United States Bureau of Reclamation

Overview

Works:	21,012 works in 26,255 publications in 4 languages and 244,252 library holdings
Genres:	Handbooks and manuals Periodicals History
Roles:	Other, Monitor, Editor, Funder, Recipient, Contributor, Illustrator, isb, Book producer, Photographer, sht, Compiler
Classifications:	TC540, 627.8

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about United States

Water and American government : the Reclamation Bureau, national water policy, and the West, 1902-1935 by Donald J Pisani( )
Managing construction and infrastructure in the 21st century Bureau of Reclamation by Committee on Organizing to Manage Construction and Infrastructure in the 21st Century Bureau of Reclamation( )
Assessment of the Bureau of Reclamation's security program by National Research Council (U. S.)( )
Damming the West; Ralph Nader's study group report on the Bureau of Reclamation by Richard L Berkman( Book )
Annual report by United States( )

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Most widely held works by United States

Endangered and threatened species of the Platte River( )

3 editions published between 2004 and 2005 in English and held by 1,782 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

. The Platte River stretches across three states; Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska and is home to the endangered whooping crane, interior least tern, and pallid sturgeon and the threatened piping plover. The report focuses on Nebraska's central Platte River and examines the current "critical habitat" designations for the piping plover and whooping crane and whether or not they were supported by existing science. The committee found the agencies' decisions were scientifically valid at the time they were made. However, future decisions should be based on newer scientific approaches. Human activities and increased attacks by predators on nests are also contributing to the continuing drop in numbers of piping plovers and interior least terns. The report also finds that other agency decisions, such as habitat-suitability guidelines and instream-flow recommendations were based on valid science

Design of small dams by United States( Book )

69 editions published between 1960 and 2012 in 4 languages and held by 1,299 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Concrete gravity dams - Concrete in construction - Construction of embankments - Diversion during construction - Earthfill dams - Ecological and environmental considerations - Estimating rainfall runoff from soil and cover data - Flood studies - Foundations and construction materials - Hydraulic computations - Maintenance and operation - Outlet works - Rockfill dams - Sample specifications - Sedimentation - Selection of type of dam - Soil mechanics nomenclature - Spillways - Structural design data

Design of small canal structures, 1978 : engineering technology pertaining primarily to the design of small canal structures of less than 100-cubic-feet-per-second capacity by A. J Aisenbrey( Book )

28 editions published between 1974 and 1987 in English and held by 690 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Earth manual : a guide to the use of soils as foundations and as construction materials for hydraulic structures by United States( Book )

30 editions published between 1960 and 1990 in English and held by 673 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Water measurement manual : a guide to effective water measurement practices for better water management by United States( Book )

16 editions published between 1975 and 2001 in English and Undetermined and held by 653 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"A guide to effective water measurement practices for better water managementater resources technical publication."--Home page

Reclamation era by United States( )

in English and held by 628 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Review of the Bureau of Reclamation's corrosion prevention standards for ductile iron pipe by National Research Council (U.S.)( )

2 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 616 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Ductile iron pipe (DIP) was introduced about 50 years ago as a more economical and better-performing product for water transmission and distribution. As with iron or steel pipes, DIP is subject to corrosion, the rate of which depends on the environment in which the pipe is placed. Corrosion mitigation protocols are employed to slow the corrosion process to an acceptable rate for the application. When to use corrosion mitigation systems, and which system, depends on the corrosivity of the soils in which the pipeline is buried. The Bureau of Reclamation's specification for DIP in highly corrosive soil has been contested by some as an overly stringent requirement, necessitating the pipe to be modified from its as-manufactured state and thereby adding unnecessary cost to a pipeline system. This book evaluates the specifications in question and presents findings and recommendations. Specifically, the authoring committee answers the following questions: Does polyethylene encasement with cathodic protection work on ductile iron pipe installed in highly corrosive soils? Will polyethylene encasement and cathodic protection reliably provide a minimum service life of 50 years? What possible alternative corrosion mitigation methods for DIP would provide a service life of 50 years?"--Publisher's description

Adapting to a changing Colorado River : making future water deliveries more reliable through robust management strategies by David G Groves( )

4 editions published in 2013 in English and held by 605 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and water management agencies representing the seven Colorado River Basin States initiated the Colorado River Basin Study in January 2010 to evaluate the resiliency of the Colorado River system over the next 50 years and compare different options for ensuring successful management of the river's resources. RAND was asked to join this Basin Study Team in January 2012 to help develop an analytic approach to identify key vulnerabilities in managing the Colorado River basin over the coming decades and to evaluate different options that could reduce this vulnerability. Using a quantitative approach for planning under uncertainty called Robust Decision Making (RDM), the RAND team assisted the Basin Study by: identifying future vulnerable conditions that could lead to imbalances that could cause the basin to be unable to meet its water delivery objectives; developing a computer-based tool to define 'portfolios' of management options reflecting different strategies for reducing basin imbalances; evaluating these portfolios across thousands of future scenarios to determine how much they could improve basin outcomes; and analyzing the results from the system simulations to identify key tradeoffs among the portfolios. This report describes RAND's contribution to the Basin Study, focusing on the methodologies used to identify vulnerabilities for Upper Basin and Lower Basin water supply reliability and compare portfolios of options. The report provides a useful resource for other planners wishing to replicate or expand on the methodologies used for other studies"--Back cover

The Bureau of Reclamation by William D Rowley( )

in English and held by 598 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Bureau of Reclamation's Civilian Conservation Corps legacy: 1933-1942 by Christine Pfaff( )

3 editions published between 2010 and 2017 in English and held by 561 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Metric manual by United States( Book )

11 editions published between 1977 and 1980 in English and Undetermined and held by 534 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Pleistocene glacial-lake deposits of the Sanpoil River valley, northeastern Washington by Brian F Atwater( Book )

3 editions published between 1985 and 1986 in English and held by 494 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The story of Hoover Dam by United States( Book )

20 editions published between 1949 and 1976 in English and held by 490 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Water operation and maintenance bulletin( )

in English and held by 473 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Water use by saltcedar and by replacement vegetation in the Pecos River floodplain between Acme and Artesia, New Mexico by Edwin P Weeks( Book )

3 editions published in 1987 in English and held by 452 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Historic and unregulated monthly streamflow for selected sites in the Red River of the North Basin in North Dakota, Minnesota, and South Dakota, 1931-99 by Douglas G Emerson( )

2 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 442 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Creating more meaningful visitor experiences : planning for interpretation and education by Marcella D Wells( )

2 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 432 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ground-water quality, levels, and flow direction near Fort Cobb Reservoir, Caddo County, Oklahoma, 1998-2000 by Carol J Becker( )

3 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 424 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Irrigation drainage studies of the Angostura Reclamation Unit and the Belle Fourche Reclamation Project, western South Dakota : results of 1994 sampling and comparisons with 1988 data( )

3 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 423 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Effects of the Paradox Valley Unit on dissolved solids, sodium, and chloride in the Dolores River near Bedrock, Colorado, water years 1988-98 by Kenneth R Watts( )

3 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 423 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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