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Tables of Contents for Water, Rivers and Creeks
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
2
Foreword
xi
Part I: Hydrology and Morphology
1
126
Precipitation
3
6
Water circulates from earth to atmosphere to earth
3
1
Rain and snow
4
1
Sources of moisture in the air
5
1
Rainfall amounts
6
2
Rainfall intensity
8
1
Infiltration
9
8
Evaporation
12
1
Transpiration
13
1
Movement of water within the soil
13
4
Groundwater
17
22
The water table and the aquifer
17
3
Movement of water in saturated materials
20
2
Field data to describe conditions underground
22
3
Wells and groundwater withdrawal
25
3
Replenishment of ground storage
28
5
The groundwater resource
33
6
Surface Water
39
20
Concepts of surface runoff
39
5
Water measurement and water data
44
5
The hydrograph
49
2
Channel storage
51
1
The storage equation
52
4
The velocity of water in channels
56
3
The River Channel--Formation and Maintenance
59
58
The sediment load
59
5
Channel configuration and pattern
64
11
The bankfull stage and the floodplain
75
11
The joining of tributaries
86
6
Flow frequency and floods
92
5
The causes of floods--small basins
97
3
The causes of floods--large basins
100
2
Channel history--river terraces
102
13
The riparian zone
115
2
Rivers, Creeks, and Vegetation
117
10
Soil, water, and plants
117
5
The salts in water
122
5
Part II: The Water Resource and Its Management
127
50
Water Supply
129
10
The water budget
130
3
The fluctuating water supply
133
6
Water Use
139
12
Use of water in the home
140
1
Use of water in the cities
141
1
Annual use
142
2
Irrigation
144
7
Water Availability and Its Quality
151
4
Safe drinking water; relation to population
151
4
Land Management and Its Relation to Water
155
12
Effects of Dams
155
4
Flood control
159
8
Demands and Disposal
167
8
Water treatment
167
3
Treatment of sewage and wastes
170
2
Water power
172
3
Water--Our Common Pleasure and Our Common Responsibility
175
2
References
177
2
Index
179