WSP00601

• File Number: 8273.300
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control - Federal Agencies - USGS
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 1/1/1996
• Author: USGS
• Title: Trend Analysis of Selected Water-Quality Data Associated with Salinity-Control Projects in the Grand Valley - in the Lower gunnison River Basin - and at Meeker Dome Western Colorado
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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09163500 Colorado River near the Colorado-Utah State line, water years 1970--93.

TREND ANALYSIS FOR THE COLORADO AND GUNNiSON RIVERS 27