ResearchWorks at the University of Washington - Western Waters Digital Library

On-Site Runoff Mitigation with Rooftop Rainwater Collection and Use
2010-12-21
2010-12-21
2001-01-01

Soils for Salmon - The Relationship Between Soil and Water
Soil degradation and water pollution are widely recognized as major environmental problems. Less widely recognized is that soil and water are interconnected. Soils for Salmon is a project promoting the conservation of native soils and improvement... 2010-12-22
2010-12-22
1999-09-01

Current Status of Vegetation Management in Roadside Ditches and Stormwater Management...
This research report is an initial assessment of current vegetation maintenance practices in bioswales, wetponds, and roadside ditches. Through the use of interview surveys and a literature review, this report has compiled empirical evidence to... 2010-12-22
2010-12-22
1999-01-01

Monitoring Urban Streams: Strategies and Protocols for Humid-Region Lowland Systems
Governmental mandates and public awareness have forced progressively smaller and less sophisticated agencies and organizations to initiate stream monitoring programs, particularly in urban and urbanizing areas. Yet many of these monitoring... 2010-12-22
2010-12-22
1999-01-01

Collaborative Watershed Planning in Washington State: Implementing the Watershed...
In 1998 the Washington State Legislature enacted the Watershed Planning Act, which encourages local governments to develop watershed plans using collaborative processes. Objectives of the statute are to address water resource and water quality... 2010-12-30
2010-12-30
2005-07-01

The Ecotoxicology of Mine Waste Contamination at Different Levels of Biological...
A study of mine-waste contamination effects on Methow River habitat on the eastern slopes of the north Cascade Mountains in Washington state, U.S.A., revealed impacts at ecosystem, community, population, individual, tissue, and cellular levels.... 2010-12-30
2010-12-30
2003-05-15

Using Turbidity to Determine Total Suspended Solids in Urbanizing Streams in the Puget...
The replacement of forestland with impervious surfaces during urbanization can have significant effects on watershed hydrology and the quality of stormwater runoff. One component of water quality, total suspended solids (TSS), is both a... 2010-12-30
2010-12-30
1999-10-01

Sediment Budget of a Mixed-Use, Urbanizing Watershed
The Issaquah Creek basin is an urbanizing watershed of 144 square km in western Washington, where sediment aggradation of the main channel and delivery of fine sediment into a large downstream lake have raised serious local and regional concerns.... 2010-12-30
2010-12-30
2001-01-01

Effectiveness of large woody debris in stream rehabilitation projects in urban basins
In-stream rehabilitation projects are commonly built in response to problems that result from both local sources and diffuse watershed degradation. Local problems, such as an improperly sized culvert, are relatively easily identified and... 2011-03-17
2011-03-17
2000-03-01

Macroinvertebrate Monitoring of Redmond and Blakely Ridge Ephemeral Streams
Since the early 1980’s biological monitoring has developed as a reliable tool for the assessment of stream and watershed health in an ecological context broader than traditional chemical and habitat assessment. In late May of 1991,... 2011-03-18
2011-03-18
1999-05-24

Cottonwood--A Tree for all Reasons
There are many raisons-d’ètre for cottonwood, and members of Populus in general: foundation species of riparian ecosystems; production trees in high-yield plantations for fiber, lumber, and energy; clean-up trees in remediation of polluted... 2011-03-18
2011-03-18
2010-03-30

Effects of Turbidity and Suspended Solids on Salmonids
Human activities in Northwestern watersheds, including logging, grazing, agriculture, mining, road building, urbanization, and commercial construction contribute to periodic pulses or chronic levels of suspended sediment in streams. Suspended... 2011-03-18
2011-03-18
2001-11-01

Serving Multiple Ends: Water and Urban Design
Professor Nancy Rottle will discuss the need for taking a comprehensive, integrated approach to water in the urban environment, incorporating considerations for water resource infrastructure, aquatic habitat and city amenities. She will show... 2011-03-18
2011-03-18
2010-04-06

