University Group 36

Water Resources Research Institute

Records, 1961-1981
9 c.f.

The records of the Water Resources Research Institute were deposited in the University of Idaho Library by the Institute on November 1, 1984. They were processed by Judith Nielsen between November 1987 and January 1988.

Organizational History

The University of Idaho Water Resources Research Institute was established under provisions of the Water Resources Research Act of 1964 (Public Law 379, 88th Congress). Its purpose is to conduct research investigations and experiments of either a basic or practical nature in relation to water resources. Included areas are hydrology, soil-water-plant relations, water quality, irrigation and drainage, ground water, recreation, hydroelectric development, fishery management, aquatic biology, and watershed management.

Prior to the establishment of the institute there existed at the university from June 1961 to January 1962, a Policy and Coordinating Committee on Water Resources. From January 1962 to July 1964 this group was known as the Water Resources Committee. Calvin C. Warnick was the original director of the institute; he was replaced in the late 1970s by John Gladwell who resigned in the spring of 1980.

Scope and Content

The records of the Water Resources Research Institute span the years 1961 to 1981, with the bulk of the material covering the years 1970 to 1980. The papers include the legislative background for the institute; correspondence, financial records for each of the various projects, publications of the institute and other water related organizations, photographs, and newspaper, clippings. Also included are records of the Pullman-Moscow Water Resources Committee.

Arrangement and Description

The material in this archival group was contained in labeled storage boxes.

The box labels were retained as the series headings; folder labels were also retained. The original arrangement of the material was by fiscal year, but in the final processing, material in the individual series was interfiled into single numerical or alphabetical sequences.

The historical material includes committee minutes, legislative material concerning the establishment of the institute, general financial material, travel reports, and correspondence.

The OWRT and non-OWRT financial material includes payroll records, travel and general requisitions, personnel action forms, monthly and quarterly reports, and contracts and agreements. These two series were originally arranged by fiscal year, but were rearranged into single numerical sequences by project budget number. An explanation of abbreviations used in the non-OWRT projects is contained in the Appendix.

The project notes and reports series includes news releases, newspaper articles about the various projects, and annual report summaries. These are arranged numerically by project budget number.

The fifth series includes publications of the Water Resources Research Institute and other water related organizations, published articles and newspaper clippings on a variety of topics, and photographs, a majority of which are neither identified nor dated. The articles were originally in folders with the photographs, but were separated out during processing. The articles and photographs are arranged alphabetically by subject.

There were originally four scrapbooks containing mounted newspaper clippings covering the years 1961-1969, 1969, 1971, 1972-1974. All books were arranged by subject. These notebooks were taken apart and the contents put into file folders which were then interfiled into a single alphabetical sequence.

Papers relating to the Pullman-Moscow Water Resources Committee for series seven. These include the minutes of the committee meetings, correspondence, and a collection of published and unpublished reports.

The final series consists of material for the institute's annual fiscal reports, information on insurance requirements for university vehicles, and minutes of the Troy-Moscow Corridor Study Group.

Published reports dealing with the Palouse were removed for cataloging into the Day-NW collection. Duplicate materials were also removed. By this means the records were reduced by 3 c.f.

