Publications - Technical Completion Reports (TCR)
The Technical Completion Reports of projects supported by the UC Center for Water Resources, dating back to 1956, are deposited in the Water Resources Center Archives and are searchable by author, title, and keywords. Each TCR includes the most significant findings, and when appropriate, the application or utility of those findings relative to the problem addressed by the research. Interested parties may check the Archives’ catalog for holdings.

Technical Completion Reports of projects funded since 2005 by the Salinity Drainage Program and Prosser Trust are available on the Salinity Drainage Publications page.

Reports of projects completed since 1998 are available full-text online via the eScholarship repository. The following are titles available in electronic format in descending order beginning with the most recent. Click the title to access the abstract and download. (Note that the Archives is in the process of digitizing the older TCRs, dating back to 1970. Scroll down this page and check back to discover newly accessible reports. --3/19/08)

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W-1002
Impacts of Ethanol on Anaerobic Production of Tert-Butyl Alcohol (TBA) from Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) in Groundwater
K.M. Scow and Douglas MacKay

W-1001
NDMA Formation during Chlorination and Chloramination of Aqueous Diuron Solutions
Thomas M. Young

W-995
Ecohydrologic Effects of Stream Restoration
Jeffrey F. Mount and Christopher T. Hammersmark

W-994
Option Markets for Water in California: Effective Management of Water Supply Risk
Jeffrey Williams

W-991
Development of a decadal-scale estuarine geomorphic model for Suisun Bay, California: calibration, validation, and idealized time-stepping
Neil K. Ganju, David H. Schoellhamer, and Bassam A. Younis

W-988
Nutrient deposition and alteration of food web structure in high-elevation lakes of the Sierra Nevada: response by microbial communities
Craig E. Nelson, Craig A. Carlson, and John M. Melack

W-983
Modeling and Optimization of Seawater Intrusion Barriers in Southern California Coastal Plain
William W-G. Yeh and Ben Bray

W-982
Future regional climate change in the ten hydrologic regions of California: A climate modeling investigation
Lisa C. Sloan

W-980
Feasibility of Snowpack Characterization Using Remote Sensing and Advanced Data Assimilation Techniques
Steven A. Margulis

W-977
Hydrological Regimes, Pond Morphology, and Habitat Use: Predicting the Impact of an Emerging Aquatic Pathogen
Cheryl J. Briggs

W-973
Evaluating the effectiveness of vegetated buffers to remove nutrients, pathogens, and sediment transported in runoff from grazed, irrigated pastures
Kenneth W. Tate, Chris van Kessel, Edward R. Atwill, and Randy A. Dahlgren

W-972
The Speciation and reactivity of wastewater-derived organic nitrogen
David L. Sedlak and Elif Pehlivanoglu

W-971
Use of bioassays to assess the water quality of wastewater treatment plants for the occurrence of estrogens and androgens
Daniel Schlenk

W-969
Use of remote sensing to link watershed land use change and wetland vegetation response in a California coastal watershed
N. Maggi Kelly and Kristin B. Byrd

W-968
Pyrethroid insecticides in nursery runoff: Transport and impact on aquatic invertebrates
Jay J. Gan

W-963
Cryptosporidium in Bivalves as Indicators of Fecal Pollution in the California Coastal Ecosystem
Patricia A. Conrad, Edward R. Atwill, Ian A. Gardner, Melissa Miller, Christian Leutenegger, Kristen D. Arkush, David Jessup, and Woutrina Miller

W-962
Nature of Flow and Gas Dynamics Below Spreading Pond
Jordan F. Clark, Dror Avisar, and G. Bryant Hudson


W-961
Experimental Determinations of Henry's Law Constants of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) to Evaluate Exposure to Aquatic Biota
M. Judith Charles and Hugo Destaillats


W-960
Influence of Nutrient Loading on the Invasion of an Alien Plant Species, Giant Reed (Arundo donax), in Southern California Riparian Ecosystems
Richard F. Ambrose and Philip W. Rundel
Also see related file: "Factors Influencing Invasion of Giant Reed (Arundo donax) in Riparian Ecosystems of Mediterranean-type Climate Regions." 2007 dissertation by Gretchen Christina Coffman, UCLA.

