WSP01820

• File Number: 8507
• Description: Rio Grande Project
• State: CO
• Basin: Rio Grande
• Date: 1/1/1975
• Title: Specific Problem Analysis Summary Report 1975 National Assessment of Water Related Land Resources - part 1
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

GLOSSARY

ABA Aggregated Subarea. May include two or more subareas shown on
maps and reports prepared by or for the U. S. Water Resources
Council for the 1975 Assessment. An ASA is designated by a
four digit number. For example ASA 1302 is in Region 13 or in'
the Rio Grande Region, and the 02 designates the second ASA of
the Region.

RG Rio Grande basin located within the three States of Colorado,
New Mexico, and Texas. The Rio Grande Region is one of the
21 planning Regions or basins selected by the U. S. Water
Resources Council for analysis in the 1975 Assessment.

GWH GIGAWATT-HOUR. One GWH equals one billion watt-hours of energy.
Or one GWH equals 1,000 megawatt-hours (MWH), or 1,000,000 kilo-
watt hours (KWH) of energy.

NA Not Available. Where data are not available to fill in all or
portions of a figure.

HCC Modified Central Case, estimates of economic and water data for
use in the 1975 Assessment as sponsored by the U. S. Water Re-
sources Council.

HeD Million gallons per day, equivalent to 1,120 acre-feet per year.

Region Drainage basin or basins selected by the U. S. Water Resources
Council to be analyzed and reported on for the 1975 Assessment.
Rio Grande Region for example.

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SMSA

SPA

SRF

Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area as defined by the Office
of Management and Budget in the Executive Office of the Presi-
dent. For example, El Paso County, Texas, in ASA 1302 has been
designated an SMSA.

Specific Problem Analysis, the portion of the 1975 Assessment
performed by the Regional Sponsors under agreements with the
Water Resources Council. The purposes of the SPA are to artic-
ulate the State-Regional viewpoint concerning water-related
problems and to provide information for use in the national
priorities analysis of the 1975 Assessment.

State-Regional Future, includes descriptions of State-Regional
goals and objectives and supporting tables as defined by the
Regional Sponsor for a Region or portion of a Region as part
of the Specific Problem Analysis of the 1975 Assessment.

TH Technical Memorandum, a report prepared by the Regional Sponsor
for a portion of the Specific Problem Analysis of the 1975
Assessment.

WRC U. S. Water Resources Council, an independent Executive Agency
of the United States concerned with the assessment, conserva-
tion, development and utilization of water and related land
resources in the United States.

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