Water resources of the Upper Colorado River Basin - basic data

Iorns, W.V.; Hembree, C. H.; Phoenix, David A.; Oakland, G.L.

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“…Notable studies that investigated dissolved‐solids sources for larger basins include the work of Mills (2003), Iorns et al. (1965), and Kenney et al.…”

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“…Iorns et al. (1965) determined dissolved‐solids concentrations and annual loads for several locations throughout the Upper Colorado River Basin, and used a nonstatistical approach to determine the portions of the dissolved‐solids load resulting from geologic sources and irrigated lands.…”

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“…(1965) determined yields of dissolved solids for 1957 from 21 areas that make up 41% of the irrigated lands in the Upper Colorado River Basin and found that those yields ranged from 22,000 to 1,240,000 (kg/year)/km 2 . Basin wide, Iorns et al. (1965) determined that the area‐weighted average yield of dissolved solids for irrigated lands was 561,000 (kg/year)/km 2 .…”

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Modeled Sources, Transport, and Accumulation of Dissolved Solids in Water Resources of the Southwestern United States1

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Information on important source areas for dissolved solids in streams of the southwestern United States, the relative share of deliveries of dissolved solids to streams from natural and human sources, and the potential for salt accumulation in soil or groundwater was developed using a SPAtially Referenced Regressions On Watershed attributes model. Predicted area-normalized reach-catchment delivery rates of dissolved solids to streams ranged from <10 (kg/year)/km2 for catchments with little or no natural or human-related solute sources in them to 563,000 (kg/year)/km2 for catchments that were almost entirely cultivated land. For the region as a whole, geologic units contributed 44% of the dissolved-solids deliveries to streams and the remaining 56% of the deliveries came from the release of solutes through irrigation of cultivated and pasture lands, which comprise only 2.5% of the land area. Dissolved-solids accumulation is manifested as precipitated salts in the soil or underlying sediments, and (or) dissolved salts in soil-pore or sediment-pore water, or groundwater, and therefore represents a potential for aquifer contamination. Accumulation rates were <10,000 (kg/year)/km2 for many hydrologic accounting units (large river basins), but were more than 40,000 (kg/year)/km2 for the Middle Gila, Lower Gila-Agua Fria, Lower Gila, Lower Bear, Great Salt Lake accounting units, and 247,000 (kg/year)/km2 for the Salton Sea accounting unit.

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“…Notable studies that investigated dissolved‐solids sources for larger basins include the work of Mills (2003), Iorns et al. (1965), and Kenney et al.…”

Section: Previous Investigationsmentioning

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“…Geological Survey (Ackerman and Rush, 1984;lorns et al, 1965, 1964Howard and Love, 1945;Waring and Knetchel, 1936;La Rue, 1916).…”

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Remedial action plan for the inactive uranium processing site at Naturita, Colorado. Remedial action selection report: Attachment 2, geology report; Attachment 3, ground water hydrology report; Attachment 4, supplemental information

1998

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“…Therefore, the respective records are indicative of the sediment and water yields of the 1939-71 1942-46, 1948-71 1932-77 1943-47, 1951-77 1917-77 1975-77 1975-77 1905-6, 1910-27 1966-77 1954-77 1966-77 1959-66 1905-6, 1910-27 1911-22, 1931-77 1905-6, 1910-77 (1976-77);C, lorns, Hembree, Phoenix, and Oakland (1964); and D, U.S. Geological Survey (1972-76).…”

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Present and potential sediment yields in the Yampa River Basin, Colorado and Wyoming

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1978

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Final 14. Supplementary Notes16. Abstracts Average annual suspended-and total -sediment loads in streamflow were determined by the flow-duration sediment-transport-curve method at 18 sites in the Yampa River basin, Colorado and Wyoming. These computations indicate that about 2.0 million tons (1.8 million metric tons) of sediment are carried by the Yampa River at Deerlodge Park during an average year. Significant areal differences in the sediment yield from various parts of the basin also were determined. The lower Little Snake River subbasin contributes about 60 percent of the total basin sediment yield, although it represents less than 35 percent of the area and supplies less than 3 percent of the streamflow. In contrast, the upland (eastern) one-third of the basin contributes only about 1^ percent of the sediment yield but 76 percent of the streamflow.Projected economic development of the basin, especially surface mining of coal, will impact the physical environment. Depending upon the amount and location of land disturbed, an estimated 10,000 to 30,000 tons per year (9,000 to 27,000 metric tons per of aHHit'innal l rppnt' \/ji 1 1 hp mnt r i hiifprl fri fhp main c;fp.m Yampa Rivp.r. Key ABSTRACTAverage annual suspended-and total-sediment loads in streamflow were determined by the flow-duration sediment-transport-curve method at 18 sites in the Yampa River basin, Colorado and Wyoming. These computations indicate that about 2.0 million tons (1.8 million metric tons) of sediment are carried by the Yampa River at Deerlodge Park during an average year. Significant areal differences in the sediment yield from various parts of the basin also were determined.The lower Little Snake River subbasin contributes about 60 percent of the total basin sediment yield, although it represents less than 35 percent of the area and supplies less than 3 percent of the streamflow. In contrast, the upland (eastern) one-third of the basin contributes only about 14 percent of the sediment yield but 76 percent of the streamflow.

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Water resources of the Upper Colorado River Basin - basic data

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Modeled Sources, Transport, and Accumulation of Dissolved Solids in Water Resources of the Southwestern United States1

Modeled Sources, Transport, and Accumulation of Dissolved Solids in Water Resources of the Southwestern United States1

Remedial action plan for the inactive uranium processing site at Naturita, Colorado. Remedial action selection report: Attachment 2, geology report; Attachment 3, ground water hydrology report; Attachment 4, supplemental information

Present and potential sediment yields in the Yampa River Basin, Colorado and Wyoming

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