SUBJECT INDEX 



325 



Infiltration, rates of, 164, 190 



affected, by burning brush, 168 

 by cities, 191 

 by clearing, 167 

 by cultivation, 166 

 by forest cover, 167 

 by grass cover, 167 

 by industrial wastes, 204 

 vs. runoff, 164 

 Infiltration gallery, 142 

 Interception, 182 

 Interstate compacts, 156, 160, 259 



significance of water quality in, 260 

 Interstate water, apportionment of, 

 259 

 rights of source areas, 258 



Land management related to water- 

 resource planning, 277 



Land subsidence, caused by drainage, 

 195 

 caused by pumping, 53 



Legal classification of waters, 247-249 



Legal doctrines, 243-246 



Legal protection in means of diver- 

 sion, 255-258, 264 



Legislation, effect on development, 

 264-267, 288 



Limestone aquifers, 62, 116, 132 

 danger of pollution of, 202 



Limits of development, 228 



"Lost" water, 252 



M 



Management of water resources, prin- 

 cipal lines of action, 282 

 Manipulation of storage, 193, 226 

 for flood control, 157, 226 

 for greater utilization, 55, 240 

 prerequisite for full development, 

 273-275 

 Mineralization of water (see Quality 



of water) 

 Mining of water, 41, 94, 263 

 basis for permanent economy, 279 



Movement of ground water, 28, 98, 



224 

 Mud-rock flows, 182 

 Multiple-purpose reservoirs, 269 

 Multiple use of water, 154, 272 

 Municipal use of water, 213 



N 



Natural ground-water discharge, esti- 

 mate for western United States, 

 83 

 evidence of undeveloped potential, 



78 

 problems of salvaging, 92-97 

 reduced by lowering water table, 



157 

 reduced by surface storage, 205 

 Navigation, use of water for, 215 

 Nonconsumptive use, effect of, 218 



O 



Oil-field brines, 149 

 Organic soil aquifers, 179, 195 

 Overland flow, affected, by man's ac- 

 tivity, 162-169 

 by vegetal cover, 177-181 



Percolating waters, 249 

 Perennial overdraft, 37-51 

 Plugging of "wild" wells, 61, 65 

 Pollution, in limestone aquifers, 202 



reduced by river infiltration, 150, 

 201-202 



by sewage, 201 

 Precipitation, inventory of, 20 



legal right to, 247, 250 

 Preferential use of water, 253 

 Program for water-resource manage- 

 ment, 282 

 Properties of water, 218 

 Purification of water, 200, 218, 273 



