Water, Rivers & Creeks
by Leopold
ISBN: 9781891389665 | Copyright 1997
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Concerned with water resources throughout his career, Luna B. Leopold has at last brought together over forty years of experience to produce Water, Rivers and Creeks, a nontechnical primer on hydrology and water resources. As an expert engineer, meteorologist, environmentalist and geologist, few individuals could provide the breadth of coverage with the insightful brevity that characterize this introduction to water. By integrating the basics of hydrology and geomorphology with the practical formulation of policy, this book is intended for the general public, students of environmental studies, legislators, policy makers, and all others who are interested in the use, control, and management of water.
Published under the University Science Books imprint
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| Front Cover (pg. Cover) | |
| Contents (pg. vii) | |
| Preface (pg. ix) | |
| Foreword (pg. xi) | |
| Part I: Hydrology and Morphology (pg. 1) | |
| Precipitation (pg. 3) | |
| Water circulates from earth to atmosphere to earth (pg. 3) | |
| Rain and snow (pg. 4) | |
| Sources of moisture in the air (pg. 5) | |
| Rainfall amounts (pg. 6) | |
| Rainfall intensity (pg. 8) | |
| Infiltration (pg. 9) | |
| Evaporation (pg. 12) | |
| Transpiration (pg. 13) | |
| Movement of water within the soil (pg. 13) | |
| Groundwater (pg. 17) | |
| The water table and the aquifer (pg. 17) | |
| Movement of water in saturated materials (pg. 20) | |
| Field data to describe conditions underground (pg. 22) | |
| Wells and groundwater withdrawal (pg. 25) | |
| Replenishment of ground storage (pg. 28) | |
| The groundwater resource (pg. 33) | |
| Surface Water (pg. 39) | |
| Concepts of surface runoff (pg. 39) | |
| Water measurement and water data (pg. 44) | |
| The hydrograph (pg. 49) | |
| Channel storage (pg. 51) | |
| The storage equation (pg. 52) | |
| The velocity of water in channels (pg. 56) | |
| The River Channel-Formation and Maintenance (pg. 59) | |
| The sediment load (pg. 59) | |
| Channel configuration and pattern (pg. 64) | |
| The bankfull stage and the floodplain (pg. 75) | |
| The joining of tributaries (pg. 86) | |
| Flow frequency and floods (pg. 92) | |
| The causes of floods-small basins (pg. 97) | |
| The causes of floods-large basins (pg. 100) | |
| Channel history-river terraces (pg. 102) | |
| The riparian zone (pg. 115) | |
| Rivers, Creeks, and Vegetation (pg. 117) | |
| Soil, water, and plants (pg. 117) | |
| The salts in water (pg. 122) | |
| Part II: The Water Resource and Its Management (pg. 127) | |
| Water Supply (pg. 129) | |
| The water budget (pg. 130) | |
| The fluctuating water supply (pg. 133) | |
| Water Use (pg. 139) | |
| Use of water in the home (pg. 140) | |
| Use of water in the cities (pg. 141) | |
| Annual use (pg. 142) | |
| Irrigation (pg. 144) | |
| Water Availability and Its Quality (pg. 151) | |
| Safe drinking water; relation to population (pg. 151) | |
| Land Management and Its Relation to Water (pg. 155) | |
| Effects of Dams (pg. 155) | |
| Flood control (pg. 159) | |
| Demands and Disposal (pg. 167) | |
| Water treatment (pg. 167) | |
| Treatment of sewage and wastes (pg. 170) | |
| Water power (pg. 172) | |
| Water-Our Common Pleasure and Our Common Responsibility (pg. 175) | |
| References (pg. 177) | |
| Index (pg. 179) | |
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