8044

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8044
• Author: Upper Colorado River Commission.
• Title: Thirtieth Annual Report of the Upper Colorado River Commission.
• USFW Year: 1978.
• USFW - Doc Type: Salt Lake City, Utah.
• Copyright Material: NO

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MAP OF UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN.. ..........
LETTER OF TRANS MITT AL.
I. Preface.
II. Commission.
III. Officers of the Commission.. ........
IV. Staff. . . . . . . .
V. Committees. .
VI. Advisers to Commission. .
VII. Meetings of the Commission.
VIII. Activities of the Commission.
A. Engineering - Hydrology. . .
1. Colorado River Salinity Problem.
a. Environmental Defense Fund Lawsuit.
2. Second National Water Assessment.
3. Forecosts of Stream Flow.
4. Summary of Reservoir Levels and Contents.
Statistical Data for Principal Reservoirs
Upper Basin. . 28
Lower Basin. . . . . . . . . . .. 29
Storage in Principal Reservoirs at end of Water Year
Upper Basin. . . .
Fontenelle Reservoir. . .
Flaming Gorge Reservoir.
Blue Mesa Reservoir. .
Morrow Point Reservoir.
Navajo Reservoir.
Lake Powell .
Lower Basin.
Lake Mead.
5. Flows of Colorado River.
Table VIII(a) .
Table VIII(b). . . . . . . . .
Colorado River Flow at Lee Ferry, Arizona. .
Lee Ferry Average Annual Virgin Flow. .
B. Legal.
Lawsuit. . . . . . . . . .
Legislation.
A. Laws Enacted. . . . . . . . .

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