Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) in the United States: An Inquiry into the Role of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 339-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Hoornbeek ◽  
Evan Hansen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Water Resource Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Integrated Water Resource Management ◽  
Total Maximum Daily Loads ◽  
Maximum Daily Loads ◽  
Total Maximum

Assimilative capacity and water resource management: Four examples from the United States

1990 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart Glasoe ◽  
Frederick Steiner ◽  
William Budd ◽  
Gerald Young
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Water Resource Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Assimilative Capacity

Water Resources Management in the Semi-Arid Central Valley of California

1987 ◽  
Vol 19 (9) ◽  
pp. 97-106
Author(s):  
J. J. Vasconcelos
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Ground Water ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Water Resource Management ◽  
Arid Regions ◽  
Central Valley ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Ground Water Resource ◽  
Semi Arid

Hater resource managers in semi-arid regions are faced with some unique problems. The wide variations in precipitation and stream flows in semi-arid regions increase man's dependence on the ground water resource for an ample and reliable supply of water. Proper management of the ground water resource is absolutely essential to the economic well being of semi-arid regions. Historians have discovered the remains of vanished advanced civilizations based on irrigated agriculture which were ignorant of the importance of proper ground water resource management. In the United States a great deal of effort is presently being expended in the study and control of toxic discharges to the ground water resource. What many public policy makers fail to understand is that the potential loss to society resulting from the mineralization of the ground water resource is potentially much greater than the loss caused by toxic wastes discharges, particularly in developing countries. Appropriations for ground water resource management studies in developed countries such as the United States are presently much less than those for toxic wastes management and should be increased. It is the reponsibility of the water resource professional to emphasize to public policy makers the importance of ground water resource management. Applications of ground water resource management models in the semi-arid Central Valley of California are presented. The results demonstrate the need for proper ground water resource management practices in semi-arid regions and the use of ground water management models as a valuable tool for the water resource manager.

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