WSP01891

• File Number: 8200.760
• Description: Yampa River General
• State: CO
• Basin: Yampa/White
• Water Division: 6
• Date: 4/1/1976
• Author: USGS
• Title: An Environmental Assessment of Impacts of Coal Development on the Water Resources of the Yampa River Basin - Colorado and Wyoming - Phase I Work Plan
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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CONTENTS

Metric conversion table.
Abstract . .
Introduction. . . . . .
Approach . . . . . . . '. ,.
Physical setting (Work task I-A). . .
Current and future resource-development plans (Work task I-B)
Related socioeconomic aspects (Work task I-C)
Water-resources appra isal (Work task I-D)
Ground water . . .
Surface water. . . .
Stream. temperature .
Major inorganic ions
St ream-qua Ii ty reconna i s sance.
Sediment. . .
Trace elements. . . . . . . .
Biota. . . . . . . .. . . . . .
Waste-assimilative-capacity analysis (Work task I-E).
Phase-I reports. . . . . . . . .
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Selected references. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Map of the Yampa Rive,r basin, Colorado and Wyoming. . . .
Map showing location of sampling sites for stream-quality
reconnaissance survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

TABLES

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Summary of Phase-I project work elements. . . . . . . . . .
Sampling locations for stream-qual ity reconnaissance survey
Sampling locations for waste-assimilative-capacity analysis

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