Proceedings

Proceedings
Author: Rafael I. Segarra-García
Publisher: American Water Resources Association
Total Pages: 252
Release: 1998
Genre: Science
ISBN:

Water Withdrawn from the Luquillo Experimental Forest, 2004

Water Withdrawn from the Luquillo Experimental Forest, 2004
Author: Kelly E. Crook
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2007
Genre: El Yunque National Forest (P.R.)
ISBN:

This study quantifies the amount of water withdrawn from the Luqillo Experimental Forest (LEF) in 2004. Spatially averaged mean monthly water budgets were generated for watersheds draining the LEF by combining long-term data from various government agencies with estimated extraction data. Results suggest that, on a typical day, 70 percent of water generated within the forest is diverted before reaching the ocean. This is up from an estimated 54 percent in 1994. Analysis showed that up to 63 percent of average monthly stream runoff is diverted from individual watersheds during drier months. Watersheds with large water intakes have the most dramatic decrease in streamflow, particularly the Río Espiritu Santo watershed, where 82 percent of median flow is diverted.

The Engineering Geology and Hydrology of Karst Terrains

The Engineering Geology and Hydrology of Karst Terrains
Author: Barry F. Beck
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 527
Release: 2020-12-17
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1000100103

Engineers from around the world recount in this volume their successes and failures in attempting to deal with unique and quixotic landscapes.