Series List

Containers

I. Historical Material, 1961-1971 1-2

II. OWRT Financial Material, FY 1979-FY 1981 2-3

III. Non-OWRT Financial Material, FY 1979-FY 1981 3-5

IV. Project Notes and Reports, 1976-1981 5

A. OWRT Projects

B. Non-OWRT Projects

V. Publications, Articles, Photographs, 1973-1981 5-6

A. Publications, 1973-1981

B. Articles, 1976-1980

C. Photographs, ca.1914-1980

VI. Scrapbooks, 1961-1974 7-8

VII. Pullman-Moscow Water Resources Committee, 1967-1976 8-9

VIII. Miscellaneous Papers, 1975-1978 9

Inventory

Water Resources Research Institute

Box Folder Description

I. Historical Material, 1961-1971

1	1	Minutes of Committee Meetings, 1961-1965	92
	2	Legislative Background Material, 1962-1963	22
	3	A Proposal for Establishing a Water Resources Research Institute at the University of Idaho. 1964	1
	4	Allotment-Budget Request, 1964-1965	4
	5	Allotment-Budget Request, 1965-1966	1
	6	Fiscal Report Draft, 1965-1965	1
	7	Draft of Annual Report, 1966	1
	8	Allotment-Budget Request, 1967	1
	9	Allotment Request Information, 1968	5
	10	Fiscal and Budget Information, 1967-1968	1
	11	Draft of Annual Report, 1968	1
	12	Budget Material, 1968-1969	1
	13	Allotment Request Information, 1968-1969	1
	14	Allotment Project File, 1968-1969	17
	15	Draft and final copy, Annual Report, 1969	1
	16	Budget and Fiscal Information, 1969-1970	1
	17	Worksheets of 1970 Annual Report, 1970	1
	18	OWRR Budgets, 1970-1971	1
	19	Financial Summary Information, 1970-1971	1
	20	Material for Annual Report, 1971	1
2	21-25 Correspondence, 1964-1970	286
	26	Travel Reports, 1961-1967	27
	27	Challenging Issues in Water Resources. Proceedings of a Conference, July 1967. Universities Council on Water Resources	1
	28	Department of the Interior, Office of Water Resources Research. Publications, 1966-1967.	2

II. OWRT Financial Material, FY 1979-FY 1981

	29-31	684-K001: WR Administration, 1978-1981	296
	32-34	684-K003: WR Information Dissemination, 1978-1981	225
	35-36	684-K005: WR Hydro Map, 1980-1981	42
	37-38	684-K006: WR Low Head Hydro/Idaho, 1979-1981	45
	39-40	684-K007: WR Five Year Plan, 1980-1982	30
	41	684-K008: WR Regional Studies, 1981-1982	6
	42	684-K0ll: WR Erosion, 1978-1979	32
	43	684-K012: WR Sedimentation, 1978-1980	25
	44	684-K014: WR Clearwater Shoreline, 1978-1980	37
	45-46	684-K020: WR River Operations, 1980-1981	41
	47	684-K021: WR Hydro Simulation, 1980-1981	29
	48-49	684-K022: WR Hydro Survey, 1978-1980	103
	50-52	684-K023: WR Incubation Flows, 1978-1982	103
	53	684-K024: WR Power Pricing, 1978-1980	31
	54-55	684-K026: WR Salmonid Determination Size, 1979-1982	61
	56-57	684-K029: WR Frozen Soil Effects, 1970-1981	64
	58-60	684-K030: WR Fish Culture, Phase I, 1978-1981	164
	61-63	684-K031: WR Rangeland Pollution, 1970-1981	131
3	64-65	684-K032: WR Seasonal Water Supply, 1978-1981	67
	66	684-K033: WR Walleye Habitation, 1978-1930	32
	67	684-K035: WR Water Supply Bank, 1978-1979	18
	68	684-K037: WR Recreational Water/Land Values, 1978-1980	29
	69-70	684-K037: WR Pattern Analysis, 1978-1980	35
	71-72	684-K040: WR Groundwater Law, 1979-1981	39
	73-74	684-K041: WR Hydrologic Data, 1979-1982	58
	75	684-K042: WR Graphic Retrieval, 1981	10
	76-77	684-K043: WR Mine Drainage, 1979-1980	34
	78	684-K052: WR Impact Analysis, 1978-1980	65
	79	684-K053: WR Silver Creek, 1978-1979	32
	80-82	684-K054: WR Clearwater Post Audit, 1978-1981	144
	83-86	684-K055: WR Water Cost, 1976-1981	220
	87-88	684-K056: WR Mining Variables, 1978-1981	124
	89-91	684-K057: WR Irrigation Optimization, 1978-1981	133
	92-94	684-K058: WR Troy Channels, 1978-1981	148
	95-97	684-K059: WR Invertebrate Indicators, 1978-1981	159
	98-100	684-K060: WR Water Bank, 1979-1981	96
	101-103	684-K061: WR Farmer Response, 1978-1982	147
	104-105	684-K062: WR Instream Flow Tests, 1979-1981	223
	106	684-K063: WR Low Energy Irrigation, 1981	57

