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Title: WATERSHED SYSTEMS (PL-534): HYDRAULIC RESEARCH ISSUES OF THE PAST, PRESENT,AND FUTURE

Author
item Hanson, Gregory
item Temple, Darrel

Submitted to: American Society of Agricultural Engineers Meetings Papers
Publication Type: Proceedings
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/1/1998
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary: The scope of the Small Watershed Programs (SWP) has expanded considerably over the years and has evolved into a multiple purpose water resource management program. From 1948 to the present the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has assisted sponsors install some 10,000 dams and reservoirs under the SWP. An estimated $8.5 billion infrastructure (1996 dollars) has been developed from these watershed programs. Throughou its history the USDA-Agricultural Research Service has cooperated with and provided technical assistance to NRCS for the purpose of engineering these small watershed systems. With the celebration of 50 years of existence of the watershed program this paper focuses on the past, present, and future research conducted by the Hydraulic Engineering Research Unit in Stillwater, OK, in support of this program.

Technical Abstract: The scope of the Small Watershed Program has expanded considerably over the years and has evolved into a multiple purpose water resource management program. Throughout its history the USDA-Agricultural Research Service has cooperated with and provided technical assistance to the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service for the purpose of engineering these small watershed systems. With the celebration of 50 years of existence of the watershed program this paper focuses on the past, present, and future research conducted by the Hydraulic Engineering Research Unit in Stillwater, OK, devoted to the support of this program.