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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8220.101.10
Description
Colorado River Water Projects - Glen Canyon Dam-Lake Powell - Adaptive Management
State
CO
Basin
Colorado Mainstem
Date
6/2/1998
Author
DOI-GCMRC
Title
Assessment of Impacts of Glen Canyon Dam Operations on Water Quality Resources in Lake Powell and the Colorado River in Grand Canyon - Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center - Draft - 06-02-98
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Report/Study
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<br />002382 <br /> <br />water delivery, cultural and historic resources, recreation and public health. <br /> <br />While direct linkages exist among these resource categories, identification and evaluation of <br /> <br />effects to all these resource categories is impossible within the current time constraints, budget <br /> <br />setting, and data limitations. The scope of this assessment will therefore mainly focus on the <br /> <br />various physical and chemical water quality attributes associated with Glen Canyon Dam <br /> <br />operations for which information has been or is currently being gathered. <br /> <br />II. Background Information <br /> <br />Concurrent with historical changes in dam operations and reservoir conditions, Reclamation has <br /> <br />maintained a water quality monitoring program on Lake Powell since 1965. By associating the <br /> <br />monitoring effort with historical dam operations, increased understanding can be gained of effects <br /> <br />of dam operations on reservoir resources. <br /> <br />A. Brief History of Lake Powell and Glen Canyon Dam Operations <br /> <br />Lake Powell has had a relatively short existence as an operating reservoir. Its history can be <br /> <br />described in terms of three major periods in Glen Canyon Dam operations. <br /> <br />1963-1980. The seventeen-year period from 1963 to 1980 resulted in the eventual filling of Lake <br /> <br />Powell to its normal pool elevation of 3700 ft. With minor exceptions, this period was <br /> <br />characterized by constantly increasing reservoir elevations, increasing depth of the penstock <br /> <br />withdrawal zone, and continual inundation of new areas of the reservoir basin. Stable stratification <br /> <br />patterns in temperature and salinity developed from the constant withdrawal at the penstock level. <br /> <br />1980-1990. Relatively full reservoir levels characterize the period from 1980 to 1990. A <br /> <br />succession of high runoff years in the early and mid 1980's brought the reservoir 8 feet above its <br /> <br />normal pool level in July of 1983. Because of the need for increased releases from Glen Canyon <br /> <br />06/02/98 <br /> <br />DRAFT <br /> <br />Page 5 of 62 <br />
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