Reflections on Hydrology: Science and Practice

Title Page
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Copyright
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Contents
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Preface
......Page 6
REFLECTIONS ON HYDROLOGY......Page 10
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 20
NICHOLAS C. MATALAS......Page 23
FOREWORD......Page 24
THE REAL BENEFITS FROM SYNTHETIC FLOWS Reflections on 25 Years With the Harvard Water Program......Page 25
I......Page 26
II......Page 28
III.......Page 30
IV.......Page 33
Vl.......Page 40
FOREWORD......Page 43
INTRODUCTION......Page 44
WATER MANAGEMENT: SOME COMMENTS......Page 45
NATURE OF WATER MANAGEMENT......Page 48
THE WATER INDUSTRY......Page 52
LAW AND THE COURTS......Page 55
THE DIRECT REGULATORS......Page 56
CAPITAL INVESTORS......Page 59
THE SUPPLIERS......Page 60
THE USERS......Page 61
DISCUSSION OF WATER INDUSTRY MANAGEMENT......Page 62
ROLE OF HYDROLOGY......Page 67
TABLE 2......Page 68
References Cited......Page 69
FOREWORD......Page 71
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE......Page 72
QUESTIONS OF LARGE-SCALE HYDROLOGY......Page 76
GLOBAL HYDROLOGIC MODELING......Page 78
EXPERIMENTAL SUPPORT......Page 85
EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS......Page 86
ACKNOWLEDGMENT......Page 87
FOREWORD......Page 92
1. ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE......Page 93
2. MICRO-SCALE MODELS IN HYDROLOGY......Page 103
3. MESO-SCALE MODELS IN HYDROLOGY......Page 111
4. MACRO-SCALE MODELS IN HYDROLOGY......Page 129
References Cited......Page 140
FOREWORD......Page 154
NTRODUCTION......Page 156
WASTE MANAGEMENT......Page 157
PARTICIPANTS IN AN ADVERSARIAL ENVIRONMENT......Page 159
DECISION THEORY......Page 160
THE ADVERSARIAL DECISION PROCESS......Page 163
THE VALUE OF CLEAN WATER......Page 164
THE VALUE OF LIFE......Page 165
ACCEPTABLE RISK......Page 166
RISK PERCEPTION AND RISK AVERSION......Page 167
UNCERTAINTY......Page 169
HUMAN ERROR......Page 172
RISK-BASED ENGINEERING DESIGN......Page 173
REGULATORY ISSUES......Page 177
ECONOMIC ISSUES......Page 179
EQUITY AND JUSTICE......Page 180
CONFLICT......Page 181
ETHICAL ISSUES......Page 182
SUMMARY......Page 184
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 186
REFERENCES CITED......Page 187
FOREWORD......Page 191
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 193
II. ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY AND EQUITY INUNITED STATES WATER DEVELOPMENT......Page 194
III. THE RELATIONSHIP OF ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY AND EQUITY IN THEORY AND PRACTICE......Page 197
IV. BETTER WATER UTILIZATION FROM COMPULSORY COMPENSATION OF LOSERS ANDIMAGINATIVE BENEFIT SHARING......Page 201
LITERATURE CITED......Page 205
FOREWORD......Page 211
INTRODUCTION......Page 213
EARLY PIONEERS......Page 216
INTERACTIONS WITHIN THE VADOSE ZONE......Page 218
CHALLENGING ISSUES IN THE VADOSE ZONE......Page 225
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 230
LITERATURE CITED......Page 232
FOREWORD......Page 235
Socialism and Capitalism in River Basins......Page 236
Principles of Energy Expenditure in Drainage Networks......Page 238
Energy Expenditure and Optimal Network Configuration......Page 240
Horton's Laws: The Role of Chance and Necessity......Page 242
Scaling Implications of Optimal Energy Expenditure......Page 245
Power-Law Distribution of Discharge and Energy in River Basins......Page 252
Final Comments......Page 258
Acknowledgements......Page 259
REFERENCES......Page 261
FOREWORD......Page 266
Antropogenic Interference in Hydrogeochemical Cycles......Page 267
Chemical Dynamics of Pollutants......Page 269
Ecological or Toxicological Impact......Page 274
Adsorption Controlling the Geochemical Fate of Pollutantsand Reactive Elements......Page 277
Adsorption in Groundwater and Soil Systems......Page 278
Particles Regulate Water Composition of Reactive Elements in Lakes and Oceans......Page 283
Concluding Remarks......Page 286
REFERENCES......Page 291
FOREWORD......Page 294
Expecting the Unexpected......Page 295
How the World was Saved from Klemes Storage Models......Page 296
Could Wenzel Rippl Claim Damages from Harvard?......Page 299
The American Debt to Allen Hazen......Page 303
Ups and Downs of the Residual Mass Curve......Page 307
From Finite to Infinite Reservoirs......Page 311
Some Improbable Developments in the Probabilistic Theory of Reservoir Storage......Page 313
The Enigma of Negatively Skew Runoff......Page 314
REFERENCES CITED......Page 320