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Book Emergency Spillway Performance  Upper Red Rock Creek Watershed  Oklahoma  Classic Reprint

Download or read book Emergency Spillway Performance Upper Red Rock Creek Watershed Oklahoma Classic Reprint written by W. O. Ree and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Emergency Spillway Performance, Upper Red Rock Creek Watershed, Oklahoma A mathematical model of the breaching process could be formu lated which would include the hydrograph, the spillway width, the difference in elevation between the spillway crest and the stable downstream grade, and the erodibility characteristics of the soil and rock mass in the spillway profile. The erodibility characteristics of the soil and rocks could be determined by laboratory experiments which would provide numerical data for quantifying the model. The model in turn should be tested by application to known events; data on spillway performance during floods would be required for testing. This is a report of the data gathered on the performance of three spillways during an infrequent flow event. At pm. On October 10, 1973, a rainstorm began at Enid, Okla.; by 5: 00 am. The next morning inches of rain had fallen. A National Weather Service bucket survey disclosed a maximum of 20 inches of rain in the center of the city, about 2 miles from the rain gage. Thirteen miles northeast of Enid and 3 miles south west of Hunter, Okla.,19 inches of rain fell. This point is in the western part of the Upper Red Rock Creek watershed, Oklahoma, the location of a Public Law 566 project of the Soil Conservation Service. Four of the nearby upstream floodwater-retarding reservoirs in the watershed received sufficient runoff to cause flow in the emergency spillways. These sites and the isohyetal lines for the storm are diagramed in figure 1. The emergency spillway flows aroused the interest of the staff of the Water Conservation Strue tures Laboratory, who visited the area and first observed the emergency spillways on October 23, 1973. The detailed surveys were made on November 1 and 2. The high-water marks in the reservoir and the crest and channel profiles of the spillways were measured, and the kind and quality of the grass cover and the condition of the spillways were noted. From these data the peak flow and the maxi mum velocity in each spillway during the flow were calculated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book Disaster Resilience

    Book Details:
  • Author : National Academies
  • Publisher : National Academies Press
  • Release : 2012-12-29
  • ISBN : 0309261503
  • Pages : 216 pages

Download or read book Disaster Resilience written by National Academies and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2012-12-29 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No person or place is immune from disasters or disaster-related losses. Infectious disease outbreaks, acts of terrorism, social unrest, or financial disasters in addition to natural hazards can all lead to large-scale consequences for the nation and its communities. Communities and the nation thus face difficult fiscal, social, cultural, and environmental choices about the best ways to ensure basic security and quality of life against hazards, deliberate attacks, and disasters. Beyond the unquantifiable costs of injury and loss of life from disasters, statistics for 2011 alone indicate economic damages from natural disasters in the United States exceeded $55 billion, with 14 events costing more than a billion dollars in damages each. One way to reduce the impacts of disasters on the nation and its communities is to invest in enhancing resilience-the ability to prepare and plan for, absorb, recover from and more successfully adapt to adverse events. Disaster Resilience: A National Imperative addresses the broad issue of increasing the nation's resilience to disasters. This book defines "national resilience", describes the state of knowledge about resilience to hazards and disasters, and frames the main issues related to increasing resilience in the United States. It also provide goals, baseline conditions, or performance metrics for national resilience and outlines additional information, data, gaps, and/or obstacles that need to be addressed to increase the nation's resilience to disasters. Additionally, the book's authoring committee makes recommendations about the necessary approaches to elevate national resilience to disasters in the United States. Enhanced resilience allows better anticipation of disasters and better planning to reduce disaster losses-rather than waiting for an event to occur and paying for it afterward. Disaster Resilience confronts the topic of how to increase the nation's resilience to disasters through a vision of the characteristics of a resilient nation in the year 2030. Increasing disaster resilience is an imperative that requires the collective will of the nation and its communities. Although disasters will continue to occur, actions that move the nation from reactive approaches to disasters to a proactive stance where communities actively engage in enhancing resilience will reduce many of the broad societal and economic burdens that disasters can cause.

Book The History of Large Federal Dams

Download or read book The History of Large Federal Dams written by David P. Billington and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the story of Federal contributions to dam planning, design, and construction.

Book Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety

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  • Author : United States. Interagency Committee on Dam Safety
  • Publisher : Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 9780160428302
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety written by United States. Interagency Committee on Dam Safety and published by Federal Emergency Management Agency. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT--OVERSTOCK SALE -- Significantly reduced list price while supplies last Contains guidelines that apply to Federal practices for dams with a direct Federal interest. These guidelines encourage strict safety standards in the practices and procedures employed by federal agencies or required of dam owners regulated by the federal agencies. The guidelines provide the most complete and authoritative statement available of the desired management practices for promoting dam safety and the welfare of the public. The guidelines apply to federal practices for dams with a direct federal interest; the guidelines do not attempt to establish technical standards and are not intended to supplant or conflict with state or local government responsibilities for the safety of dams under their jurisdiction. Additionally,engineers, designers, architects, concrete, and construction crews, and others involved in dam safety and maintenance would find this informative. Related resources: Dams, Canals & Levees resources collection is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/science-technology/engineering/dams-canals-levees

Book Drinking Water from Forests and Grasslands

Download or read book Drinking Water from Forests and Grasslands written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The History of Large Federal Dams

Download or read book The History of Large Federal Dams written by David Billington and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history explores the story of federal contributions to dam planning, design, and construction by carefully selecting those dams and river systems that seem particularly critical to the story. The history also addresses some of the negative environmental consequences of dam-building, a series of problems that today both Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers seek to resolve.

Book HEC River Analysis System  HEC RAS

Download or read book HEC River Analysis System HEC RAS written by Gary W. Brunner and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Cities of the Future

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  • Author : Vladimir Novotny
  • Publisher : IWA Publishing
  • Release : 2007-09-04
  • ISBN : 1843391368
  • Pages : 458 pages

Download or read book Cities of the Future written by Vladimir Novotny and published by IWA Publishing. This book was released on 2007-09-04 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is developed from and includes the presentations of leading international experts and scholars in the 12-14 July, 2006 Wingspread Workshop. With urban waters as a focal point, this book will explore the links between urban water quality and hydrology, and the broader concepts of green cities and smart growth. It also addresses legal and social barriers to urban ecological sustainability and proposes practical ways to overcome those barriers. Cities of the Future features chapters containing visionary concepts on how to ensure that cities and their water resources become ecologically sustainable and are able to provide clean water for all beneficial uses. The book links North American and Worldwide experience and approaches. The book is primarily a professional reference aimed at a wide interdisciplinary audience, including universities, consultants, environmental advocacy groups and legal environmental professionals.

Book Notes on Sedimentation Activities

Download or read book Notes on Sedimentation Activities written by and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Small Watershed Program

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  • Author : United States. Congress. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Watershed Development
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1959
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 186 pages

Download or read book Small Watershed Program written by United States. Congress. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Watershed Development and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hazardous Wildlife Attractants on Or Near Airports

Download or read book Hazardous Wildlife Attractants on Or Near Airports written by United States. Federal Aviation Administration and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Boulder Canyon Project

Download or read book The Boulder Canyon Project written by Wesley R. Nelson and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Water  Watersheds  and Land Use in New Mexico

Download or read book Water Watersheds and Land Use in New Mexico written by Peggy Sue Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Educational Attainment  2000

Download or read book Educational Attainment 2000 written by Kurt Bauman and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: