Science & Technology Results

The following publications have been submitted by lead researchers funded by the Science and Technology Program for public download. Each publication is associated with a project and completion year, and you can use this utility to filter publications by fiscal years.

Publications Completed in 2021

The following 60 publications were completed, submitted, and published in 2021. Other documents may exist that Science and Technology Program researchers have not yet published. To find these documents, find a project or researcher who is studying your field of interest.

October 30, 2021: Using constrained gravity models at large spatial scales to simulate invasive species colonization (final, PDF, 1.5MB)
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Authors: Carra C. Carrillo, Safra Altman, Todd M. Swannack, Jacque Keele, Sherri Pucherelli, Yale Passamaneck, and Aaron Murphy
Project: Predictive Dreissenid Mussel Modeling for the Western United States (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Aging Reservoirs, Climate, Operations, and Potential Cumulative Impacts to Water Quality, Clarity and Fisheries and Recreation (final, PDF, 15.2MB)
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Author: Michael Horn
Project: Aging Reservoirs, Climate, Operations, and Potential Cumulative Impacts to Water Quality, Clarity and Fisheries and Recreation (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: An Eco-Hydraulic Numerical Model for Flows with Complex In-Stream Structures (final, PDF, 15.9MB)
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Author: Yong Lai
Project: Robust Eco-Hydraulic 3D Modeling Tools for Rivers with Complex In-Stream Strcutures (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: An Ultra-low-cost Thermal Energy Storage System using Reverse Osmosis Concentrate (final, PDF, 2.4MB)
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Author: Reza Baghaei Lakeh, Christopher Salerno, Ega P. Herlim, Joseph Kiriakos, Saied Delagah
Project: An Ultra-low-cost Thermal Energy Storage System using Reverse Osmosis Concentrate (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Assessment of Laboratory Methods to Investigate Dreissenid Mussel Veliger Settling in Imhoff Cones Through Dense Organic Material (final, PDF, 3.9MB)
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Author: Rheannan Quattlebaum
Project: Assessment of Laboratory Methods to Investigate Dreissenid Mussel Veliger Settling in Imhoff Cones Through Dense Organic Material (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Chemical Compatibility Between Concrete Repair Materials and ASR Affected Concrete (final, PDF, 16.4MB)
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Authors: Westin Joy and Caleb Nickel
Project: Chemical Compatibility Between Concrete Repair Materials and ASR Affected Concrete (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Costs Associated with Invasive Mussels Impacts and Management (final, PDF, 1.7MB)
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Authors: Nicholas Rumzie,Randy Christopherson, Scott O’Meara, Yale Passamaneck, Aaron Murphy, Sherri Pucherelli, Jolene Trujillo
Project: Economic evaluation of activities associated with invasive mussel management (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Demonstration of USACE Corrosion Protection System Inspection and Monitoring Advancements (final, PDF, 6.1MB)
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Author: Grace Weber
Project: Demonstration of USACE Corrosion Protection System Inspection and Monitoring Advancements (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Deployment of the Collison Floating Evaporation Pan on Lake Powell, UT-AZ and Cochiti Lake, NM to Improve Evaporation Rate Measurement Accuracy and Precision (final, PDF, 6.5MB)
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Author: Jacob Collison, Dagmar Llewellyn
Project: Deployment of a floating evaporation pan on Lake Powell, UT-AZ, and Cochiti Lake, NM, to improve evaporation rate measurement accuracy and precision (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Determining Hydro Generation Start/Stop and Cycling Costs (final, PDF, 3.3MB)
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Author: James DeHaan
Project: Determining Hydro Generation Start/Stop and Cycling Costs (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Determining Impacts of Long-Term Use of Reverse Osmosis Concentrate as Drip Irrigation Water Source on Atriplex species, Soil Characteristics and Microbial Communities (final, PDF, 2.1MB)
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Author: Scott Cerra, Dr. Manoj Skula, Scott O'Meara
Project: Determining Impacts of Long Term Use of RO Concentrate on Atriplex Species, Soil characteristics and Microbial Habitats (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Development of a Platform for Wildfire Incident Support and Evaluation of Post-Fire Impacts (final, PDF, 636KB)
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Author: Kendra Fallon
Project: Development of a platform for wildfire incident support and evaluation of post-fire impacts (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Development of short-range forecasts of weather-driven channel losses and gains to support Reclamation water management (final, PDF, 3.9MB)
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Author: Hong Nguyen-DeCorse, Flavio Lehner, Andrew W. Wood, Michael Scheuerer
Project: Development of short-range forecasts of weather-driven channel losses and gains to support Reclamation water management (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Durability of Concrete Containing Natural Pozzolans (final, PDF, 1.9MB)
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Author: Catherine Lucero, Shannon Harrell
Project: Durability of Concrete Containing Natural Pozzolans (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Econometric Analysis and Cost Forecasting for Relining Large Pipes (final, PDF, 4.1MB)
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Author: Matthew Elmer, Bobbi Jo Merten, Todd Gaston
Project: Econometric Analysis and Forecast Model for Reclamation Corrosion Protection Costs (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Economic Analysis of Prestressed Concrete Cylinder Pipe Maintenance (final, PDF, 1.7MB)
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Author: Matthew Jermyn
Project: Life-Cycle Costs of PCCP Maintenance (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Evaluating Chirp Technology for Measuring Reservoir Sedimentation Thickness and Stratigraphy (final, PDF, 1.6MB)
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Author: Heidi M. Wadman, Jesse McNinch, Paul Boyd, Daniel Dombroski, Kent Collins
Project: Evaluating Chirp Technology for Measuring Reservoir Sedimentation Thickness and Stratigraphy (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Evaluation of Approaches to Determine Mixing and Assimilation of Reuse Effluent (final, PDF, 22.3MB)
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Authors: Meghan Thiemann, Dave James, Ali Saber, Imad Hannoun, Catherine Cerri, and Jeffrey Pasek
Project: Evaluation of Approaches to Determine Mixing and Assimilation of Reuse Effluent (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Exploring the use of temperature to understand recent drought and project future conditions in the Colorado River Basin (final, PDF, 684KB)
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Author: Rebecca Smith, David Woodson, Balaji Rajagopalan
Project: Exploring the use of temperature to understand recent drought and project future conditions in the Colorado River Basin (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Furthering Cracked Embankment Erosion Research (final, PDF, 1.0MB)
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Author: Carolyne Bocovich
Project: Furthering Cracked Embankment Erosion Research (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Geospatial Tool for Instrumentation Inventory and Collection and Evaluation of Readings (final, PDF, 764KB)
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Author: Matthew Gappa
Project: Geospatial Tool for Instrumentation Inventory and Collection and Evaluation of Readings. (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Hoover Dam Powerplant Noise Control Research – Survey Results Post Controls Install (final, PDF, 4.6MB)
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Authors: Lisa Duncan and Jeff Komrower
Project: Noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Improving California-Great Basin Region Program's Water Quality Data Management to Enhance User Access, Analysis and Decision-Support (final, PDF, 920KB)
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Author: Laurel Dodgen, Richard Stack, Tiago S Oliveira
Project: Improving Mid-Pacific Region Programs' water quality data management to enhance user access, analysis and decision-support (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Improving the reliability of southwestern US water supply forecasting (final, PDF, 4.4MB)
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Author: Andy Wood, Josh Sturtevant, Lucas Barrett, Dagmar Llewellyn
Project: Improving the robustness of southwestern US water supply forecasting (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Invasive Mussel Literature Resource (final, PDF, 1.1MB)
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Author: Yale Passamaneck
Project: Invasive Mussel Literature Resource (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Invasive Mussels and Harmful Algal Blooms: Interactions and Detection Methods (final, PDF, 1.4MB)
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Author: Jacque Keele
Project: Invasive Mussels and Harmful Algal Blooms: Interactions and Detection Methods (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Invasive Quagga Mussel Impacts on the Lake Havasu Ecosystem (final, PDF, 1.4MB)
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Author: Aaron Murphy
Project: Invasive Quagga Mussel Impacts on the Lake Havasu Ecosystem (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Merging High-Resolution Airborne Snowpack Data with Existing Long-Term Hydrometeorological Observations to Improve Water Supply Forecasting (final, PDF, 814KB)
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Author: Lindsay A. Bearup, Ethan Gutmann, Andrew Wood
Project: Merging high-resolution airborne snowpack data with existing long-term hydrometeorological observations to improve water supply forecasting (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Methodology to Determine the Presence of Submerged Hydraulic Jumps at Low-Head Dams (final, PDF, 814KB)
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Authors: Connie Svoboda and Tony Wahl
Project: Methodology to Determine the Presence of Submerged Hydraulic Jumps at Low-Head Hydraulic Structures (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Physical Modeling of Rivers in the Hydraulics Laboratory (final, PDF, 937KB)
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Author: Melissa Shinbein
Project: Physical Modeling of Rivers in the Hydraulics Laboratory (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Quantifying Fish Biomass X Distance from Environmental DNA Samples in a Hydrodynamically Complex Environment (final, PDF, 1.9MB)
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Authors: B. Mahardja, A.A. Schultz, M. Johnston, S.M. Blankenship, M.B. Espe, G. Schumer, M.D. Bowen, C.A. Dean, K. Karpenko, M. Brennan and C. Hart
Project: Quantifying Fish Biomass X Distance from Environmental DNA Samples in a Hydrodynamically Complex Environment (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Reclamation Ecological Research Laboratory (Eco Lab) FY19-FY21 (final, PDF, 2.7MB)
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Author: Diane Mench
Project: Ecological Research Lab (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Reservoir Delta Morphology and Effects on Tributary Fish Passage and Habitat—A Scoping Study (final, PDF, 2.7MB)
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Authors: Colin Byrne, Richard Visser, Timothy Randle, Nathan Holste and Abigail Eckland
Project: Reservoir Delta Morphology and Effects on Tributary Fish Passage and Habitat – A Scoping Study (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Rotor Installed Corona Mapping of Stator Windings within Large Diameter Hydro Generators (final, PDF, 6.1MB)
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Author: Jacob Lapenna
Project: Rotor Installed Corona Mapping of Stator Windings within Large Diameter Hydro Generators (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Seepage Detection and Characterization in a Truckee Canal Site using L-band Synthetic- Aperture Radar (SAR) Technology (final, PDF, 5.1MB)
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Author: Jong Beom Kang
Project: Seepage Detection and Characterization in a Truckee Canal Site using L-band Synthetic-Aperture Radar (SAR) Technology (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Snow Depth Estimation Using Interferometric Synthetic-Aperture Radar (InSAR) Technique (final, PDF, 1.8MB)
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Author: Jong Beom Kang
Project: Snow depth estimation using InSAR (Interferometric Synthetic-Aperture Radar) Technique (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: The West-wide Evapotranspiration Forecast (WwET4Cast) Network (final, PDF, 2.2MB)
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Authors: Dr. Michael Tansey, Dr. David Yates, and Dr. Caspar Ammann
Project: West-wide Evapotranspiration Forecast Network (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) for Reclamation Bridge, Canal, and Infrastructure Inspections (final, PDF, 528KB)
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Authors: Alan Bell and David Salas
Project: Evaluation of the Falcon 8+ Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) for Reclamation Bridge, Canal, and Infrastructure Inspections (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Uplift Pressure and Flow through Open Offset Joints in Spillway Chutes (final, PDF, 4.6MB)
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Author: Tony Wahl
Project: Uplift Pressure and Flow through Open Offset Joints in Spillway Chutes (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Using “waste cold” from Liquid Air Energy Storage to achieve temperature objectives (final, PDF, 1.8MB)
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Authors: Michael Wright and James Lu
Project: Using "waste cold" from Liquid Air Energy Storage to achieve temperature objectives (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Web-Based Decision Support System for the Upper Colorado River Basins (final, PDF, 4.1MB)
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Author: Claudia Leon-Salazar, Victor Lee, Timothy Miller, Jonathan Rocha
Project: Web-Based Decision Support System for the Upper Colorado River Basins (contact for more information)

September 30, 2021: Yakima River Scoping Study to Assess Temperature and Dissolved Oxygen Levels to Inform Water Management Options (final, PDF, 3.5MB)
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Author: Kristin Mikkelson, Richard Visser
Project: Yakima River Scoping Study to Assess Temperature and Dissolved Oxygen Levels to Inform Water Management Options (contact for more information)

August 11, 2021: Fuel Cell Project Evaluation (final, PDF, 3.6MB)
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Author: Daniel McElroy
Project: Fuel Cell Evaluation – Report on the long-term performance of fuel cells installed to provide extended backup power at several ECAO communication sites. (contact for more information)

June 30, 2021: Hydrokinetic Impacts to Canal Systems (final, PDF, 13.0MB)
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Authors: Josh Mortensen and Ian Oliver
Project: Hydraulic Impacts from Hydrokintic Installations (contact for more information)

March 31, 2021: Case Studies: Impact and Control of Invasive Mussels at Hydropower Plants (final, PDF, 1.8MB)
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Authors: Sherri Pucherelli, Renata Claudi, Thomas Prescott, Leonard Willett, and Tony Van Oostrom
Project: Best Practices for Mussel Control and Mitigation at Hydropower and Water Delivery Facilities (contact for more information)

March 31, 2021: Development of a GPU Accelerated Salinity Module for the SRH-2D Platform (final, PDF, 1.2MB)
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Author: Vanessa King
Project: Development of a GPU Accelerated Salinity Module for the SRH-2D Platform (contact for more information)

March 31, 2021: Seasonal/Temporary Wetland/Floodplain Delineation using Remote Sensing and Deep Learning (final, PDF, 6.8MB)
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Author: Vanessa King
Project: Seasonal/Temporary Wetland/Floodplain Delineation using Remote Sensing and Deep Learning (contact for more information)

March 30, 2021: Assessment of Potential Future Changes in Atmospheric Rivers Over the Western Coast of the United States (final, PDF, 690KB)
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Author: Michael Wright
Project: Assessing potential future changes in atmospheric rivers over the western coast of the U.S. (contact for more information)

March 30, 2021: Automatic Concrete Crack Detection Using Previously Collected UAS Data (final, PDF, 348KB)
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Author: Mathew Klein
Project: Improving UAS-derived photogrammetric data and analysis accuracy and confidence for high-resolution data sets using artificial intelligence and machine learning (contact for more information)

March 30, 2021: Determining Hydro Generation Start/Stop and Cycling Costs (final, PDF, 639KB)
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Author: James DeHaan
Project: Determining Hydro Generation Start/Stop and Cycling Costs (contact for more information)

March 30, 2021: Field Validation of Impedance Spectroscopy Coating Assessments (final, PDF, 497KB)
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Author: Bobbi Jo Merten
Project: Field Validation of Impedance Spectroscopy Coating Assessments (contact for more information)

March 30, 2021: Hydrokinetic Impacts to Canal Systems (final, PDF, 522KB)
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Author: Josh Mortensen
Project: Hydraulic Impacts from Hydrokintic Installations (contact for more information)

March 30, 2021: Impacts of Grade Control Structure Installations on Hydrology and Sediment Transport as an Adaptive Management Strategy (final, PDF, 588KB)
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Author: Deborah Tosline
Project: Impacts of Grade Control Structure Installations on Hydrology and Sediment Transport as an Adaptive Management Strategy (contact for more information)

March 30, 2021: Measuring Sparingly-Soluble,Aqueous Salt Crystallization Kinetics (final, PDF, 285KB)
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Author: Saied Delagah
Project: Measuring sparingly-soluble,aqueous salt crystallization kinetics using CSTRs-in-series:methodology development andCaCO3 studies (contact for more information)

March 30, 2021: Monitoring Sediment Transport in an Ephemeral Stream (final, PDF, 352KB)
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Author: David Varyu
Project: Measuring and Monitoring Sediment Transport in an Ephemeral Stream; Physical and Surrogate Data Collection (contact for more information)

March 30, 2021: Select Techniques for Detecting and Quantifying Seepage from Unlined Canals (final, PDF, 500KB)
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Author: Evan Lindenbach
Project: Improving seepage measurements in the Truckee Canal and developing a framework for data collection, modeling and assessment of unlined canal seepage (contact for more information)

March 30, 2021: Sequencing of the Quagga Mussel Genome A Resource for Development of Genetic Biocontrols (final, PDF, 1.4MB)
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Author: Yale Passamaneck
Project: Sequencing of the quagga mussel genome as a tool for biocontrol (contact for more information)

March 30, 2021: Stochastic Storm Transposition Applications to Precipitation and Flood Frequency Analyses (final, PDF, 406KB)
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Author: Kathleen Holman
Project: Development of Web-based Stochastic Storm Transposition Toolkit for Physically-based Rainfall and Flood Hazard Analysis (contact for more information)

March 30, 2021: Water Quality Impacts in the Animas and San Juan River Basins (final, PDF, 367KB)
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Author: Alyssa Aligata
Project: Literature Review and Sampling Plan Development for San Juan River Water Quality Study (contact for more information)

February 1, 2021: Characterizing Snowfall Events across the Western US to Inform Water Resources Management (final, PDF, 1.5MB)
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Authors: Marketa McGuire and Katie Holman
Project: Assessing the impact of physically realized hydro-climate extremes on water supply (contact for more information)

Last Updated: 11/3/15