SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES
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College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences
Water Resources Research Institute records
 

Administrative Information | Search Terms | Background Note | Scope and Contents Note | Arrangement | PDF of Finding Aid
 

COLLECTION SUMMARY

Title:     College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, Water Resources Research Institute records

Dates:     1951-1993 (bulk 1956-1965)

Creator:     Water Resources Research Institute, College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, South Dakota State University

Physical description:    4.63 linear feet—6 containers, 20 photographs

Collection number:     UA 5.11

Language:     Collection material in English.

Repository:     South Dakota State University Archives, Hilton M. Briggs Library, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D.

Abstract:     Collection is composed of departmental records of the Institute, as well as collected reports dealing with the Missouri River Basin Project.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION 

Provenance: The bulk of this collection was found in the Archives in 1997. There is no indication of where they came from or how they came to be here.

This is an on-going collection with material arriving through departmental records transfers, the university campus mail, or random donation by various individuals.

The Missouri River Basin Project reports were transferred to the Archive by Van D. Kelley, Director of the Water Resources Research Institute in 2008.

Access Restrictions: This collection is open to research without restriction. Items in this collection do not circulate and may be used in-house only.

Copyright Status: Copyright 2008 by South Dakota State University and SDSU Archives. Please credit the SDSU Archives if you copy or reproduce material from this finding aid.

It is the responsibility of anyone reproducing material to determine the copyright holders and obtain permission from them if necessary. Archives staff will provide available copyright information on request. Please note that most collections, especially those received before 1997, may not have complete information on file. (Revised 15 SEP 2003)

Preferred citation: [Identification of item]. College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, Water Resources Research Institute records, UA 5.11, South Dakota State University Archives, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D.

Processing information: This collection was processed by Crystal J. Gamradt on March 11, 1999 with revisions on August 7, 2008 (cjg).

SELECTED SEARCH TERMS

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the subject guide. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.

Subjects:

  • Big Sioux River (S.D.)

  • Irrigation—South Dakota.

  • Irrigation—South Dakota—Research.

  • Missouri River Basin Project.

  • Missouri River Basin Project. Cheyenne Division.

  • Missouri River Basin Project. Little White Unit.

  • Missouri River Basin Project. Oahe Unit.

  • Missouri River Basin Project. Pine Ridge Unit.

  • Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program (U.S.)

  • South Dakota State University—Analytical Services.

  • South Dakota State University—Water Resources Research Institute.

  • Springs—Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)

  • Water quality—Standards—South Dakota.

  • Water resources development—South Dakota.

BACKGROUND NOTE 

The Water Resources Research Institute was conceptualized in 1964 through the Water Resources Act and began services on October 8, 1954, as an administrative unit of South Dakota State University.  In September, 1990, the Institute was placed under the administrative authority of the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences.  The mission of the Institute is to provide the leadership in coordinating the research and training at the University and other affiliated educational institutions and agencies across the state in the broad area of water resources.  It administers funds received from the U.S. Department of Interior, as made available through the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 and from the state of South Dakota.  Funds received through these sources targeted for research are directed toward solving state, regional, and national water problems.  Graduate research training, technology transfer, and information transfer are services, which are provided through the Institute.

The Water Resources Research Institute also houses the Water Quality Laboratory.  This laboratory serves the needs of the people of the state by providing analytical services for determination of inorganic constituents (and some pesticides) in water.

SCOPE AND CONTENTS NOTE

This collection is composed of departmental records of the Institute, as well as collected reports dealing with the Missouri River Basin Project.

ARRANGEMENT of the RECORDS 

This collection is arranged into two series: Departmental records and Missouri River Basin Project collected reports.

SERIES I:     Departmental records, 1954, circa 1967, 1973, 1976

This series is composed of material dealing with irrigation research conducted by the institute in collaboration with the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. Included is a scrapbook detailing how research is conducted at the Irrigation Research Farm near Redfield, South Dakota and an annual report on research in soil management and irrigation in South Dakota.  Also included is a general information sheet requesting an operating budget for the Water Resources Research Institute during the 1973 fiscal year and a pamphlet detailing analytical services available through the Institute. Folders are arranged in alphabetical order.

Box 1.

