Spring 2010
The Impacts of El Nino on Groudwater in the Hawaiian Islands: A Hydrologic and Social Review - Kelsey Copes-Gerbitz
Pesticide Concentrations in Willamette Valley Waterways and Their Implications for Macroinvertebrate Communities - Jonnie Dunne
Social and Hydrological Impacts of the Los Angeles River: Historic Channelization and Modern Restoration - Gabrielle Esser
The Correlation Between Fish Fry and French Fries - Luke Johnson
An Acequia Culture Split By a Mountain - Nathan Keffer
Thirsty: Population Growth and Water Level of Lake Mead - Krystal Lowell
Water Management in Napa County, CA: Projections of Supply & Demand - Ariel Osborne
The California Drought Response - Mathew Polzin
Implications of Dams and Attitudes of Removal on the Snake River, Hells Canyon - Katie Rigsby
Desalination and the Quest for Water Self-Sufficiency - Andrew Casmir Rose
Salem's Path to Fresh Mountain Water - Nick Solano
Promising Water Compromise Between Fish and Farmers: A Case Study of Henry's Fork, ID - Stacey Sunken
The Impact of a Reduced Winter Recreation Season in Oregon: Bachelor Ski Resort, Oregon - Albert Wright
Spring 2009
The Effects of Low Snow Pack on Streamflow in Western Washington and Implications for the Future- Remy Belval
Reducing Bacteria Concentrations in Stormwater Runoff from Areas Where Canadian Geese Congregate - Jeff Bennett
Water Quality in the Willamette River and its Effects on Aquatic Species - Doug Bloom
Deforestation and Water Use on Mount Kilimanjaro - Sara DiNovi
The Marmot Dam Removal: A Case Study for Future Dam Removals - Katy Giombolini
Storm Water Runoff and the Impact on California Highways - Ciara Gonzalez
Assessing the Viability of California's Water Plan - Peter Stonebreaker
The Hydrologic Impacts of Wildfires - Andrew Wentworth
Groundwater Contamination: Effects of Private Well Owners in the Willamette Basin - Lindsey Wolf
The Discharging of Nuclear Waste into the Ground and the Effects is has on the Groundwater at the Hanford Reach - Eric Autrey
The Tragedy of the Ogallala Aquifer: Building a Sustainable Future for the Plains Commons - Michael Dougal
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion: A Viable Green Energy Source - Kyle Evans-Lee
Water Crisis in the Euphrates-Tigris Water Basin: A Messy Situation - Ryan Fowler
Dam Removal on the Yuba River - Jonathan Hillerich
An Evaluation of Wetland Policy and Mitigation Effectiveness - Tyler Hoecker
Digging Up Trouble: Mining Through the Clean Water Act’s Muddy Waters - Tristan Knutson-Lombardo
Should We Take Mercury Warnings Seriously in Oregon? Analysis of Mercury Contamination in the United States from the Minamata Disaster - Sascha Larsen-Helbring
Concentrated Animal Feed Operations and the Affect on Water Quality - Mary Lugg
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Water as a Parable - Tatiana Mac
Hydraulic Mining in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains - Liza McMurtry
Assessment of the Willamette River as a Source of Drinking Water for the Portland Metropolitan Area- Christy Newell
The Importance and Decline of Acequia Traditions in Northern New Mexico in the Face of a Developing West - Alexandra Ninneman
Fish in the Columbia River Basin Hatcheries and Salmon Populations - Connor Pilarowski
Investigation into the Environmental Impact of the Berkeley Pit - Kiel Wood
Spring 2006
Breeching the Elwha River Dams - Robbie Andrus
Harnessing Ocean Wave Energy - Ben Decherd
Superfund Cleanup of Tacoma's Asarco Smelter and Arsenic Emissions - Johännah B. Larsen
Irrigation Issues in the San Joaquin Valley: Evapotranspiration, Soil Salinity, and Water Quality - Jody Lowes
Tillamook Bay: "The Land of Many Waters" & Sediment - Ashley Mollet