III. Non-OWRT Financial Material, FY 1979-FY 1981

	107	Central Duplicating Memos, 1976-1978	9
	108	A50-X330: ASCE Specialty Conference, 1977-1978	23
	109	A50-X330: State Water Conference, 1976-1981	191
	110	A50-X359: UCOWR Conference, 1980-1981	68
	111-113	684-XO27: Non Agricultural Research, 1978-1981	116
4	114-115	684-YO30: Publications Account, 1976-1980	191
	117	684-YO35: Idaho Map Project, 1970-1981	44
	118-119	684-Y300: Earned Overhead Allocation, 1979-1982	70
	120	684-KO86: IDWR Idaho Hydro, 1980-1981	29
	121-122	684-KO87: IDWR Henry's Fork, 1978-1981	123
	123-125	684-KO88: IDWR Mud Lake Aquifer, 1978-1981	133
	126-128	684-KO89: IDWR Earth Fill Dams, 1978-1982	119
	129	684-KO90: IDWR Consumptive Irrigation, 1981-1984	29
	130-131	684-KO91: IDWR Snake River Film, 1980-1981	37
	132	684-KO92: IDWR Bruneau Project, 1980-1981	31
	133	684-KO93: IDHW Clean Lakes Program, 1980-1981	80
	134	684-KI46: IPC Potential Hydro, 1979-1980	41
	135-137	684-Kl49: DOE/BPA Power Peaking, 1979-1982	168
	138-140	684-KI52: ERDA Low Head Hydro, 1978-1983	143
	141-143	684-Kl54: DOE Low Head Hydro Extension, 1978-1981	130
	144	684-Kl52 & 154: ERDA/DOE Low Head Hydro. Contracts, 1977-1979	66
	145	684-Kl62: DOE Geothermal Irrigation Management, 1980-1981	72
	146-148	684-Kl7O: SEA/AR Irrigation Systems, 1979-1981	121
	149-151	684-Kl7l: USDA/SEA Pump Irrigation, 1979-1981	143
	152-153	684-Kl76: PNRC Cloud Seeding, 1979-1981	86
	154-155	684-Kl88: IDWR/HW Lewiston Aquifer, 1978-1981	91
	156-157	684-Kl93: IDWR/HW Thrust Geothermal, 1980-1981	142
	158	684-K200: ARS Teton Dam, 1978-1980	38
	159-160	684-K236: COE Offstream Storage II, 1980-1981	66
5	161-162	684-K244: USDC/NOAA River Forecast Center, 1980-1981	20
	163	684-K273: USDI Irrigation Systems, 1976-1979	33
	164-165	684-K282: COE Off Stream Sites, 1979-1981	86
	166	684-K331: IOE Energy Conservation, 1978-1980	156
	167	684-K372: WSU Mt. St. Helen's After Effects, 1980-1981	48
	168-169	684-K428: USDI Mud Lake Simulation Model, 1979-1981	170
	170	684-K434: Battelle Industrial Film, 1980-1981	28
	171	684-K449: DOE KGRA-Idaho, 1978-1980	89
	172-173	684-K857: USDI/FWS Decision Makers, 1978-1981	86
	174-176	684-K867: COE Lower Clearwater, 1978-1981	82

IV. Project Notes and Reports, 1976-1981

A. OWRT Projects

	177	Lists of Projects, 1965-1979	3
	178	684-K012: WR Sedimentation, 1978-1979	2
	179	684-K020: WR River Operations, 1980	6
	180	684-K022: WR Hydro Survey, 1979-1980	6
5	181	684-K023: WR Incubation Flows, 1978	6
	182	684-K026: WR Salmonid Determination Size, 1980	1
	183	684-K029: WR Frozen Soil Effects, 1977-1980	5
	184	684-K030: WR Fish Culture, 1977-1980	18
	185	684-K031: WR Rangeland Pollution, 1978-1980	14
	186	684-K032: WR Seasonal Water Supply, 1979-1980	8
	187	684-K033: WR Walleye Habitation, 1978-1979	3
	188	684-K039: WR Pattern Analysis, 1980,	8
	189	684-K040: WR Groundwater Law, 1979-1980	6
	190	684-K041 & 005: WR Hydrologic Data, 1979-1980	21
	191	684-K043: WR Mine Drainage, 1979-1980	9
	192	684-K052: WR Impact Analysis, 1977-1980	7
	193	684-K054: WR Clearwater Post Audit, 1978-1980	17
	194	684-K055: WR Water Cost, 1977-1980	7
	195	684-K056: WR Mining Variables, 1978-1980	10
	196	684-K057: WR Irrigation Optimization, 1977-1981	15
	197	684-K058: WR Troy Channels, 1977-1980	10
	198	684-K059: WR Invertebrate Indicators, 1977-1981	23
	199	684-K060: WR Water Bank, 1978-1980	8
	200	684-K061: WR Farmer Response, 1978-1980	4