W-959
Economic Incentives and Policies to Improve Quality in a Binational Coastal Watershed
Linda M. Fernandez

W-958
Development of a liquid membrane technique to measure the temporal variation in "bioavailable" copper and nickel in the South San Francisco Bay
Kenneth Bruland

W-957
Emplacement and release of brines from subsurface
James R. Hunt and Tracey C. Flowers

W-955
Self-sustainability of trout populations in currently-stocked alpine lakes in Californi's Sierra Nevada
Trip Armstrong, Peter Moyle, and Roland Knapp

W-953
Virus, phosphorus, and nitrogen removal in onsite wastewater treatment processes
Jeannie L. Darby and Harold Leverenz

W-952
Abiotic nitrogen removal mechanisms in rapid infiltration wastewater treatment systems
Mark R. Matsumoto

W-950
Perchlorate Removal in groundwater by perchlorate reductases from the perchlorate respiring bacterium, perc1ace
William Frankenberger

W-947
Bed texture, food web structure, and juvenile salmonid rearing in North Coast California rivers
Mary E. Power

W-946
Assessing the response of degradative biofilms to groundwater pollutants Jay D. Keasling

W-944
Biodegradation of estrogenic compounds and its enhancement in a membrane bioreactor
Slawomir W. Hermanowicz and Eleanor Wozei

W-943
Is urban runoff a source of human pathogenic viruses to recreational beach waters?
Sunny Jiang

W-942
Hydrodynamic design in coastal wetland restoration
Brett F. Sanders and Feleke Arega

W-941
Negotiating contentious claims to water : shifting institutional dynamics for the allocation of water between the Eel and Russian river basins
J. Keith Gilless and Ruth Langridge

W-939
Hydrodynamics of shallow water habitats in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
Mark T. Stacey

W-938
Application of acoustic pressure waves in aquifer remediation and mobilization of entrapped organic liquids
Constantinos V. Chrysikopoulos and Eric T. Vogler

W-935
Tunable immunosorbents for the remediation of atrazine- and simazine-contaminated waters
Wilfred Chen and Ashok Mulchandani

W-934
Modeling and optimization of water quality in a large-scale regional water supply system
Ming-Yen Tu, Frank T-C. Tsai, and William W-G. Yeh

W-933
Freshwater mussels in a California North Coast Range river: occurrence, distribution, and controls
Kurt M. Cuffey

W-932
Development of a rapid, sensitive, and quantitative method to detect infective hepatitis, a virus in water
Marylynn V. Yates and Wilfred Chen

W-931
Landscape level controls on nitrate-nitrogen in forested and chaparral catchments of southern California
Thomas Meixner

W930
The influence of introduced trout on native aquatic invertebrate communities in a paired watershed study of High Sierran streams
["Submitted to The Nature Conservancy - Ecosystem Research Program Grant Award #HO-CSD-050600-CA And the University of California Water Resources Center Grant Award #W-930."]
David B. Herbst, Erik L. Silldorff, and Scott D. Cooper

W-929
Soil water monitoring using geophysical techniques : development and applications in agriculture and water resources management
Yoram Rubin

W-927
Enhancing the utility of in vitro digestive fluid extraction as a management tool for contaminated aquatic sediments
Donald P. Weston

W-925
Habitat features and aquatic health : evaluating California’s stream bioassessment procedure in natural and artificial streams in a grazed eastern Sierra valley
Kenneth W. Tate, Linda K. Vance, and Charles Battaglia

W-923
Sources of Inorganic Nitrogen Utilized by Salt Marsh Macroalgae : Identification Using Stable Nitrogen Isotope Ratios
Henry M. Page

W-922
Evaluation of the effects of surface water and groundwater interactions on regional climate and local water resources
[The work from this project has led to the following pending proposal submitted to NSF: Liang, X. (PI), "The Effects of Surface-groundwater Interactions on Soil Moisture and Regional Water Cycle in the Western United States," NSF (collaborative research), $466,846, 1/01/04 - 12/31/2006.]
Xu Liang

W-919
Long-term nitrate leaching below the root zone in California tree fruit orchards
[Project title: "Transport and fate of nitrate-nitrogen in heterogeneous, unsaturated sediments below the root zone"]
Thomas Harter, William R. Horwath, Jan W. Hopmans, Michelle Denton, and Yuksel S. Onsoy

W-918
Understanding and predicting seasonal-to-interannual fluctuations in California precipitation using an atmospheric general circulation model
John D. Farrara and Jin-Yi Yu

W-917
A stochastic sediment supply model for a semi-arid landscape
Thomas Dunne and Emmanuel J. Gabet

W-915
Hydrogeological study and modeling of the Kern Water Bank
Laurent M. Meillier, Jordan F. Clark, and Hugo Loaiciga

W-907
Life History Strategies of California Native Wetland Plants : Implications for Wetland Creation and Restoration
Eliska Rejmankova and Karin Tekel

W-906
Carbon Isotope Signatures and Spatial Scales of Energy Flow in food webs supporting salmonids in Northern California Rivers
Mary E. Power and Jacques C. Finley

W-902
Bioremediation of Perchlorate in Groundwater
W T. Frankenberger Jr.

