Bulletins & Updates

"Understanding how features such as stepped spillways and modified baffle blocks affect stilling basin performance is an important step in extending the operational range of Type III stilling basins."

"Overall, this will allow for more accurate analyses of geomorphic forms, processes, and habitat types and provide a basis for more accurate engineering analyses and design."

"Reclamation's UAS community of interest now has over 50 people, from every Reclamation region including directors, group managers, information resource personnel, dam safety experts, hydraulic engineers, geographic information systems scientists, geographers, civil engineers, geologists, soil scientists, meteorologists, emergency management staff, remote sensing specialists, and information management specialists. This shows the wide-spread interest in this technology."

"This information confirms the climate change that we have been seeing in our annual operations, and we can use this information in future planning."

"Sediment nutrient cycling and processes are complex. This research is providing tools and methods to help us understand these important processes."

"The Trinity River Restoration Program (TRRP) has been at the forefront of efforts to restore coarse sediment supply and transport in regulated rivers, with the goal of recreating the instream geomorphological features lost due to sediment starvation by upstream dams."

"Our study yielded quantitative relations between the severity of streamflow alteration and the degree of biological impairment and suggests that water management that reduces streamflows during winter months is likely to have negative effects on downstream benthic communities in Utah mountain streams."

"This conference allowed scientists and the public to share information that will help shape the future of Elwha River research. The online forum was efficient and easy to use and was a huge time saver."

"This product exists because of the early stage funding provided by your projects as well as the hard work and creativity of the people involved. We have figured out how to manufacture the antenna efficiently and with robust quality. Now we need to thoroughly test the product in the river."

"This provides another example of how we are able to achieve the transfer of Federally funded technologies into usable products without patents, licenses, or royalties."

"This project exemplifies the practical value of partnering to advance desalination research. This project was made possible through the creative leveraging of efforts and resources of at least six different organizations."

"The Oxnard demonstration wetland is a unique facility for research into wetland treatment processes. Once the initial concept is proven, the demonstration wetland will remain available to support additional research into the future. Oxnard's saline treatment wetland is a worthwhile concept that could provide a dependable supply of brackish water to support coastal wetland habitats in Ventura County, California."

"With this system, a small inland community can keep three-quarters of the water wasted by current desalination technology and address concentrate disposal issues. Reclamation will make a significant step forward for inland concentrate disposal and inland desalination systems, if this technology becomes commercially viable."

"This idea of managing concentrate through natural means is a complete shift in thinking from conventional concentrate management. Instead of using lots of energy and highly engineered systems, we can use natural means to process the concentrate, removing the harmful constituents and returning the benign salts back to nature, with the added bonus of water for the desert environment.."

"This work is an impressive effort. I see this tool as a foundational contribution that will evolve with use and time--which will in itself be a good measure of success."