FREE PUBLICATIONS

The following publications, listed in no particular order, are available for free while supplies last. Items will be removed as they become inaccessible and a new list will be posted regularly. These publications duplicate existing WRCA holdings.

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Posted May 7, 2008

• In addition to the titles listed below, this posting includes a number of USGS Water-Supply Papers. The following is a list of those available by series number. For the full title, you can search the Melvyl catalog (e.g., keyword=water supply paper 780). Note that we will add full titles later, if these are not claimed rapidly.
  780
  844
  843
  1473 (2 copies)
  1498-C
  1539-G,P
  1544-A through I (2 copies of I)
  1545-B,C
  1596-J
  1579
  1691
  1698
  1757-A through C
  1776
  1778
  1786
  1792
  1803
  1834
  1838
  1841
  1846
  1889
  2074
• California State Water Project Volume I: History, Planning, and Early Progress. Department of Water Resources. 1974. (3 Copies).
• California State Water Project Volume V: Control Facilities. Department of Water Resources. 1974.
• Report on a Sanitary Engineering Survey of Putah South Canal. Karl Zollner, State Department of Public Health. 1960.
• A Study of Waste Disposal in the Manteca Area. The State Department of Public Health. 1950.
• Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1800: The Role of Ground Water in the National Water Situation. US Department of the interior. 1963.
• Biological Assessment: Effects of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project on Delta Smelt and Sacramento Splittail. US Bureau of Reclamation. 1994.
• Advanced Dam Engineering for Design, construction, and Rehabilitation. Robert B. Jansen. 1988.
• Seismic Loading Consideration for Auburn Dam. Ray W. Clough. 1978. (3 Copies)
• Supplement to the Final Environmental Statement: San Luis Unit, Central Valley Project, California. US Department of the Interior. 1979.
• Oroville Dam: Key Unit of the State Water Project. Department of Water Resources. 1965.
• Geological Survey Profesional Paper 473-B: Field Investigation of Mine Waters in the Northern Anthracite Field Pennsylvania. 1964.
• Continuous Monitoring of Striped Bass Eggs and Larvae in the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary: a potential management tool. Bureau of Reclamation.

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Posted April 28, 2008 (updated 5/5/08)

• Book of US Agriculture. United States Department of Agriculture. 1985.
• Reclamation - Managing Water in the West: Final Environmental Impact Statement Colorado River Interim Guidelines for Lower Basin Shortages and Coordinated Operations for Lake Powell and Lake Mead (CD-ROM). US Department of the Interior and Bureau of Reclamation. 2007.
• Plan Hidrológico Nacional (CD - Spain). Author Unknown. Date Unknown.
• Estrategia Regional Para la Conservacion y el Uso Sostenible de la Diversidad Biologica: Edicion Final (CD-Rom). Region de Murcia, Consejeria de Agricultura, Agua y Medio Ambiente. 2002.
• Spanish National Hydrological Plan: Technical Review Sessions - The Problems with the Water in Spain (CD-Rom). Author Unknown. Date Unknown.
• Spanish National Hydrological Plan: Technical Review Sessions - Opposition to the National Hydrological Plan (CD-Rom). Author Unknown. Date Unknown.
• Spanish National Hydrological Plan: Technical Review Sessions - Water Diversion from the Ebro River to South Mediterranean Coast, Environmental Studies. (CD-Rom). Author Unknown. Date Unknown.
• Spanish National Hydrological Plan: Technical Review Sessions - Regional Strategy for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity (CD-Rom).Author Unknown. Date Unknown.
• Spanish National Hydrological Plan: Technical Review Sessions - The Hydrolocial Plan for the Ebro River Basin (CD-Rom). Author Unknown. Date Unknown.
• Spanish National Hydrological Plan: Technical Review Sessions - Strategic Assesment of the Environmental Impact (CD-Rom). Author Unknown. Date Unknown.
• Spanish National Hydrological Plan: Technical Review Sessions - General Presentation of the Transfer Routes (CD-Rom). Author Unknown. Date Unknown.
• Spanish National Hydrological Plan: Technical Review Sessions - Ebro Delta and the Consortium for the Protection of the Ebro (CD-Rom). Author Unknown. Date Unknown.
• Spanish National Hydrological Plan: Technical Review Sessions - Hydrologic Planning System in Spain (CD-Rom). Author Unknown. Date Unknown.
• Spanish National Hydrological Plan: Technical Review Sessions - Hydrological analysis. (CD-Rom). Author Unknown. Date Unknown. (2 copies)
• Spanish National Hydrological Plan: Technical Review Sessions - General Presentation of the National Hydrological Plan (CD-Rom). Author Unknown. Date Unknown.

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Posted April 21, 2008 (updated 5/5/08)

• The Lower Colorado River Land Use plan: A Report of the Lower Colorado River Land Use Advisory Committee. United States Department of the Interior. 1964.
• The Burns-Porter Act: A California High Water Mark. State Water Contractors. 1984.
• The Commonwealth: Official Journal of the Commonwealth Club of California. Part Two of Vol. XL, no. 24. Commonwealth Club of California. 1964.
• Fact Book of US Agriculture. US Department of Agriculture. 1980.
• 1991-1992 Green Index: A State-By-State Guide to the Nation's Environmental Health. Island Press. 1991.
• National Water Quality Inventory: 1996 Report to Congress. Environmental Protection Agency. 1998.
• National Water Quality Inventory: 1994 Report to Congress. Environmental Protection Agency. 1995.
• National Water Quality Inventory: 1994 Report to Congress Appendixes. Environmental Protection Agency. 1995.
• National Water Quality Inventory: 1998 Report to Congress. Environmental Protection Agency. 2000.