W-892
Numerical Simulation of Land Subsidence in the Los Banos-Kettleman City Area, California
Keith J. Larson, Hakan Basagaoglu and Miguel Mariño. January 2001. 83 pp. (Published as Contribution Report No. 207.) ISBN 1-887192-13-1

W-881
Distribution, Ecology and Potential Impacts of the Chinese Mitten Crab (Eriocheir sinensis) in San Francisco Bay
Deborah A. Rudnick, Kathleen M. Halat and Vincent H. Resh, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management. June 2000. 74 pp. (Published as Contribution Report No. 206.) ISBN 1-887192-12-3

W-864
Corbicula fluminea as an Environmental Assay for Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts in Surface Waters
Edward R. Atwill, Allen W. Knight, George Tchobanoglous, James Harp, and Tamara L. Rose W-885
Steelhead and Chinook Salmon Bioenergetics: Temperature, Ration, and Genetic Effects
Joseph J. Cech, Jr. and Christopher A. Myrick

W-875
Bacterioplankton dynamics in northern San Francisco Bay: Role of particle association and seasonal freshwater flow
M.C. Murrell, J.T. Hollibaugh, M.W. Silver, and P.S. Wong
--Published in Limnology and Oceanography Vol. 44 No. 2, pp.295-308 (March 1999). (Available online via JSTOR (subscription required) at http://www.jstor.org/stable/info/2670601?seq=1)

W-874
Joint Management of Surface and Ground Water Supplies
Hakan Basagaoglu and Miguel A. Marino
--Published in Ground Water Vol. 37 No. 2, pp.214-222 (March-April 1999).

W-872
Effects of Herbaceous Riparian Vegetation on Streambank Stability
James W. Kirchner, Lisa Micheli, and John D. Farrington

W-856
Potential of Long-lead Streamflow and Drought Forecasting in California
John A. Dracup

W-854
Analytical solutions for solute transport in saturated porous media with semi-infinite or finite thickness
Youn Sim and Constantinos V. Chrysikopoulos
--Published in Advances in Water Resources Vol. 22 No. 5, pp.507-519 (1999). DOI: doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2003.10.071

W-838
Qsar analysis of the chemical hydrolysis of organophosphorus pesticides in natural waters
Kenneth K. Tanji and Jonathan J. Sullivan

W-838
Mass transfer and kinetics study of the ozonation of refractory organics in waste waters
Edward B. Rinker, Sami S. Ashour, Robert G. Rinker, and Orville C. Sandall

W-837
Microbial Denitrification of Groundwater using Microporous Membranes
Andrew R. Reising, Phillip R. McCleaf, Bruce O. Mansell, Asher Brenner, and Edward D. Schroeder

W-834
Long Term Variability of Fresh Water Flow into the San Francisco Estuary using Paleoclimatic Methods
Lisa E. Wells, Michelle Goman, and Roger Byrne

W-833
Chromium in the San Francisco Bay Estuary: a Study of Cycling, Speciation, and Anthropogenic Inputs
Khalil E. Abu-Saba and Russ Flegal

W-832
Modeling and Stochastic Analysis of Contaminant Transport in Soils and Aquifers
Mohamed M. Hantush, Miguel A. Marino, and Robert H. Shumway

W-830
Extending Traditional Technology of Aquifer Characterization Through Numerical Models
T.N. Narasimhan and Jean Moran

W-829
Arsenic Geochemistry in Source Waters of the Los Angeles Aqueduct
Janet G. Hering, Jennifer A. Wilkie, and Van Q. Chiu

W-822
Partitioning and Bioavailability of Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons in an Intertidal Marsh
Keith Alan Maruya and Alex J. Horne

W-818
Evaluation of Rangeland Stream Condition and Recovery using Physical and Biological Assessments of Nonpoint Source Pollution
David B. Herbst adn Roland A. Knapp

W-816
Gold Mining Impacts on Food Chain Mercury in Northwestern Sierra Nevada Streams
Darell G. Slotton, Shaun M. Ayers, John E. Reuter, and Charles R. Goldman

W-813
Integrated Planning and Management for Urban Water Supplies Considering Multiple Uncertainties
Jay R. Lund, Mimi Jenkins, Orit Wilchfort

W-809
Optimal Management of Groundwater Basins of Degraded Water Quality for Conjuctive Use
Kimberly A. Stapp-Alexander and Gary L. Guymon

