WSP08546

• File Number: 8273.300
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control - Federal Agencies - USGS
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 9/1/1988
• Author: USGS
• Title: Extension of Streamflow and Dissolved-Solids Records at Selected Sites in the Colorado River Basin - Arizona - California - Colorado - Nevada - New Mexico - Utah - and Wyoming - 1940-83
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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