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Posted March 10, 2008 (updated 4/8/08)

• Geological Survey Circular 790: Assessment of Geothermal Resources of the United States - 1978. Department of Energy and Department of the Interior. 1978.
• Key Elements - SB 346. Department of Water Resources. 1977.
• Napa River Salt March Restoration Project Volume I: Final Environmental Impact Statement. California State Coastal Conservancy - US Army Corps of Engineers - California Department of Fish & Game. June 2004.
• Status and Trends Report on Pollutants in the San Francisco Estuary. San Francisco Estuary Project. 1991.
• Restoring the Bay: A Citizen’s Agenda to Restore the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary. Citizens Alliance to Restore the Estuary, for the Restoring the Bay Campaign. Ca. 1980.
• Protecting America’s Wetlands: An Action Agenda, The Final Report of the National Wetlands Policy forum. The Conservation Foundation. 1989.
• Development of Water Quality Control Plans for Inland Surface Waters of California and Enclosed Bays and Estuaries of California. State Water Resources Control Board. 1990.

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Posted February 22, 2008 (updated 4/28/08)

• Hydrologic Data: 1966, Volume II: Northeastern California, Appendix C: Ground Water Measurements, Bulletin No. 130-66. Department of Water Resources. 1967.
• Composition of the Irrigation Waters of Utah: Bulletin No. 163. Utah Agricultural College Experiment Station. 1918.
• Water Development Project for the East Bay Area Bonds: $25,000,000 Series A, Official Statement of the East Bay Municipal Utility District. East Bay Municipal Utility District. 1959.
• Corrosion Cracking: Conference Proceedings. American Society for Metals. 1986.
• Water-Loss Investigations: Lake Mead Studies. USGS. 1958
• Interagency Ecological Study Program for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary: Fifth Annual Report (1975). California Department of Fish and Game, California Department of Water Resources, US Fish and Wildlife Service, US Bureau of Reclamation. 1976.
• Staff Report on Proposed Amendments to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River Basins Addressing Control Programs Related to Pesticides, Agricultural Drains and Other Contructed Water Bodies. California Regional Water Quality Control Board Central Valley Region. 1995.
• Synthesis of Public Comment on the Forthcoming Review by the Federal Governments of Canada and the United States of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement: A Report by the Governments of the United States and Canada. International Joint Commission Canada and United States. 2006.
• California Water: Looking to the Future. Department of Water Resources, State of California. 1987.
• Sanitation Survey of Wolf Creek and its Watershed. State of California Department of Public Health, Bureau of Sanitary Engineering. 1958.
• California Agriculture: Reports of Progress in Research by the California Agricultural Experiment Station. Division of Agricultural Sciences, University of California. 1957.
• Areas of Critical Concern and Proposals for their Protection. Sacramento Audubon Society. 1989.
• Report to the Governor's Water Resources Task Force Volume: Alternatives for State Water Project Construction and Financing Through 1975. Department of Water Resources. 1967.
• Budgets, Reports, Local Assistance for State Water Development: A Partial Report of the Fact Finding Committee on Water Resources of the California State Senate. Fact Finding Committee on Water, California State Legislature. 1961.

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Posted February 5, 2008 (updated 4/28/08)

• Saline Water Conversion Research: The Solubility of Carbon Dioxide in Distilled Water, Synthetic Sea Water and Synthetic Sea-Water Concentrates. Water Resources Center. 1969.
• Saline Water Conversion Research: 1968 Progress Report, Berkeley, Riverside, and San Diego Campuses. Water Resources Center. 1969.
• Saline Water Conversion Research: 1965 Progress Report, Berkeley, Riverside, and San Diego Campuses. Water Resources Center. 1966.
• Saline Water Conversion Research: 1963 Progress Report, Berkeley & San Diego Campuses. Water Resources Center. 1964.
• Saline Water Conversion Research: Removal of Scale-Forming Constituents from Saline Water by Ion Exchange-Equilibrium Conditions. Water Resources Center. 1963.
• Scale Abatement in Saline Water Distillation by Injection of Carbon Dioxide. Water Resources Center. 1969.
• Sediment Quality and Biological Effects on San Francisco Bay, Bay Protection and Toxic Cleanup Program: Final Technical Report. State Water Resources Control Board. 1998.
• Bay Area Permit Directory for Industrial Development: Draft. Industrial Siting Task Force. 1977.
• Port of Redwood City and Environs: Draft EIR on Alternative Development Concepts for 2,135 Acres in and Adjacent to the City of Redwood City. The City of Redwood City. 1977.
• Cadmium Hazards to Fish, Wildlife, and Invertebrates: A Synoptic Review. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1985.
• Chromium Hazards to Fish, Wildlife, and Invertebrates: A Synoptic Review. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1986.
• Bay Protection and Toxic Cleanup Program: Final Regional Toxic Hot Spot Cleanup Plan. San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board. 1999.
• Physical Properties of Summer Sea Ice in the Fram Strait, June-July 1984. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 1987.
• Computations of Total Sediment Discharge Niobrara River Near Cody, Nebraska: Water Supply Paper 1357. USGS. 1955.