WSP11706

• File Number: 8271.300
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program - General Information and Publications-Reports
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 6/1/1980
• Title: Development of Procedures to Evaluate Salinity Management Strategies in Irrigation Return Flows
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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LIST OF fiGURES

Average composition of drain~ge waters from
calcarious lysimeters, spring of year

Average composition of drainage waters from
noncalcarious lysimeters, spring of year . .

Net contribution of mineral weathering and salt
precipitation expressed as percent of salts applied
in irrigation waters in calcarious soils . . . . . .

Net contribution of mineral weathering and salt
precipitation expressed as percent of salts applied
in irrigation waters in noncalcarious soils

Flow rates and water quality in the La Mesa drain
along with the associated groundwater depth
fluctuat ions . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Dissolved solids concentration in the drains of the
palo Verde Irrigation District, California, 1975-
1977 water years . . . . . . . . . . . .

Drainage flow versus EC in the Uintah Basin drains
(1976) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . .

Salt outflow plotted as a function of drainage
flow for 35 drains in the Grand Valley, Colorado,
subbasin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Development categories of selected solute flow
models of the soil-water system

Schematic diagram of the flow paths in the hydro-
salinity model, BSAM-SALT . . , . . .

Calibration results from applying BSAM-SALT to
the Grand Valley, Colorado, area. . . . . . .

Sensitivity of a) stream outflow, b) salt outflow,
and c) outflow salinity concentrations of the
Colorado River below Grand Junction, Colorado,
to canal conveyance efficiency

Sensitivity of a) stream outflow, b) salt outflow,
aod c) outflow salinity concentrations of the
Colorado River below Grand Junction, Colorado, to
a reduction in canal diversion

Sensitivity of a) stream outflow, b) salt outflow,
aod c) outflow salinity concentrations of the
Colorado River below Grand Junction, Colorado, to
the tail water runoff.

Sensitivity of a) stream outflow, b) salt outflow,
and c) outflow salinity conceotrations of the
Colorado River below Grand Junction, Colorado, to
operational spills

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