W-804
Geometric Modeling of Rainfall Fields
Carlos E. Puente

W-797
Developing a New Micrometeorological Method to Estimate the Surface Energy Budget and Evapotranspiration
Kyaw Tha Paw U and Richard L. Snyder

W-793
Colloidal fouling of reverse osmosis membranes
Menachem Elimelech

W-792
Development of an Ecological Model Incorporating Benthic Processes in an Unsteady Framework
Stephen A. Breithaupt, Ian P. King, and Gerald T. Orlob

W-789
Optimal Well Network Design for Subsurface Remediation and Pollutant Containment
Miguel A. Mariño

W-788
Microorganism Detection by Multiple Non-Specific Oligonucleotide Probes or "Gene Probe Spectroscop"
Stanley B. Grant and Michell H. Duong

W-788
Water Use of Tall and Dwarf Crop Plants
J. Giles Waines and Bahman Ehdaie

W-787
Streamflow Prediction Based on El Nino, La Nina and Atmospheric Circulation
John A. Dracup

W-786
Establishment of understory woody species of California Central Valley riparian habitats: Nutrient dynamics and flooding tolerance
James H. Richards and Darlene B. Chirman

W-783
A Cropping Systems Approach to Improving Water Use Efficiency in Semi-Arid Irrigated Production Areas
Carol Shennan

W-782
Geophysical Imaging For Contaminated Site Characterization
Yoram Rubin, Nadim Copty, and Sibyl Leigh

W-781
Hydrogeologic response of small watersheds to wildfire
Edwared A. Keller, David W. Valentine, and Dennis R. Gibbs

W-780
Monolayer formation and its role in the transport of organic contaminants within groundwater systems
Michael A. Anderson

W-775
Extending the Model of Residential Water Conservation Nature and Scope
Leonardo Corral, Anthony Fisher and Nile W. Hatch

W-769
Selection of Native Wetland Plants for Water Treatment of Urban Runoff
Eliska Rejmankova and David E. Bayer

W-764
Effects of temperature, flow, and disturbance on adult spring-run chinook salmon
Elizabeth A. Campbell and Peter B. Moyle

W-763
Elements of Tidal Marsh Circulation
Ian P. King and Lisa C. Roig

W-750
Solution Methodology and Validation of Physics-based Stochastic Subsurface Solute Transport Equations
M.L. Kavvas, R.S. Govindaraju, D. Rolston, D. Or, A. Karakas, S. Jones, T. Koos, and J. Biggar

W-748
Management of Course Sediment in Regulated Rivers of California
G. Mathias Kondolf and W.V. Graham Williams

W-742
Accumulation of Toxic Trace Elements in Evaporites in Agricultural Evaporation Ponds
Kenneth K. Tanji, Randy A. Dahlgren, Colin Ong, Mitchell Herbel, Ann Quek, and Suduan Gao

W-737
Adaptive Grid Refinement for Groundwater Contaminant Transport Simulation
David L. Freyberg and Robert L. Street

W-734
Sediment Routing in Channels Draining Disturbed Lands
William E. Dietrich

W-727
Removal of Herbicide Residua and Nitrates from Agricultural Waters by Aquatic Plants
David E. Bayer and Eliska Rejmankova

W-720
The Influence of Climate Variations on Long Period Fluctuations in California Streamflow: July 1988 - June 1990
Daniel R. Cayan

W-658
Furrow Irrigation Model Development and Evaluation
W. W. Wallender

W-649
The Effects of Streamflow Regulation of Riparian Vegetation
Joe R. McBride and Jan Strahan

W-641
Temperature requirements of Pacific coastal fishes
Peter B. Moyle and Ned K. Knight

W-629
Channel and flow relationships in tidal salt marsh wetlands
Luna B. Leopold, Laurel Collins, and Moshe Inbar

W-616
Calibration of Large-Scale Economic Models of the Agricultural Sector and Reliable Estimation of Regional Derived Demand for Water
Richard E. Howitt

W-614
Integrity of Interconnected Water Systems
Roland Schinzinger, Lemba Davy Nyirenda, Magdy Saeb and Ali Peiravi

W-613
Density Gradient Analysis of Suspended Matter
Allen W. Knight

W-612
The Separation of Thermal and Chemical Effects in Evaluating Geothermal Influences on Aquatic Biota
Vincent H. Resh, Gary A. Lamberti, Eric P. McElravy, and John R. Wood

W-591
The Potential for Acid-Precipitation Damage to Lakes of the Sierra Nevada, California
John Harte, John Holdren, and Kathy Tonnesson

W-590
Assessment of Acidity of Lakes and Precipitation in the Sierra Nevada
J.M. Melack

