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<br /> <br />" <br /> <br />, <br />.' r' : <br />'~..J,J <br />\lEIRnI'OLIT.\,"" W:\TEI\ Ill:-THICT <br /> <br />There is thu.__ indicatl:'d 11 continut'd dt'lInitt' and n'ry :'iub:<tHntial <br />impron'ml'lIt in Lake :\Iead water quality, with JOWl'r h.lrdnl'l'ls, <br />salinity, t'te.. as a rt'sult of the 1!!.t!1 runoff bt'ing ...lightly ahove <br />normul. fo\lowin)! the IW:tr normal nmo!1" of l!l.1i ami 1!1.18. The <br />long subnormal trend of tht, four yf'ar,.; l!q;~ to El.-t(i hOll": heen <br />fully ren:,r."'ed. thl:' tWIH.f1dnl H'.'<UIt", al'ft'cling not n\l'rely thl:' <br />qU.llltity but abo lhl' quality of tht:' impoundt'd storag"l'. This trend <br />of impron>nll'ut in the quality of watt']- I",leased at f10(l\'l'r Dam <br />and ll\'ililabl", for Jlumpill)! at thl' aqueduct int.lke will t'ddt'ntly <br />e,ln)" forward indl'tinilt']y, at It'llst until the rt'cIIITt'IlCI' of sub. <br />normal rUlloff :'Wa:'iOIl:'. :-ollch a~ tho."'E' from l!H:~ to 1!116. .-\idill~ <br />toward thi~ n'su\t b thl' long.rallJ.!(' trp/HI of Ilt'tli'l'nH'llt in lowl'r <br />Colorado P.in'r wah'r Iluality, dUt, to thl:" gradual rl'montl of <br />minerals l gypsum, limE', l'b:,) by It'achill}! of thE' L<tkl' :\Il'atl rt'~t-'r. <br />vnir <tr\'a, Thi.", l"pally n':,~'mblE'~ a mininJ.! olll'l'atioll, in that lllln' <br />('ompll'lt'(1, tht> milwraL'" an' J..(OI\t' 1\,1'\'\"1:']', ]lermittinj! ~torag\' of tbt. <br />inllow without a matt-rial changl' ill its :.:alinity and hanhll'~s. <br /> <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />" <br />I'" <br /> <br />1/0"I'rr /Jam {/lId pll/l'O' }I/Ullt <br /> <br />