B. Non-OWRT Projects

	201	684-K087: IDWR Henry's Fork, 1978-1980	9
	202	684-K088: IDWR Mud Lake Aquifer, 1977-1978	6
	203	684-K089: IDWR Earth Filled Dams, 1979	8
	204	684-K091: IDWR Snake River Film, 1980	2
	205	684-K093: EPA Clean Lakes Program, 1980	6
	206	684-KI46: IPC Potential Hydro, 1979	5
	207	684-Kl49: DOE/BPA Power Peaking, 1979	3
	208	684-Kl52: ERDA Low Head Hydro, 1978-1980	12
	209	684-Kl52: ERDA Low Head Hydro Seminar, 1978	16
	210	684-Kl54: DOE Low Head Hydro Extension, 1979-1980	16
	211	684-Kl7O: SEA/AR Irrigation Systems, 1979-1980	4
	212	684-Kl7l: USDA/SEA Pump Irrigation, 1979-1980	6
	213	684-Kl76: PNRC Cloud Seeding, 1980	3
	214	684-Kl88: IDWR/HW Lewiston Aquifer, 1978-1979	9
	215	684-Kl93: IDWR/HW Thrust Geothermal, 1980	5
	216	684-K200: ARS Teton Dam, 1976-1978	5
	217	684-K244: USDC/NOAA River Forecast Center, 1980	1
	218	684-K282: COE Off Stream Sites, 1978-1980	7
	219	684-K331: IOE Energy Conservation, 1977-1979	8
	220	684-K428: USDI Mud Lake Simulation Model, 1979-1980	2
	221	684-K449: DOE KGRA-Idaho, 1979-1980	6
	222	-------- : DOE Raft River, 1980	4
	223	-------- : Boise Post Audit, Sagebrush to Cropland, n.d.	1
	224	-------- : Hatchery Water, 1972-1978	5
	225	-------- : Hells Canyon, 1978	1

V. Publications, Articles, Photographs, 1973-1981

A. Publications, 1973-1981

	226	Water Resources Research Institute. Newsletter, 1973-1978	17
	227	Water Resources Research Institute. Idaho's Water, 1973-1980	8
	228	Idaho Water and Energy Resources Research Institute. Idaho's Water and Energy, 1979-1981	11
	229	Water Resources Research Institute. Annual Report, 1976-1978	3
	230	Sagebrush to Cropland, 1979	3
	231	Energy Update, 1977-1978	5
	232	Ground Water Newsletter, 1977-1978	10
	233	Water Research in Action, 1977-1980	18
	234	Western States Water, 1979-1981	48

B. Articles, 1976-1980

	235	Addresses by John S. Gladwell & others, n.d.	6
	236	News Releases, 1976-1978	93
	237-238	Departmental information for January 1981 issue of Idaho's Water and Energy, 1980	57
	239	Agriculture, 1979-1980	5
	240	Dams, 1980	5
	241	Energy, 1978-1980	20
	242	Fish and Wildlife, 1978-1980	5
	243	Mining, 1979	1
	244	Water Quality, 1979-1980	22

C. Photographs, ca. 1914-1980

	245	Activities, n.d.	3
	246	Agriculture, 1914-1978	48
	247	Dams, 1943-1979	82
	248	Energy, ?-1979	30
	249	Fish and Wildlife, n.d.	27
6	250	Forestry, n.d.	29
	251	Illustrations and PMT'S, n.d.	9
	252	Institute Personnel, 1973-1980	98
	253	Instream Flow, n.d.	12
	254	Low Head Hydro Conference, 1978	17
	255	Mining, ?-1979	4
	256	Past Projects, ca. 1956-1967	115
	257-259	Projects, FY 1977-FY 1979	63
	260	Recreation, n.d.	10
	261	Report Covers, 1976	10
	262	Rivers, n.d.	27
	263	Scenery, Idaho, n.d.	119
	264	Snotel (non-IWRRI Research) n.d.	3
	265	Students, n.d.	4
	266	Troy Channels, Minimus Flow, 1978-1979	8
	267	Urban - Downtown Boise, n.d.	2
	268	Water, Miscellaneous, n.d.	13
	268-270	Water Conference, 1975, 1977	103
	271	Water Quality, n.d.	21
	272	Negatives of Rabe's Photographs, n.d.	31

