Annotated Web Bibliography

    Major Agencies

      Department of Water Resources
      USBR (Mid-Pacific)
      US Army Corps of Engineers
      US Geological Survey (USGS)

    Reservoir Projects

      SPK - WCDS - California Reservoir Plots.  These pages show recent operation of many reservoirs in California, particularly Corps of Engineers Reservoirs.
      Dams of the LA District of the Corps of Engineers.  A nice set of pages.
      Bureau of Reclamation California Dams  Some nice small summaries for many of the Bureau's dams. Shasta is particularly elaborated.
      Tour information for Bureau Dams in California
      Forensics Report on Folsom Dam Gate Failure  For those who want to see some real engineering.

    Dams in General

      Bureau of Reclamation Dams. Technical, historical, and safety aspects of USBR concrete dams and links for specific USBR dams in California and throughout the West.
      US Committee on Large Dams (USCOLD). An industry-oriented site on dams with a great deal of interesting information, and a nice set of web links.
      Future of Large Western Dams  This is a nice set of pages on the future of large Western US dams, apparently done as part of a class at Kenyon College in Ohio.  There is a very nice bibliography page.
      International Rivers Network (IRN). An environmentally-oriented site, with a very extensive and diverse set of web links.
      Dams as Water Resources Monuments. An interesting paper on dams in the West.
      Yahoo Page on Dams and Reservoirs A nice collection of sites.
      Dams within Jurisdiction of the State of California.  A nice inventory of almost all significant dams in California. By poking around a little, you can download the entire database.

    Nice Related Sources

      California Environmental Resources Evaluation System (CERES)
      California Data Exchange Center (CDEC)
      Berkeley Electronic Library (ELIB).  Also has a nice collection of water-related pictures from DWR.
      Unimpaired flow Data for Cal.  "Natural" or "Unimpaired" monthly flow hydrologies for California.
      Water Resources Glossary

    Some Web-Site Construction Tips

      A nice guide to making web sites.

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