WSP09055

• File Number: 8281.100
• Description: Colorado River Studies and Investigations -- Availability of Water-Hydrologic Determination
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 1/1/1988
• Title: Hydrologic Determination - 1988 - Water Availability from Navajo Reservoir and the Upper Colorado River Basin for Use in New Mexico
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

List of Tables and Figures

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Executive Summary .
Introduction . . . . . .

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III.

Hydrolo9ic Investigation
A. study Approach and Results

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Hydrology . . . . .

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Use of The Colorado River Simulation System (CRSS) . .
Mass Balance Analysis . .

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probability Analysis

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5. calls on The River - Site Specific Shortage Analysis 8

6. Other Considerations - Changes in Assumptions 9

B. Conclusions and Recommendations . . .

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IV.

Current Water Service at Navajo Reservoir

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Additional Requests for Water from Navajo Reservoir

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Determination . . .

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APPENDIX I . . . . . .. ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Projected Water Supply and Depletions for th~ Upper Colorado River
Basin, January 1987

APPENDIX II . . . . .
Use of The Colorado
Available Storage

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River Simulation System (CRSS) to Determine

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Colorado River - Call Analysis, 6.1 MAF Depletion Level

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