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Hidden Hazards in Fragranced Consumer Products
(University of Washinton Water Center, 2009-02)This fact sheet provides an overview of fragranced consumer products. The fact sheet is organized into a series of questions and answers, explaining the current situation, health and environmental effects, and consumer ... -
Historical and Future Trends in Preciptation Extremes and Their Impacts on the Stormwater Infrastructure of Washington State
(University of Washington Water Center, 2009-02-18)The design and performance of stormwater infrastructure is based on a probability distribution of precipitation extremes, together with an underlying assumption that this distribution is statistically stationary. This ... -
Hood Canal - Lessons Learned and Charting a Corrective Course of Action
(University of Washington Water Center, 2008-10-14)Fagergren will present a discussion of issues affecting Hood Canal: development, pollution, and low oxygen conditions. He will review challenges, assessments, and modeling efforts that have been made to date. He also ... -
How Deposition of Mineral Sediments Establishes a Complex Template for Floodplain Ecosystem Development
(University of Washington Water Center, 2005-02-17)Bechtold will discuss floodplain ecosystem development. He will describe a study that looked into fine particle distribution as a constraint of organic matter dynamics in floodplain soils. He will present study results and ... -
How to Save Puget Sound
(University of Washington Water Center, 2008-03-11)Fletcher will present an overview of People for Puget Sound, including their mission statement, tools they employ, and partnerships. She will describe current threats to Puget Sound ecosystem health, such as population ... -
Hydrologic Changes in the Western United States from 1916-2003
(University of Washington Water Center, 2005-02-17)Hamlet will provide an overview of hydrologic changes in the Western United States from 1916-2003. He will consider snowpack, water supply, temperature, precipitation, seasonal water balance, runoff, and soil moisture. He ... -
Hydropolitics: What it is and Why it Matters
(University of Washington Water Center, 2010-03-09)Power relations influence the way we claim and use natural, and especially water, resources. Predicted impacts of global climate change on water resources in the Pacific Northwest presuppose intensified conflict among ... -
Impacts and Land-Use Change on Hydrology of a Mountainous Watershed: Water Resource Tension in Northern Thailand
(University of Washington Water Center, 2004-02-06)Rattanaviwatpong will describe a study about water resource conflicts in northern Thailand. She will provide an overview of the research, including the study site, the water resource problem, research objectives, implementation, ... -
Impacts of Metals on Aquatic Ecosystems and Human Health
(University of Washington Water Center, 2008-11-18)Solomon will cover the following topics: 1. Properties of metals. 2. How metals enter aquatic ecosystems. 3. Principles of metal toxicity. 4. Factors affecting metal toxicity. 5. Impacts of specific metals – ... -
The Implications of Global Warming for Water and Salmon in the Pacific Northwest
(University of Washington Water Center, 2005-01)This fact sheet introduces greenhouse gases and global warming, and describes the impact of global warming on the Pacific Northwest climate, water resources, and salmon. -
The Importance of Natural Watershed Hydrology and How to Advance it in Urban Areas
(University of Washington Water Center, 2009-11-17)Richard Horner will describe the elements of Pacific Northwest forest hydrology: trees and soils. He will contrast this to urban hydrology, where the hydrologic services of trees and soils are lost. He will describe the ... -
Improving Floodplain Management: Implications for Salmon, Public Safety, and Global Warming
(University of Washington Water Center, 2010-02-02)Current floodplain management policies in Puget Sound have led to significant development in floodplains, loss of aquatic and riparian habitat, and diminished floodplain function. The consequences include costly floods, ... -
Incorporating Climate Change Impacts into Water Resource Planning: an Example in King County
(University of Washington Water Center, 2006-05-09)Palmer will review global, regional, and local evidence of climate change. He will discuss how to evaluate the impacts of climate change. He will describe two studies: the Seattle Climate Change Study and the Snohomish ... -
Incorporating Stream-Wood Dynamics into Landscape-Scale Management and Restoration Planning
(University of Washington Water Center, 2008-06-03)Miller will present the case that large wood is an important component for development of high-quality aquatic habitat. He will present ways to incorporate large wood into streams. He will consider several questions,including:1. ... -
Indian Water Rights: Litigation and Settlements
(University of Washington Water Center, 2007-02-14)Anderson will review the legal issues surrounding Indian water rights. Indian reserved water rights are based on federal law. State water rights in the west are based on the "prior appropriation" doctrine. Anderson will ... -
Installing a Well (a.k.a. Piezometer)
(University of Washington Water Center, 2010)This field protocol describes how to install piezometers into the water table to measure and determine the direction of water movement. -
An Integrated Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Washington State
(University of Washington Water Center, 2008-02-14)Elsner will outline the Washington State Climate Impacts Assessment program. This is a comprehensive state climate change assessment that includes the impacts of global warming. She will detail the goals, challanges, and ... -
Interactions Between Vegetation Patterns, Social Preferences, and Stream Biotic Conditions: an Integrated Approach to Watershed Planning in the Puget Sound Lowlands
(University of Washington Water Center, 2005-02-17)Shandas will discuss challenges to urban watershed management. He will consider ecological research in urban areas and human preferences for vegetation along urban streams. He will describe a study that investigated how ... -
It's About Time! Natural and Unnatural Selection on Migration and Spawning in Pacific Salmon
(University of Washington Water Center, 2008-02-14)Quinn will discuss how natural selection operates on the timing of migration and spawning by salmon. Temperature and flow are the primary physical factors in the evolution and ecology of timing. Salmon seem to be adapting ... -
Just When We Were Getting It Right: Stormwater Management for the 21st Century in the Pacific Northwest
(University of Washington Water Center, 2007-02-14)Booth will review development in the Puget Sound region. He will ask: have landscape-scale changes resulted in a landscape-scale of mitigation? The answer: not exactly. Mainly, we use end-of-pipe detention systems. Even ...