VI. Scrapbooks, 1961-1974

7	273-275	Agencies, 1971	155
	276-277	Agriculture, 1971-1974	45
	278-279	Air and Noise Pollution, 1971-1973	24
	280	American Falls Dam, 1972-1974	27
	281	Bureau of Reclamation, 1962-1964	8
	282	Cedar and Garden Creek, 1972	1
	283	Clear Creek, Garden Creek Area, 1971	4
	284	Columbia River, 1972-1973	10
	285	Conservation, 1969	37
	286	Dams and Dam Building, 1969	40
	287	Dredge Mining and Mineral Erosion, 1969	68
	288-289	Dworshak Dam, 1970-1973	31
	290-291	Energy, 1972-1974	208
	292-293	Environment, 1971-1974	65
	294-295	Fish and Game, 1971-1974	86
	296-298	Fisheries, 1969-1973	52
	299	Flood Control, 1972-1974	47
	300-302	Forest and Range, 1971-1974	249
	303	Forestry, 1969	17
	304-305	Geothermal, 1971-1974	45
	306-307	Hells Canyon, 1971-1973	95
	308	High Mountain Sheep Dam, 1968	6
	309	High Water Mark, 1965	1
	310-311	History, 1971-1973	17
	312-313	Hunting, 1971-1973	16
	314-315	Hydroelectric, 1971-1972	2
	316	Hydrology, 1961-1965	2
	317	Idaho State Water Agency, 1962-1965	15
	318	Idaho State Water Resources Board, 1969	6
	319-320	Irrigation, 1970-1973	43
	321-322	Items of Interest, 1965-1968	65
	323-324	Legislation, 1971-1974	32
	325	Magruder Corridor, 1971	7
	326-327	Minerals, 1971-1973	48
	328	Municipal Industry, 1972-1973	7
	329-330	Palisades, 1971-1973	4
8	331-333	Recreation, 1969-1973	70
	334-335	Salmon River, 1971-1973	88
	336-337	Sawtooth, 1971-1973	55
	338	Scenic Rivers, 1969	29
	339-340	Snake River, 1971-1973	50
	341	Southwest Idaho Water Plan, 1964-1965	2
	342	St. Joe River, 1972-1973	70
	343	State Water Conference, 1967	9
	344-345	Swan Falls, Guffy, 1971-1974	54
	346-347	Teton Dam, 1971-1973	63
	348	Transportation, 1972-1973	3
	349	University of Idaho, 1962-1969	19
	350-351	Water Quality, 1971-1973	75
	352-353	White Clouds, 1971-1973	19
	354	Wild Rivers, 1963-1969	25
	355-356	Wilderness, 1971-1973	94
	357	Wood River, 1972	4