Regional Planning, Policy, and Floodplain Science Introduction
Janne Kaje will provide a brief introduction to the three-week series on salmon recovery planning, policy, science and implementation. The setting for the series is the Snoqualmie Watershed in eastern King County, where salmon recovery, the future... 2011-03-21
2011-03-21
2010-04-13

From Feasibility to Monitoring -- Chellenges of Implementing Large-Scale Floodplain...
Brent Lackey will “tour” the project just completed at the mouth of the Tolt River, and highlight a number of issues and lessons learned along the seven year path to completing this 50 acre restoration effort. He will focus on both the important... 2011-03-22
2011-03-22
2010-04-20

From Feasibility to Monitoring -- Challengesof Implementing Large-Scale Floodplain...
Dan Eastman will use a project at the Chinook Bend Natural Area on the Snoqualmie River to demonstrate what it takes to design, permit, and implement a large-scale restoration project in the complex regulatory and social environment of King... 2011-03-22
2011-03-22
2010-04-27

Estimating Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Indirect Water Use Changes
There is recognition in the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) research community that the consideration of large changes in energy and materials markets caused by wide-scale production of biofuels can cause important changes in environmental impact. As... 2011-03-23
2011-03-23
2010-05-04

Moving Beyond Minimal Treatment: King County's Brightwater Treatment Project
King County is building the Brightwater project, which includes one of the largest membrane bioreactor (MBR) wastewater treatment plants in the world. MBR provides a higher level of treatment than standard secondary treatment, resulting in... 2011-03-23
2011-03-23
2010-05-11

Monitored Glaciated Mountain Headwaters
Significant physical differences between glaciated mountain headwaters and lowland or unglaciated catchments suggest the need for monitoring parameters appropriate to these basins. A conceptual framework based on recent research in the North... 2011-03-23
2011-03-23
2010-05-18

From Sea to Sand: the Social, Political, and Environmental Consequences of the...
A half century of desert irrigation has caused the Aral Sea to shrink by 90 percent. Restoration of the sea is impossible and rehabilitation is blocked by political feuds. Meanwhile, disease incidence is rising and livelihoods are being lost. Come... 2011-03-23
2011-03-23
2010-05-25

Assessing Green Roofs for Stormwater Management in Western Washington
Interest in the use of green roofs for stormwater flow control (among other benefits) has increased both internationally and locally. Taylor Associates has been conducting hydrologic monitoring of runoff from a number of green roofs for Seattle... 2011-03-23
2011-03-23
2010-06-01

Water, Energy and Life: Fresh Views from the Water's Edge
The impact of surfaces on the contiguous aqueous phase is generally thought to extend no more than a few water-molecule layers. We find, however, that colloidal and molecular solutes are profoundly excluded from the vicinity of hydrophilic... 2011-03-23
2011-03-23
2010-01-05

Flushing Lake Atna: Late Quaternary Megafloods in South-Central Alaska
Geomorphic, stratigraphic, geotechnical, and biogeographic evidence indicate that failure of a Pleistocene ice dam generated a megaflood from glacial Lake Atna down the Matanuska Valley in south-central Alaska. While it has long been recognized... 2011-03-23
2011-03-23
2010-01-12

The Cascade Agenda -- an Uplands Strategy for Saving Puget Sound
In 2005, Cascade Land Conservancy developed The Cascade Agenda, a bold, long-term vision for conservation and smart growth in the Puget Sound region that brings together business, civic and government leaders to accomplish two big goals: 1. Our... 2011-03-23
2011-03-23
2010-01-19

Changing Social Norms to Improve Water Quality: Getting the Masses to Choose Fish and...
Keys to getting the masses to be fish and water-friendly: 1. Be clear about your real goal - Bennett’s Hierarchy. 2. You don’t need to reach EVERY person – Roger’s Diffusion of Innovation. 3. Remember that humans change one step at a time -... 2011-03-23
2011-03-23
2010-01-26