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<br />CONTENTS <br /> <br />Page <br /> <br />Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 <br /> <br />Chapter 1 - Introduction .................................................... 1 <br />Authorization for report ................................................. 1 <br /> <br />Legal aspects ......................................................... 2 <br /> <br />Water quantity .................................................... 2 <br /> <br />Water quality ..................................................... 2 <br /> <br />Chapter 2 - Description of basin .............................................. 5 <br /> <br />Climate ............................................................. 5 <br /> <br />Hydrology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 <br /> <br />Reservoir storage ...................................................... 6 <br /> <br />Geology and soils ...................................................... 7 <br /> <br />Chapter 3 - Causes and impacts of salinity ...................................... 9 <br /> <br />Causes of salinity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 <br /> <br />Agricultural sources of salinity ........................................ 9 <br />Natural sources of salinity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 <br />Municipal and industrial sources of salinity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 <br />Consumptive use of water as a source of salinity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 <br />Energy exploration and development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 <br /> <br />Erosion .......................................................... 12 <br /> <br />Effects of water quality on water users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 <br /> <br />Economic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 <br /> <br />Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 <br /> <br />Chapter 4 - Present and future development ..................................... 15 <br />Upper basin depletions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 <br /> <br />Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 <br /> <br />Miscellaneous additional depletions ................................. 15 <br />Navajo Powerplant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 <br />Gallup-Navajo Indian Water Supply Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 <br /> <br />Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 <br /> <br />Miscellaneous additional depletions .................................. 20 <br />Seedskadee Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 <br /> <br />Lyman Project ................................................. 20 <br /> <br />Savery-Pot Hook Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 <br />La Barge Project ............................................... 20 <br />Transmountain diversions ........................................ 21 <br /> <br />Industrial uses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 <br /> <br />Thermal electric power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 <br /> <br />Mineral .................................................. 21 <br /> <br />Coal gassification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 <br /> <br />Oil shale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 <br /> <br />New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 <br /> <br />Adjusted comprehensive framework study ............................ 21 <br />Miscellaneous additional depletions ................................. 22 <br />Navajo Reservoir evaporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 <br />Animas-La Plata Project (Colorado-New Mexico) ....................... 22 <br />San Juan-Chama Project ......................................... 22 <br /> <br />111 <br />