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 784

ISBN-13: 9780784401385

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MOP 28 serves as a basic reference, providing a thorough, up-to-date guide for hydrologists.

A Multi-configuration Evaluation of the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) in a Mixed Land Use Watershed in the Central U.S.A.
A Multi-configuration Evaluation of the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) in a Mixed Land Use Watershed in the Central U.S.A.

Author: Daniel P. Scollan

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 173

ISBN-13:

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Distributed watershed hydrologic/water quality (H/WQ) models are ubiquitous tools for watershed management. Despite advancements, there remain impediments for end-users. This study presents a practical framework for use of the soil and water assessment tool (SWAT). Results show variable accuracy across scales and evaluation methods using 20 model configurations based on two watershed subdivisions, two soil datasets, and five climate datasets. Nine goodness-of-fit indicators were tested, including four new indices (R-RMSE, R-MAE, R-NSE, and R-NSE1) designed to quantify model fit with flow distribution. Sixteen of 20 configurations achieved satisfactory monthly streamflow fit (NSE [greater than] 0.5, PBIAS [lesser than] 25%) without calibration. Watershed and soil resolution had negligible impact; climate input had considerable impact. Single climate station input is best used for applications requiring monthly predictions; distributed climate station input is needed for daily predictions. SWAT multi-objective auto-calibration better predicted monthly flow (PBIAS=1%, NSE=0.8) than single-objective calibration (PBIAS=16%, NSE=0.5). SWAT performs well in Central U.S. urbanizing watersheds. Accuracy can improve with auto-calibration as presented and continued model development.

Extreme Hydrology and Climate Variability
Extreme Hydrology and Climate Variability

Author: Assefa Melesse

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2019-07-03

Total Pages: 584

ISBN-13: 0128159995

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Extreme Hydrology and Climate Variability: Monitoring, Modelling, Adaptation and Mitigation is a compilation of contributions by experts from around the world who discuss extreme hydrology topics, from monitoring, to modeling and management. With extreme climatic and hydrologic events becoming so frequent, this book is a critical source, adding knowledge to the science of extreme hydrology. Topics covered include hydrometeorology monitoring, climate variability and trends, hydrological variability and trends, landscape dynamics, droughts, flood processes, and extreme events management, adaptation and mitigation. Each of the book's chapters provide background and theoretical foundations followed by approaches used and results of the applied studies. This book will be highly used by water resource managers and extreme event researchers who are interested in understanding the processes and teleconnectivity of large-scale climate dynamics and extreme events, predictability, simulation and intervention measures. - Presents datasets used and methods followed to support the findings included, allowing readers to follow these steps in their own research - Provides variable methodological approaches, thus giving the reader multiple hydrological modeling information to use in their work - Includes a variety of case studies, thus making the context of the book relatable to everyday working situations for those studying extreme hydrology - Discusses extreme event management, including adaption and mitigation

Soil Water Assessment by the Neutron Method
Soil Water Assessment by the Neutron Method

Author: CSIRO (Australia)

Publisher: CSIRO Publishing

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13:

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Application in agriculture, Forestry and Environmental Science. Neutron moisture meter theory. Instrument design. Accuracy, bias and precision. Calibration. Field installation and maintenance. Site selection and representivity. Field practice, data acquisition and processing. Safety aspects.

Hydrologic Modeling
Hydrologic Modeling

Author: Vijay P Singh

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-01-19

Total Pages: 718

ISBN-13: 9811058016

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This book contains seven parts. The first part deals with some aspects of rainfall analysis, including rainfall probability distribution, local rainfall interception, and analysis for reservoir release. Part 2 is on evapotranspiration and discusses development of neural network models, errors, and sensitivity. Part 3 focuses on various aspects of urban runoff, including hydrologic impacts, storm water management, and drainage systems. Part 4 deals with soil erosion and sediment, covering mineralogical composition, geostatistical analysis, land use impacts, and land use mapping. Part 5 treats remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) applications to different hydrologic problems. Watershed runoff and floods are discussed in Part 6, encompassing hydraulic, experimental, and theoretical aspects. Water modeling constitutes the concluding Part 7. Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT), Xinanjiang, and Soil Conservation Service-Curve Number (SCS-CN) models are discussed. The book is of interest to researchers and practitioners in the field of water resources, hydrology, environmental resources, agricultural engineering, watershed management, earth sciences, as well as those engaged in natural resources planning and management. Graduate students and those wishing to conduct further research in water and environment and their development and management find the book to be of value.

The Water Footprint Assessment Manual
The Water Footprint Assessment Manual

Author: Maite M. Aldaya

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-08-21

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1136538526

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People use lots of water for drinking, cooking and washing, but significantly more for producing things such as food, paper and cotton clothes. The water footprint is an indicator of water use that looks at both direct and indirect water use of a consumer or producer. Indirect use refers to the 'virtual water' embedded in tradable goods and commodities, such as cereals, sugar or cotton. The water footprint of an individual, community or business is defined as the total volume of freshwater that is used to produce the goods and services consumed by the individual or community or produced by the business. This book offers a complete and up-to-date overview of the global standard on water footprint assessment as developed by the Water Footprint Network. More specifically it: o Provides a comprehensive set of methods for water footprint assessment o Shows how water footprints can be calculated for individual processes and products, as well as for consumers, nations and businesses o Contains detailed worked examples of how to calculate green, blue and grey water footprints o Describes how to assess the sustainability of the aggregated water footprint within a river basin or the water footprint of a specific product o Includes an extensive library of possible measures that can contribute to water footprint reduction

Managing Agricultural Greenhouse Gases
Managing Agricultural Greenhouse Gases

Author: Mark Liebig

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2012-10-16

Total Pages: 602

ISBN-13: 012386898X

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Global climate change is a natural process that currently appears to be strongly influenced by human activities, which increase atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG). Agriculture contributes about 20% of the world's global radiation forcing from carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, and produces 50% of the methane and 70% of the nitrous oxide of the human-induced emission. Managing Agricultural Greenhouse Gases synthesizes the wealth of information generated from the GRACEnet (Greenhouse gas Reduction through Agricultural Carbon Enhancement network) effort with contributors from a variety of backgrounds, and reports findings with important international applications. - Frames responses to challenges associated with climate change within the geographical domain of the U.S., while providing a useful model for researchers in the many parts of the world that possess similar ecoregions - Covers not only soil C dynamics but also nitrous oxide and methane flux, filling a void in the existing literature - Educates scientists and technical service providers conducting greenhouse gas research, industry, and regulators in their agricultural research by addressing the issues of GHG emissions and ways to reduce these emissions - Synthesizes the data from top experts in the world into clear recommendations and expectations for improvements in the agricultural management of global warming potential as an aggregate of GHG emissions