WSP11764

• File Number: 8273.100
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control - Federal Agencies - Bureau of Reclamation
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 1/1/1984
• Author: BOR
• Title: Water Quality of the Colorado River System - Historical Trends in Concentration/ Load/ and Mass Fraction of Inorganic Solutes
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Figure 11. Log-log trend of sulfate ion concentration
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Figure 12. Semilog trend of sulfate ion concentration
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Figure 13. Sulfate ion concentration corrected for
streamflow by the residence time equation. The
ordinate is the product of the mass transfer coef-
ficient (k) and the solid-liquid contact area (A) up-
stream of the gaging station on the Colorado River
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