This review provides a broad overview of the current state flood research, challenges, and future directions. Beginning with discussion flood-generating mechanisms, synthesizes literature on forecasting, multivariate nonstationary frequency analysis, urban flooding, remote sensing floods. Challenges research directions are outlined highlight emerging topics where more work is needed to help mitigate risks. It anticipated that systems will likely have significant risk due compounding effects...

Damodaram, Chandana, Marcio H. Giacomoni, C. Prakash Khedun, Hillary Holmes, Andrea Ryan, William Saour, and Emily M. Zechman, 2010. Simulation of Combined Best Management Practices Low Impact Development for Sustainable Stormwater Management. Journal the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) 1‐12. DOI: 10.1111/j.1752‐1688.2010.00462.x Abstract: Urbanization causes increased stormwater runoff volumes, leading to erosion, flooding, degradation instream ecosystem health. Although (BMPs)...

The influence of two large-scale circulation patterns (the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Pacific Decadal (PDO)), effect interdecadal modulation ENSO on precipitation in state Texas, U.S., was explored.Texas, by virtue its size, topography, geographical location, spans a wide range climatic regions.The is divided into 10 climate divisions.The pattern each division follows different probability distributions.The regimes which trigger this difference are discussed.The seasonal...

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The identification and prediction of drought events depend on the integrity dataset employed. Streamflow is a good indicator surface water availability has dominated literature frequency analysis hydrological droughts management. However, gauged measurements are impaired by climate land use changes, especially in large, modified watersheds. Hence, their limited because they may violate assumption stationarity unless naturalized observation series obtained. In this paper, model used to...

Water availability plays an important role in the socio‐economic development of a region. It is however, subject to influence large‐scale circulation indices, resulting periodic excesses and deficits. An assessment degree correlation between climate indices water availability, quantification changes with respect major events for long‐term resources planning management, especially transboundary basins as it can help conflict avoidance. In this study we first establish Pacific Decadal...

Landscape water budgets provide a benchmark of efficiency in residential outdoor consumption, as well means assessing overirrigation and possible savings through conservation. This study investigates conservation potential by analyzing trends, patterns, drivers across 14,300 single-family customers central Texas city over 5-year period (2015–2019). Customers exceeding their were categorized using bivariate framework based on temporal quantitative measures overirrigation. Between one-third...

The magnitudes of peak streamflows and their return periods are important considerations in infrastructure design hazard mitigation. Periods high floods usually associated with seasons infrastructures mitigation plans designed accordingly. Floods, however, also possible, even though at a much lower frequency, during low-flow seasons. Knowing the actual probability an extreme event, given day occurrence, can help implementation nonstructural measures for minimizing flood damage, guide more...

Abstract Daily discharge volumes of Comal Springs, the largest artesian spring Edwards Aquifer (EA) in Central Texas, were utilized to characterize flow Springs for period record spanning 1933–2007. The influence water extraction (pumping) on characteristics during was examined and found be statistically significant both volume variability ( p < 0.01). Pumping explains approximately a quarter variation annual r 2 = 0.25) nearly third daily 0.32) within record. Statistically...

Overwatering residential lawns and landscapes is a ubiquitous problem. One method to determine overwatering by developing individual irrigation budgets. The process for these budgets begins with determining the size of irrigated landscape. This article establishes relationship between measured landscape area appraised floor single‐family lots. Official lot data were obtained from appraisal district records related each corresponding derived using geographical information systems...

Mining water billing data allows utilities to stratify their customers based on amount of consumed and provide insights customers' usage patterns changes in behavior response external factors. In this study, the mean monthly summer use about 15,000 single family residential was mined explore how with respect weather conditions, especially during a drought year. It found that significantly increase outdoor an effort protect landscape, but would revert back pre-drought once is over. Further,...

An understanding of the effect climate teleconnection patterns on hydrological cycle is important for long term management water resources. In this paper we examine ENSO surface runoff in Rio Grande basin. The watershed, which shared between U.S. and Mexico, vital economic activities both countries. values, obtained at 1/8° resolution, were generated by NOAH land model driven using NLDAS2 datasets period 1979–2008. basin was divided into 6 distinct regions analyzed separately. realistically...

Urban water utilities are increasingly grappling with the threat of drinking scarcity amid intensifying extreme weather events and continued population growth. Despite decades success in improving residential indoor water-use efficiency through low-flow fixtures appliances, outdoor use may still represent up to 65% total many cities throughout western United States Texas. Up half used outdoors is wasted because inefficient sprinkler systems overwatering. As arid semi-arid regions have sought...

This paper discusses the motivations and implementation process for a mobile application (app) that provides lawn watering recommendations in Brazos Valley, Texas. The app is free service provided by BVWaterSmart campaign. Since 2012, has applied data mining statistical techniques to identify candidates from more than 16,000 single-family residential households conservation messaging interventions. These activities have helped City of College Station conserve equivalent three months summer...

In his foreword, Professor R. L. Wilby starts with a question: How much higher does the flood wall need to be built and how larger reservoir spillway be? This is pertinent practical question that needs addressed for management, but its answer gets complicated by impacts of climate change on hydrological cycle, reflected changes in rainfall streamflow regimes as well watershed physiography itself. book attempts present methodologies hydrologic modeling particular focus characteristics will...

Growing population, higher demand for food and consequent agricultural irrigation, rising standard of living, increasing industrial activity, expanding energy generation are putting greater pressure on our water resources, including rivers aquifers. To satisfy these demands, most major in the world have been exploited or being their water. The exploitation has accomplished, at least partially, intended objectives, but environmental ecological cost huge. This is nowhere more evident than...