Water for Texas

Ranging from broad historical overviews to technical and scientific discussions, the chapters address the questions of where we have been and where we are headed as we enter a new century of challenges to provide water for Texas.

Foreword

vii

Leo Sayavedra

Acknowledgments

ix

Introduction

xi

Jim Norwine

John R. Giardino

Sushma Krishnamurthy

Part I. Texas Water in the Past, Present, and Future

3

(60)

A Half Century of Water Resource Planning and Policy, 1950--2000

5

(12)

Joe G. Moore, Jr.

Texas Water at the Century's Turn: Perspectives, Reflections, and a Comfort Bag

17

(27)

George H. Ward, Jr.

Administration and Modeling of the Water Rights System

44

(8)

Ralph A. Wurbs

Water Use Patterns and Trends: The Future in Texas

52

(11)

Rima Petrossian

Part II. Regional Assessment

63

(72)

Water Resources of the Panhandle and Upper Colorado Regions of Texas

65

(10)

Lloyd V. Urban

A. Wayne Wyatt

Major Water Issues Facing South-Central Texas

75

(14)

Richard A. Earl

Todd H. Votteler

The Present and Future Status of Water in the Coastal Bend Area

89

(18)

C. Alan Berkebile

Karen K. Dodson

Rick Hay

James A. Dodson

Houston Water Issues

107

(15)

Philip B. Bedient

Hanadi S. Rifai

Monica P. Suarez

Rik M. Hovinga

Burke Nixon

Status and Trends of North-Central Texas Water Resources: The Integrity of the Trinity River

122

(13)

Glenn C. Clingenpeel

Part III. Climate and Water Quantity

135

(44)

Will We Have Enough Water? An Overview

137

(7)

Jurgen Schmandt

Water and Climate Change in the Twenty-first Century

144

(5)

Gerald R. North

Climate and Water: Precipitation, Evapotranspiration, and Hydroclimatological Aspects

149

(4)

David R. Legates

The El Nino/Southern Oscillation and Impacts on Climate Anomalies in Texas

153

(6)

Kent M. McGregor

Influence of Climatic Variability on Texas Reservoirs

159

(5)

Alan W. Groeger

Bruce G. Kelley

Joe Martin

Landscape Water Conservation through Xeriscape

164

(2)

Douglas F. Welsh

Changes in Flow Regime following Dam Construction, Yegua Creek, South-Central Texas

166

(13)

Anne Chin

Jean Ann Bowman

Part IV. Water Quality

179

(48)

Using a Geographic Information System to Identify Impacts from 4,200 Closed Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

181

(4)

Robert D. Larsen

Ronald J. Stephenson

Nonpoint-Source Pollution from Silviculture in Texas

185

(15)

Michael G. Messina

R. Scott Beasley

Long-Term Trends in the Water Quality of Barton Springs, Austin, Texas

200

(10)

Martha A. Turner

David A. Johns

Educating the Public about Water Resources Research at Texas Universities

210

(8)

Ric Jensen

Reuse as a Viable Option in Water Resource Development: A Discussion of the Legal Framework Governing Reuse Projects

218

(9)

Edmond R. McCarthy, Jr.

Michael A. Gershon

Part V. International Issues in the Rio Grande Valley

227

Water Resources of Far West Texas: El Paso--Ciudad Juarez

229

Robert H. Schmidt

Geographical Hydrology of the El Paso--Ciudad Juarez Border Region

242

Richard A. Marston

William J. Lloyd

Instream Salinity Modeling of Mid-Rio Grande and Wichita Basins

249

R. S. Muttiah

S. Miyamoto

M. Borah

C. H. Walker

Water in the Lower Rio Grande Border Region: A Binational Perspective

273

Mitchell L. Mathis

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