VII. Pullman-Moscow Water Resource Committee, 1967-1976

	358	Minutes, 1973-1976	31
	359	Correspondence, 1967-1976	27
	360	Reports, Notes, etc., 1972-1975	37

Publications from the P-MWRC Files

8	361	Packer, Paul. Pertinent Information on Ground Water Supply in the Moscow-Pullman Area. 1953.
	362	Crosby, James W. and Richard E. Cavin. Geologic Investigation of the Moscow Ground Water Basin. 1960
	363	Crosby, James W.	A Comprehensive Approach to a Local Ground- water Problem. 1964
	364	Cavin, Richard E. and James W. Crosby. Supplemental Seismic Studies for the City of Moscow, Idaho. 1966
	365	Dick, Kenneth A. Report on Domestic Water Supply. 1967
	366	Jones, Robert W., et al. Feasibility of Artificial Recharge of a Small Ground Water Basin by Utilizing Seasonal Runoff from Intermittent Streams. 1968
	367	Pullman-Moscow Water Resources Committee. Status Report, 1969
	368	Troy Road Project, 1966-1969
	369	Jones, Robert W. & Sylvia H. Ross. Moscow Basin Ground Water Problem: How Long Will the Water Last? 1969
	370	Bloomsburg, G.L. Comments on Jones and Ross Report. 1969
	371	Stevens, Thompson & Runyan, Inc. Prospectus for Professional Services, 1969
	372	Information for Pullman-Moscow Water Resources Study, 1970
	373	Jones, Robert W. Outline of a Report on Moscow Basin Ground- water Studies ... 1971
	374	Stevens, Thompson & Runyan. Water Supply Study. 1970
	375	Pullman-Moscow Water Supply Study Status Report, 1971
	376	Warnick, C.C. Summary Comments on Moscow-Pullman Water Supply...1971
	377	Butcher, Walt. Relative Costs of Ground and Surface Water Systems. 1971
	378	Stevens, Thompson & Runyon, Inc. Water Treatment: an Alternative Analysis for Moscow, Idaho, 1972
	379	Corps of Engineers. Palouse River Basin Study: Status Report. 1972
	380	Stevens, Thompson & Runyon. A Preproposal to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a Research and Demonstration Study on the Removal of Iron and Manganese from Potable Water Supplies Using Ozone. 1972
	381	Saith, John. Statistics for City of Moscow Wells 2, 3, 6, & 8. 1973
9	382	Transactions of the Pullman-Moscow Water Resources Committee. February 1971-February 1973
	383	Pamphlets (4) on Wells, 1955-1970
	384	Crosby, James W. & Roy M. Chatters. Water Dating Techniques as Applied to the Pullman-Moscow Ground-water Basin. 1965
	385	Crosby, James W. Ground-water Exploration and Development. 1965
	386	Smith, William A. An Analysis of Moscow Water Supply, 1973
	387	Siath, John. Water Supply Study for City of Moscow. 1973
	388	Washington State University. Physical Plant. Comprehensive Water Supply Plan for Washington State University. 1973
	389	Trihey, E. Woody. Completion Report on the Well Altitude Survey in the Moscow Sub-basin, Idaho. 1973
	390	Anderson & Kelley, Consultants. Evaluation of the Groundwater Situation in the Moscow-Pullman Basin. 1973
	391	Beuttner, Mark R. Water Quality of the Palouse River Drainage. 1973
	392	Hinman, George W., et al. Laird Dam Site Project to Develop a New Water Supply for Pullman, Washington and Moscow, Idaho. 1973
	393a	U.S. Geological Survey. Basic Ground-water Data for the Moscow Basin, Idaho. 1973
	393b	Crosthwaite, E.G. Basic Ground-water Data for the Moscow Basin, Idaho, n.d.
	393c	Crosthwaite, E.G. Basic Ground-water Data for the Moscow Basin, Idaho. 1975
	394	Brown & Associates. Cost of Rural Domestic Well Near Moscow, Idaho. 1973

VIII. Miscellaneous Papers, 1975-1978

9	395	Fiscal Report Notes, 1975	57
	396	Fiscal Report Notes, 1976	54
	397	Fiscal Report Notes, 1977	85
	398	Fiscal Report Notes, 1978	55
	399	Insurance Information for University Vehicles, 1977	3
	400	Troy-Moscow Corridor Study, 1975	10

APPENDIX

Abbreviations Used in Non-OWRT Projects:

AR	Agricultural Research
ARS	Agricultural Research Service
ASCE	American Society of Civil Engineering
BPA	Bonneville Power Administration
COE	Army Corps of Engineers
DOE	U.S. Department of Energy
ERDA	Energy Resource and Development Association
FWS	Fish and Wildlife Service
HW	Health and Welfare
IDHW	Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
IDWR	Idaho Department of Water Resources
IOE	Idaho Office of Energy
IPC	Idaho Power Company
KGRA	Geothermal Resource Areas
NOAA	National Oceanic and Aeronautics Administration
OWRT	Office of Water and Research Te6hn6logy
PNRC	Pacific Northwest Regional Commission
SEA	Science and Educational Administration
UCOWR	Universities Council on Water Resources
USDA	U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDC	U.S. Department of Commerce
USDI	U.S. Department of the Interior
WSU	Washington State University

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