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    Aquifers = Miguel A. Marino

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    Aquifers: Ogallala = B. A. Stewart

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    Aral Sea Disaster = Guy Fipps

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    Boron = Rami Keren

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    Bound Water in Soils = Sally D. Logsdon

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    Canal Automation = Albert J. Clemmens

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    Chemigation = William L. Kranz

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    Chesapeake Bay = Sean M. Smith

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    Chromium = Bruce R. James

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    Consumptive Water Use = Freddie L. Lamm

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    Crop Coefficients = Richard G. Allen

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    Databases = Rosemary Streatfeild

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    Deltas = Paul F. Hudson

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    Drainage Coefficient = Gary Sands

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    Drainage: Controlled = Robert O. Evans

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    Drainage: Materials = James L. Fouss

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    Drought = Donald A. Wilhite

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    Drought: Resistance = M. B. Kirkham

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    Dryland Farming = Clay A. Robinson

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    Dust Bowl Era = R. Louis Baumhardt

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    El Nin˜o = David E. Stooksbury

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    Erosion and Precipitation = Bofu Yu

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    Erosion Research: History = Rattan Lal

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    Erosion: Bank = Steven B. Mitchell

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    Evaporation from Soils = Andre Chanzy

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    Everglades = Kenneth L. Campbell

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    Farm Ponds = Ronald W. Tuttle

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    Floodplain Management = French Wetmore

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    Flouride = Judy A. Rogers

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    Fluvial Islands = Waite R. Osterkamp

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    Ganges River = M. Monirul Qadar Mirza

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    Groundwater: Mining = Hugo A. Loaiciga

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    Groundwater: Modeling = Jesus Carrera

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    Hydrologic Cycle = John Van Brahana

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    Internet = Janet G. Norris

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    Irrigation Systems: History = Wayne Clyma

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    Irrigation: Deficit = M.H. Behboudian

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    Irrigation: Preplant = James E. Ayars

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    Irrigation: Surface = Wynn R. Walker

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    Isotopes = Michael A. Anderson

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    Karst Aquifers = John Van Brahana

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    La Nin˜a = David E. Stooksbury

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    Library Resources = Robert Teeter

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    Matric Potential = Melvin T. Tyree

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    Natural Levees = Paul F. Hudson

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    Nitrogen Measurement = Jacek A. Koziel

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    Platte River = William L. Graf

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    Porous Pavements = Bruce K. Ferguson

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    Precipitation: Forms = Richard T. Wynne

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    Professional Societies = Faye Anderson

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    Pumps: Displacement = Dorota Z. Haman

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    Rainfall Shelters = Arland D. Schneider

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    Rainwater Harvesting = K.F. Andrew Lo

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    Reverse Osmosis = Mark Wilf

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    Richards’ Equation = Graeme D. Buchan

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    Riparian Geomorphology = Ashley A. Webb

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    River Channelization = Nicola Surian

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    River Channels = Paul F. Hudson

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    Saline Seeps = Ardell D. Halvorson

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    Saline Water = Khaled M. Bali

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    Salton Sea = Timothy P. Krantz

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    Sediment Budgets = Desmond E. Walling

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    Selenium = Dean A. Martens

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    Soil Water: Diffusion = Laosheng Wu

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    Soil Water: Hysteresis = Dan Jaynes

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    Stormwater Management = Derek B. Booth

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    Tamarisk = Tom L. Dudley

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    Transpiration = Thomas R. Sinclair