9624 ‎(2)‎

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9624
• Author: Bauch, N. J. and J. B. Bails.
• Title: Water-Quality Characteristics and Ground-Water Quantity of the Fraser River Watershed, Grand County, Colorado 1998-2001.
• USFW Year: 2004.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

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EXPLANATION
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669 Median radon-222 concentration
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Figure 7. Median radon-222 concentrations for wells in the Fraser River watershed,
1998-99.
2001 are listed in the annual USGS water-data reports for these Field Properties and Suspended Sediment
years (Crowfoot and others, 2000, 2001, and 2002). A statistical
summary of selected surface-water data for the site, applicable Discharge in the Fraser River at Tabernash ranged from a
State of Colorado instream water-quality standards, and NWQL minimum of 31.0 ft3/s to a maximum of 244 ft3/s for the sam-
reporting levels are listed in table 4. All water-quality constitu- pling period, and the median was 66.2 ft3/s (table 4). Discharge
ents discussed in this section are in the dissolved form except is dominated by snowmelt runoff during spring. Smaller
for total phosphorus, particulate organic carbon, and fecal discharges at other times of the year reflect the gradual melting
coliform bacteria. of annual snowfields, precipitation events (primarily