  1. Analytical services (pamphlet), 1976

  2. Investigation in soil management and irrigation in South Dakota – Annual report, 1954

  3. Irrigation: Research—Education—Extension, circa 1967

  4. Large Springs in the Black Hills, South Dakota and Wyoming, Report of Investigations no. 107, 1973

  5. Operating budget request (general information sheet), 1973

SERIES II:     Missouri River Basin Project collected reports

This series is composed mainly of reports collected by the Water Resources Research Institute.  These reports deal mainly with the Missouri River Basin Project. Material is arranged in alphabetical order by report title.

Box 2.

  1. Impact of Water Quality Standards on the Development of the Big Sioux River Near Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1971 June

  2. Appraisal Report on Eastern South Dakota Basins, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program South Dakota, 1973 November (Revised 1975 August)

  3. Aquifer Irrigation - Integrated Irrigation-Dryland Farms, Oahe Area, South Dakota, 1954

  4. Aquifer Irrigation - Integrated Irrigation-Dryland Farms, Oahe Area, South Dakota, 1955

  5. Aquifer Irrigation - Integrated Irrigation-Dryland Farms, Oahe Area, South Dakota, 1956

  6. Critical Water Issues in the Missouri River Basin. Missouri River Basin Governors Conference, 1976 August

  7. Definite Plan Report on Tower, Greenwood, and Yankton Units, South Dakota Pumping Division, South Dakota Missouri River Basin Project, 1963 September (Revised March 1964)

  8. Definite Plan Report on Tower, Greenwood, and Yankton Units, South Dakota Pumping Division, South Dakota Missouri River Basin Project. Appendix A-General Information, Appendix B-Hydrology, 1963 September (Revised March 1964)

  9. Definite Plan Report on Tower, Greenwood, and Yankton Units, South Dakota Pumping Division, South Dakota Missouri River Basin Project. Appendix C-Project Lands, 1963 September (Revised March 1964)

  10. Definite Plan Report on Tower, Greenwood, and Yankton Units, South Dakota Pumping Division, South Dakota Missouri River Basin Project. Appendix D-Agricultural Economy ; Appendix E-Economic and Financial Analysis, 1963 September (Revised March 1964)

  11. Definite Plan Report on Tower, Greenwood, and Yankton Units, South Dakota Pumping Division, South Dakota Missouri River Basin Project. Appendix H-Operation, Maintenance, and Replacement ; Appendix J-Power ; Appendix K-Cooperative Agency Reports, 1963 September (Revised March 1964)

  12. Economic Impact of Missouri River Mainstem Dams in South Dakota, Research report, 1987 March

  13. Final environmental statement. Initial state, Oahe Unit, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, South Dakota, 1973

  14. Framework Plan for the Missouri River Basin, [n.d.]

  15. Impact of Imposing a Water Quality Standard on a Live Stream   1971 June

Box 3.

  1. Interim Information Report, Oahe Unit. James Division, South Dakota, Missouri River Basin Project, 1956 June

  2. Interim Information Report, Oahe Unit. James Division, South Dakota, Missouri River Basin Project. Appendix A-General Information ; Appendix B-Alternate Plant ; Appendix C-Hydrology, 1956 June

  3. Interim Information Report, Oahe Unit. James Division, South Dakota, Missouri River Basin Project. Appendix D-Project Lands ; Appendix E-Irrigation, 1956 June

  4. Interim Information Report, Oahe Unit. James Division, South Dakota, Missouri River Basin Project. Appendix F-Drainage, 1956 June

  5. Interim Information Report, Oahe Unit. James Division, South Dakota, Missouri River Basin Project. Appendix G-Designs and Estimates, 1956 June

  6. Interim Information Report, Oahe Unit. James Division, South Dakota, Missouri River Basin Project. Appendix H-Operation, Maintenance, and Replacement ; Appendix J-Municipal-Industrial Water and Pollution Control ; Appendix K-Power ; Appendix L-Wildlife and Recreation ; Appendix M-Economic Analysis ; Appendix N-Economic Impacts, 1956 June

  7. Investigation of Channel Degradation. 1985 Update. Missouri River Gavins Point Dam to Platte River Confluence, 1985 December

  8. Lake Andes - Wagner Irrigation Development Feasibility report. Volume 1 - Main Report, 1977

  9. Lake Andes - Wagner Irrigation Development Feasibility report. Volume 2 - Appendix-A Project Setting ; Appendix B-Project Lands ; Appendix C-Water Supply, 1977

  10. Lake Andes - Wagner Irrigation Development Feasibility report. Volume 3 - Appendix D-Geotechnical ; Appendix E-Irrigation System ; Appendix F-Drainage System ; Appendix G-Environmental Assessment, 1977

