WSP11096

• File Number: 8273.100
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control - Federal Agency Reports - BOR
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 6/1/1998
• Title: Salinity Management Study - Final Report - DRAFT - June 1998 - Part 1 of 2 - Title Page through
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

USBR/MWD SALINI1Y MANAGEMENT STIJDY
FINAL REPORT

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Although the TOB criterion at Parker Dam is 747 mg/L, the Colorado River TDS changes from high to
low runoff conditions. The above modeling results, prepared by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, show
how salinity would be affected by a repeat of either the wettest or driest years of the record.

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