S&T News:
Highlights and Successes:
View our FY 2008 Portfolio of Research Projects in the Science and Technology Program.
The S&T program regularly reports on what we have done to develop and
use new scientific and technical solutions that contribute significantly
to a safe, affordable, sustainable, and ample water and power supply.
You can check out:
- Our latest highlights: Apr-Jun 2008
- Previous Highlights for 2007 - 2002
- Our big book of 2000 - 2001 Highlights
- Success Stories: 2002 (PDF
file)
Produced Energy and Water – How Can We Get Both for the Price of One? April 5-5, 2006, Fort Collins, Colorado. The Colorado Water Resources Research Institute (CWRRI) is sponsoring this workshop, which will enhance understanding of opportunities and challenges involved in converting produced waters to beneficial use. This will be accomplished through the assembly of disciplines and entities that can broadly characterize produced water sources, issues, and opportunities for responsible identification and development of realistic beneficial uses. The workshop will: identify the key opportunities and capabilities of state-of-the-art treatment technologies for produced waters; initiate discussions regarding public policies to facilitate the development of this valuable resource; and define a course of action to further evaluate and pursue these opportunities.
First meeting of the Hydrologic Impacts of Forest Management Committee. March 22-23, 2006, in Las Vegas.
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2003
The Desalination and Water Purification Technology Roadmap is available (PDF Version): The Bureau of Reclamation and the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories announced on February 12, 2003 the release of a “research road map” to guide future investments necessary to reduce the cost of desalination:
- S&T news article has more information about the roadmap
- The Desalination and Water Purification Research and Development Program website has more information about this and other desalination research efforts.
- July 29 2003. A final Environmental Assessment (EA) (pdf file) analyzing the construction of the Tularosa Basin Desalination Research and Development Facility in the Tularosa Basin in south-central New Mexico's Otero County is available.
- June 4 2003. We extended our deadline for research proposals. Proposals are due June 26. Our call for 2004 proposals (pdf file) explains the major research areas and goals for each of our research areas.
- April 2, 2003. Our list of FY2003 research studies is available. See all the exciting innovative approaches and contact principal investigators for more information.
- Our call for 2004 proposals (pdf file) explains the major research areas and goals for each of our research areas.
- Northern Colorado Outreach Workshop - Stretching Agricultural Water Supplies was February 19, 2003.
2002
- The Bureau of Reclamation held a conference on Invasive Species July 25, 2002.
- Decisionmaking model helps control invasive species within limited budgets: Using state of the art information to establish priorities for treating noxious weeds
- Preparing for rainy days: Partnering with many agencies to update the Nation's flood and weather information for better infrastructure design and planning.
- Technical Service Center scientist to enter prestigious fellowship: Research Fellowship in the von Karmen Institute for Fluid Dynamics
- Keeping agricultural lands productive by managing salinity: Testing new methods in salinity management on the Frying-Pan Arkansas River
- Keeping the lights on and affordable: Adding stability to the power system
- Fixing erosion problems in stilling basins
- Tunnel Communication Radio System Project Overview
- Biological Control of Purple Loosestrife at the Winchester Wasteway
Featured Research in 2002: Reclamation Honored for Technological Achievement at Shasta Dam
Researcher of the Year in 2000: Steve Stitt
Previous Monthly Highlights:
Jan-Mar 2008 (pdf file)
Improving Infrastructure Reliability
Bureau of Reclamation researchers help revise industry high voltage safety standards .
Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology being used to document and protect pictographs at Cedar Bluff Reservoir
Improving Decision Support
Reclamation is integrating HydroGeoSphere and the Groundwater Modeling System
Reclamation personnel exchange state-of-the-art developments at the American Water Resources Association Spring Specialty Conference
Reclamation is refining streamflow forecasts
The Technical Service Center creates new hydraulic models to guide sediment management in reservoirs
The TSC uses remote sensing to measure river changes
Improving Water Delivery Reliability
Reclamation tracks green sturgeon at Red Bluff Diversion Dam
Improving Water Supply Technologies
Reclamation tests programmable logic control of automated surface irrigation systems
Reclamation collaborates on a new water supply planning model for the Boise Valley
Sept - Dec 2007 (pdf file)
- Reclamation team uses laser technology to protect rock art in Kansas
- Reclamation and partners find ways to clean agricultural drains more effectively
- Evaluating climate change impacts with CalSim and HydroGeoSphere
- Reclamation and the Arizona State University improve short- and long- term drought forecasting within the Colorado River Basin (CRB)
- Reclamation compares mammal communities within native- and nonnative-dominated riparian vegetation
- Reclamation monitors green sturgeon
- Reclamation examines potential threats to the endangered humpback chub at Glen Canyon Dam
- Reclamation improves model accuracy for the San Joaquin River Basin
- Reclamation determines the best way to revegetate the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge burn
- Reclamation investigates a promising new algaecideReclamation and partners develop automatic irrigation controls to improve water use efficiency
- Submerged flume measurement
Jul-Sep 2007 (pdf file)
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