W-587
Developing the Resource Potential of a Shallow Water Table
D.W. Grimes and D.W. Henderson

W-585
Reactions of Heavy Metals and Other Mineral Water Quality Constituents with Soil Materials in Rapid Infiltration Groundwater Recharge Systems Using Reclaimed Wastewaters
S.V. Mattigod and P.F. Pratt

W-584
Large Organic Debris and Anadramous Fish Habitat in the Coastal Redwood Environment: The Hydrologic System
Edward A. Keller and Anne MacDonald

W-572
Potential of Drip Irrigation in Row Crops for Agricultural Water Conservation in California
W.O. Pruitt, D.W. Henderseon, E. Fereres, and R.M. Hagan

W-571
The Evolution of California State Water Planning 1850-1928
W. Turrentine Jackson and Donald J. Pisani

W-570
Economic Potentials for Managing Nutrient Loss With Alternative Irrigation Technologies
Henry J. Vaux, Jr. and Brandt K. Stevens

W-568
Statewide Evaluation of Trace Element Accumulation from Long-Term Disposal of Wastewater
Betty H. Olson, Deborah C. Hill, and Martin G. Rigby

W-564
Combined Water-Fertilizer Management to Minimize Non-Point Water Pollution While Achieving High Crop Production
John Letey and Wesley M. Jarrell

W-554
An Investigation of the Alternatives for Wastewater Disinfection: Economic, Social, and Technical -- A Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of the Dynamics of Breakpoint Chlorination in Dispersed Flow Reactors
Michael K. Stenstrom and Hoa G. Tran

W-553
Economic Potential for Agriculture Water-Saving Using Alternative Irrigation Techniques
H.J. Vaux, Jr. and Albert W. Marsh

W-552
Water Quality Effects of Lead from Recreational Boating
James E. Byrd and Michael J. Perona

W-551
Water Quality of a Reservoir Used for Reclaimed Water Storage
Peter S. Dixon and Jan Scherfig

W-548
Evaluating the Influence of Geochemical Origin and Drought Conditions on Aquatic Biota of The Geysers Known Geothermal Resources Area of California
Vincent H. Resh (Principle Investigator), Gary A. Lamberti, Eric P. McElravy, and John R. Wood

W-545
Salinity and Boron Control Under High-Frequency Low-Volume Irrigation
R.J. Miller, D.E. Rolston, J.W. Biggar, and R.S. Raushkolb

W-532
An Economic Evaluation of Greenbelt Irrigation with Effluent Water
William W. Wood Jr., Victor B. Youngner, Gary B. Benoit, and Dale R. Hurd

W-531
The effect of recreation on water quality
James E. Byrd and Michael J. Perona

W-528
Salinity-Productivity Relationships of Selected Plant Species from the Suisun Marsh, California
Robert W. Pearcy, David E. Bayer, and Susan L. Ustin

W-526
An Empirical Assessment of Conjunctive Use and Water Pricing Policy
B. Delworth Gardner, Richard E. Howitt, Charles V. Moore, and Verne H. Scott

W-523
Virus Transport Through Percolating Beds
Vincent L. Vilker

W-519
An Evaluation of the Effects of Geothermal Energy Development on Aquatic Biota in the Geysers Area of California
Vincent H. Resh, Thomas S. Flynn, Gary A. Lamberti, and Eric McElravy

W-511
Mechanisms of Transport of Copper, Cadmium, and Chromium in Soils
J.W. Biggar, K.K. Tanji, D.R. Nelson, and R.J. Miller

W-501
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: The Evolution and Implementation of Water Policy: An Historical Perspective
W. Turrentine Jackson and Alan M. Paterson
(Also known as Contribution Report No. 163.)

W-445
Impact of Urbanization on Water Yield, Flood Peak, Sediment Yield, and Water Quality in the Berkeley Hills, California
Joe R. McBride

W-363
Soil Profile Modification for the Disposal of Dairy Wastes
A. C. Chang

W-276
Removal of Oil from Aqueous Wastes by Flotation
Simon L. Goren

W-264
Optimal Determination of Stratified Groundwater Basin Characteristics
Ronald W. Shephard and David K. Todd

W-174
Part I: Potential Usefulness of Antitranspirants for Increasing Water Use Efficiency in Plants
Robert M. Hagan (Project Leader) and David C. Davenport
Part II: Potential Usefulness of Antitranspirants for Increasing Water Use Efficiency in Plants: Applied Investigations with Antitranspirants
David C. Davenport, Paul E. Martin, Robert M. Hagan (Project Leader), and Mary Ann Fisher