WSP11388

• File Number: 8271.300
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program - General Information and Publications-Reports
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 4/1/1994
• Author: Bishop-Brogden
• Title: An Analysis of the Impacts of Local Ground Water Development on the Glenwood Hot Springs Lodge and Pool, Inc.
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION .................................................... 1

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1

LOCATION OF POOL AND SPRINGS .................................... 2

PREVIOUS INVESTIGATIONS. . . . . ... . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2

LOCAL HYDROGEOLOGIC SETTING ................................... 4

Principal Geologic UnitS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4

Structural Setting .............................................. 7

Movement of Ground Water. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11

Water Quality ................................................ 11

USE OF SPRING WATER BY THE POOL ................................ 13
Water RightS and Diversion of Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 13
System Distribution Losses ...................................... 15

Yampa Spring Flows ........................................... 15

PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF LEADVILLE GROUND WATER ............. 16

BEDROCK CHARACTERISTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 18

INTERCONNECTION IN THE LEADVILLE LIMESTONE ................... 20

IMPACTS FROM DEVELOPMENT OF THE REDSTONE WELL. . . . . . . . . . . . . ., 22

Methodology. .~................,............................... 22

Impact.Migration Path. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., 24

Loss of Flow From the Yampa Spring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 24

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