A quantitative method to determine the solubility of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and used capacitor fluid in water was developed employing high-resolution glass capillary–column gas chromatography. The response of the electron…
The googong water supply project is a major augmentation of the Canberra Queanbeyan water supply system. Water impounded by the Googong dam is pumped to the nearby water treatment plant…
Of all the methods for effecting water conservation the use of pricing is perhaps the most controversial and the least understood. As one reads the voluminous amount literature on this…
Demonstration projects are being conducted for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to document water savings in actual homes. Arrangements to conduct demonstration projects have been made…
This paper presents planning techniques which can be used by water managers in assessing the need for, and cost-effectiveness of, efficient water use. A procedure is outlined for a cost-effectiveness…
For 110 years, Laramie, Wyoming, has obtained most of its municipal water from the Casper aquifer. As demands on the supply increased, the philosophies governing the management of the aquifer…
The artesian Casper aquifer, comprised of 700 ft. of interbedded limestones and sandstones, currently supplies 70 percent (3.5 Mgal/d) of the municipal water needs of Laramie, Wyoming. Large transmissivities occur…
This paper presents data from an inside residential water use study of homes with and without the low-flush toilets, low-flow showerheads, and low-flow lavatory faucets currently required in new construction…
Increasing demands and costs of supply have spurred a growing desire to use resources more efficiently. Federal, state, and local agencies have adopted regulations and policies requiring conservation of resources,…
Residents of Los Angeles have been drinking water from the Owens River since 1913 when the city’s water department engineers completed the original 233-mile aqueduct. That aqueduct, the longest municipal…
Algae growing in the surface water of Las Vegas Bay, an arm of Lake Mead, may receive nutrients contained in the stream entering through Las Vegas Wash. The stream water…
Until now, very little hard data have been available on the amount of water saved by water-conserving fixtures. Claims that manufacturers, water utilities, and others have made about the benefits…