  11. Lake Andes - Wagner Irrigation Development Feasibility report. Volume 4 - Appendix H-Operations and Maintenance ; Appendix I-Cost Extimates ; Appendix J-Project Economics and Financing, 1977

  12. Listings of Missouri River Basin Investigation Reports and Selected References fro Other Sources pertaining to Missouri Basin Indian Reservations. Report no. 108., 1961 August

  13. The Missouri River Basin Development Program, 1952 June

  14. Missouri River Basin State Water Resources Planning Seminar, summary proceedings., 1983 January 20-21

  15. Missouri River Cost Recovery Authority, Final Report to Governor George S. Mickelson, 1989 January

  16. National Water Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA). American Water Resources Association Monograph Series no. 19., 1993 August

  17. Oglala Irrigation Project Cattle Enterprise, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, A Missouri River Basin Study (report no. 179), 1969 April

Box 4.

  1. Report of Oahe Unit. James Division, South Dakota, Missouri River Basin Project, 1965 May

  2. Report of Oahe Unit. James Division, South Dakota, Missouri River Basin Project. Appendix A-General Information ; Appendix B-Alternative Plans, 1965 May

  3. Report of Oahe Unit. James Division, South Dakota, Missouri River Basin Project. Appendix C-Hydrology, 1965 May

  4. Report of Oahe Unit. James Division, South Dakota, Missouri River Basin Project. Appendix D-Project Lands, 1965 May

  5. Report of Oahe Unit. James Division, South Dakota, Missouri River Basin Project. Appendix E-Agricultural Economy, 1965 May

  6. Report of Oahe Unit. James Division, South Dakota, Missouri River Basin Project. Appendix F-Drainage, 1960 June

  7. Report of Oahe Unit. James Division, South Dakota, Missouri River Basin Project. Appendix F-Drainage, 1965 May

  8. Report of Oahe Unit. James Division, South Dakota, Missouri River Basin Project. Appendix G-Geology, 1965 May

  9. Report of Oahe Unit. James Division, South Dakota, Missouri River Basin Project. Appendix H-Materials, 1965 May

Box 5.

  1. Report of Oahe Unit. James Division, South Dakota, Missouri River Basin Project. Appendix J-Designs and Estimates, 1960 June

  2. Report of Oahe Unit. James Division, South Dakota, Missouri River Basin Project. Appendix J-Designs and Estimates, 1965 May

  3. Report of Oahe Unit. James Division, South Dakota, Missouri River Basin Project. Appendix K-Operation, Maintenance, and Replacement, 1965 May

  4. Report of Oahe Unit. James Division, South Dakota, Missouri River Basin Project. Appendix L-Municipal and Industrial Water Supply ; Appendix M-Power, 1965 May

  5. Report of Oahe Unit. James Division, South Dakota, Missouri River Basin Project. Appendix N-Cooperating Agency Reports, 1965 May

  6. Report of Oahe Unit. James Division, South Dakota, Missouri River Basin Project. Appendix P-Economic and Financial Analysis, 1965 May

  7. Report of Oahe Unit. James Division, South Dakota, Missouri River Basin Project. Appendix Q-Economic and social impacts, 1965 May

  8. Report of Oahe Unit. James Division, South Dakota, Missouri River Basin Project. Supplemental Report, Initial State-190,000 acres, 1965 June

  9. Report of Oahe Unit. James Division, South Dakota, Missouri River Basin Project. Addenda to the supplemental report, Initial Stage-190,000 acres, 1965 June

Box 6.

  1. Report on Adequacy of Flows in the Missouri River. Missouri Basin Inter-Agency Committee, 1951 April

  2. Report on Cheyenne Division, Wyoming-South Dakota Missouri River Basin Project, 1964 January

  3. Report on Pine Ridge Unit, South Dakota-Nebraska, 1967 September

  4. Report on Soil-and-Water Relationship of the Little White Unit. White Division-South Dakota Missouri River Basin Project, 1965

  5. Report on South Dakota Pumping Division, South Dakota Missouri River Basin Project, Appendix A-General Description ; Appendix B-Hydrology ; Appendix C-Division Lands ; Appendix D-Agricultural Economy, 1959 April

  6. Safety Evaluation of Existing Dams. A Water Resources Technical Publication, 1980

  7. Technical Paper Surface Water Supply Including Instream Water Use. Missouri Basin States Association, 1982 February

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