WSP01080

• File Number: 8407.500
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications - Missouri River
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 6/1/1978
• Author: Missouri Basin Inter
• Title: Missouri River Basin Comprehensive Framework Study-revised Volume III-Law-policies-and Administration-Appendix
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

Organization- The Dean of Agriculture also serves
as Director of the Agriculture and Home Econom-
ics Experiment Station. Much of the administrative
responsibility is delegated to the associate director
and to assistant directors. Research is conducted on
the Iowa State University campus and nearby faci-
lities as well as at a number of outlying farms and
in fields of dozens of farmer cooperators through-
out the state. These experimental areas have been
selected so that special problems can be studied on
a local basis. Cooperative work is done with federal
and state agencies and with other experiment sta-
tions in the United States.

and Economic Analysis for Long-Term (Rotational)
Agronomic Experiments; Surface drainage-fertility
experiment on corn, Davis County Experimental
Farm; Tile drainage-fertility experiment on corn,
Davis County Experimental Farm; Water table fre-
quencies for tiled land; Tile hydraulics; Drainability
of Davis County al1uvial soils; Measurements on
Ankeny tile spacing experiments; Study of gully
growth relationships in Steer and Thompson Creeks;
Reservoir sedimentation; Model study at Steer
Creek gaging station; Water balance studies at
Castana Watersheds; Development of mathematical
model relating runoff and watershed parameters;
Development of runoff relationships for watershed
with much storage (pothole country); Study com-
paring measured and predicted storm runoff from
agricultural watersheds; and miscel1aneous projects
related to land use and soil conservation, water-
shed development, water rights, al1ocation and
development.

Agriculture and Home Economics
Experiment Station

Authority- Agricultural research at Iowa State
traces its history to the beginning of the University
in the 1860's when the original farm provided an
opportunity for experiments with livestock, crops
and horticultural material. The Hatch Act, passed
by Congress in 1887, gave federal support to agri-
cultural investigations, and the formal beginning of
the Agricultural and Home Economics Experiment
Station dates from that time. Additional federal,
state and private support has enabled the Station
to reach its presen t program 0 f both basic and ap-
plied research.

Engineering Research Institute

Authority- The Engineering Research Institute was
established in 1904 as the research organization
within the College of Engineering at Iowa State
University.

Programs and Activities- Several hundred projects
are currently part of the research program and
cover both basic and applied research. Most faculty
members are involved in the research program, and
they have the assistance of trained technicians and
other supporting personnel. In the general area of
soil and land, inclusive of water, watersheds, river
basins, air and climate (inclusive of resource con-
servation, development and management) the sta-
tion currently employs 13.1 people. This is on a
full-time equivalent basis, and actually involves
many more individuals since fractions of time and
salary are included. Among projects are: Erosion
Control and Water Conservation Investigations;
Water Infiltration into Soils; Tillage Requirements
for Crop Growth, and Soil and Water Conservation,
and Their Relationship to Tillage Machinery; Quan-
titative Description of Watershed Parameters and
Their Relationship to Runoff; Effect of Alternative
Land Use Systems Upon the Properties and Produc-
tivity of the Major Soils of Iowa; Vegetative Recla-
mation of Iowa Coal-Strip-Mine Banks; Physical
and Economic Analysis of Watersheds as Related
to Soil and Water Conservation; Crop Yielding Ca-
pacity of Iowa Soil Types Under Different Soil
Management and Fertility Levels; The Statistical

Organization- The Director of the Engineering
Research Institute is responsible to the Dean of
Engineering. Staff consists of most members of
the Engineering faculty, who devote a portion of
their time to research, plus trained technicians.

Activities- An important area of research within
the Institute is in Sanitary Engineering. This re-
search can be divided into four categories: (1)
water supply, (2) water pol1ution control, (3) hy-
drology and (4) water resources. Within these four
areas of research, projects are sponsored by the
National Institutes of Health, the National Animal
Disease Laboratory (U.S.D.A.), the State of Iowa,
and private industry.
Facilities include nearly 4,000 square feet of
laboratory space for teaching and rt:st:alch.
Recent research has included the following sub.
jects: Predicting runoff from rainfall records for
several Iowa watersheds; Flood potentiality of the
Des Moines River basin above Des Moines, Iowa;
Hydraulics of circular settling tanks determined by
model-prototype comparisons; Tank detention time
efficiency in the chlorination of smal1 water sup-
plies; Iron removal from natural and synthetic
water using diatomite filters; Iron removal vs. depth
in a sand filter; Effect of rate disturbances on the

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