7425

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7425
• Author: Vandas, S. e. a.
• Title: Dolores River Instream Flow Assessment
• USFW Year: 1990.
• USFW - Doc Type: Project Report.
• Copyright Material: NO

7,000

BLW McPhee Dam (78 CFS)

6,500

At Bradfield Brdg. (78 CFS)

BLW Dove Cr. Pump (74 CFS)

6,000

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5,500

5,000

At Bedrock (60 CFS)

4,500
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100

120

140

160

180

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Figure 14, Dolores River discharge during low flow (Data Source: BLM, USGS, USBR, 1989).

Table 9, Dolores River Summer Low Flow Estimates

Present Situation Worst Case
River Site Bypass Release (ft3/s) Bypass Release (ft3/s)
At McPhee Dam 78 50 20 78 50 20
At Bradfield Brdg. 76 48 18 71 43 13
Blw. Dove Creek Pump 74 46 16 69 41 11
Abv. Slick Rock 71 43 13 66 38 8
BIw. Gypsum Valley 67 39 9 52 24 0
At Bedrock 60 32 2 45 17 0

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