Pollution in the Tijuana River - Kevin Rancik
Lake Labish: Hydrology and Water Quality Considerations for Wetlands Restoration - Jordan Rash
Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico and Nitrogen Fertilizer Use in the Mississippi River Basin - Cari Schruth
The Legend of Auburn Dam: 41 Years of Water Resource Controversy - Audrey Squires
Orographic Cold Trapping and the Accumulation of Organic Pollutants in the Himalayas - Erin Stone
A Report on Water Diversion Projects in El Paso County, Colorado Since 1950, Water Use and Population Growth in El Paso County Since 1985 and Housing Growth Since 1993 - Lukas Strandberg
An Unquenchable Thirst: Africa's Urban Areas and their Water Supply - Jean-Jacques Tetu
Aquifer Overdraft and Recharge Issues in Pima County and Tucson, Arizona - Leah Weinrich
The Destruction of Utah Lake and Wetlands - Ingrid Wieser
How Sinkholes Develop in West-Central Florida: The Impacts of Freeze Protection Irrigation - Naomi Baez
A History of the Factors Leading to the Current Contamination of the Alkali Lake Chemical Waste Site in Lake County, Oregon - Anton Chiono
Dam That River! Social and Ecological Consequences of Dams Within the Willamette River Basin - Sonja Dorrance
You Don't Know What You Have Until It's Gone: The Mono Basin Creeks - Amber Martin
Saving the Dammed: The Effects of Temperature Changes caused by the Glen Canyon Dam on Native Fishes of the Colorado River - Elizabeth Steen
Bottled Water: Creating Purity or Creating Waste? - Christina Walker
Damming The World's Longest River - Chris Welch
Phosphate Removal Processes and their Efficiency in Reducing Eutrophication: An Analysis of a Scientific Approach and a Market Based Approach to Phosphate Removal From Water-Bodies - Jigar Adhvaryu
A Complex River System: Issues Facing the Ganges River - Alyssa Bakke
A Time to Reap, A Time to Flow: Effects of Irrigation on the San Joaquin Valley of California - Leigh Bernacchi
One River, Two Worlds: The Struggle Between Nature and Society Over the Colorado - Keith Bondaug
Changes in Commercial Fishing in Oregon - Lindsey Butler
Dam Those Salmon: An Economic Analysis of Dam Breaching on the Lower Snake River - Aaron Lien
The Colorado River Delta: Conquest, Development, and Degradation - Katilin Marousis
Ignorance Borne of Necessity: The Bonneville Power Administration and the tribes of the Columbia River Basin - Raina Phillips
A Study of the Impact of MTBE on California Drinking Water Systems: Special Focus on the Lake Tahoe Basin - Greg Reinert
The Waiahole Water Wars - Stephanie Soares
Effects of the Stagecoach Reservoir on the Yampa River’s Physical Characteristics, Species Habitat, and Human Interaction - Scott Steen
The Inefficiency of Water Allocation in the San Joaquin Valley and Possible Policy Solutions - Jami Tautfest
Water Markets: A Viable Solution for Colorado? - Emily West
As a final project in the course, the students created a web site on the Willamette River Basin.
Fall 1999As a final project in the course, students used USGS water use data for a hydrologic sub-region as a basis for a paper on the sub-region. Below are the abstracts from their papers.
The Puget Sound River Basin, Joseph Chung
The Washington-Oregon Coastal River Basin, Sara Coffey
The Willamette River Basin, Anne Evans
The Lower Snake River Basin, Willy Felton
The Upper Columbia River Basin, Chris George
The Salt River Basin, Jed Jorgensen
The San Juan River Basin, Megan Mack
The White-Yampa River Basin, Tyler Patterson
The Lower Columbia River Basin, Robyn Scarth
The Yakima River Basin, Shane Swilley
The Middle Columbia River Basin, Jen Taylor
The Upper Colorado River Basin, Megan Virgili
The Gunnison River Basin, Kenji Wright