A look at the December 1992 storm on Long Beach Island, using interviews and images compiled from videotape shot during and after the storm. G219 N3-1 Video Ground improvement for dam safety. California's sunken treasure. Discusses several aspects of California's groundwater, including the relationship of high quality groundwater to the development of the state, overdraft problems in the San Joaquin Valley, artificial recharge basins, the development of pumping machinery and wells, saltwater intrusion, and water rights to groundwater. A guide for field identification of bankfull stage in the western United States.
Bankfull stage is often difficult to identify in the field.
This video discusses key steps and demonstrates techniques that can be used to consistently identify the bankfull level for a variety of different streams and rivers in the western United States. 63.1 N5 Video Hoover Dam. The dramatic story of how an ambitious, hard-driving engineer turned a ragtag army of unemployed into the nation's most celebrated workforce. Features archival footage and photographs, including interviews with witnesses and historians. Originally produced as a segment of the television program, The American Experience.