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cr.> ~ c;.o -, (.:. b. pr ior Reports and Current Investigations "The Yampa River Basin, Colorado and Wyoming - A Preview to Expanded Coal-Resource Development and its Impacts on Regional Water Resources," by T. D. Steele, D. P. Bauer, D. A. Wentz, and J. W. Warner, September 1979. c. "Analysis of Waste-Load Assimilative Capacity of the Yampa River, Steamboat Springs to Hayden, Routt County, Colorado," by D. P. Bauer, T. D. Steele, and R. D. Anderson, March 1978. d. "Present and Potential Sediment Yield in the Yampa River Basin, Colorado and Wyoming," by E. D. Andrews, December 1978. "Development of Methodologies for Determining Optimal Water Storage Stra- tegies," September 1980, Technical Report No. 20, by D. G. Fontane and J. W. Labadie, Colorado Water Resources Research Institute, Colorado State University presents the initial development of a computerized methodology for determining optimal reservoir storage strategies within the river basin. The Yampa River basin was selected as a case study for initial testing of the computer model OPTRES because it is relatively undeveloped at present and has great potential for reservoir storage development. "Water Resources and Power Pool Study for Colorado River Water Conservation District," December 1974, was prepared by Bechtel Engineers, San Francisco, California. This study provides a preliminary engineering evaluation of twelve sites for conventional hydropower development and six sites for pumped storage development. These sites are located within the drainage basins of the Colorado, White, Yampa, and Gunnison Rivers, all in Western Colorado. The Juniper and Cross Mountain sites in the Yampa River basin were two of the five sites selected for additional engineering investiga- tion and optimization study. "Assessment of Energy Resource Development Impact on Water Quality, The Yampa and White River Basins," September 1980, by S. M. Melancon, B. C. Hess, and R. W. Thomas, was prepared by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Las Vegas, Nevada. This report presents an eval- uation of surface water quality in the Yampa and White River basins and dis- cusses the impact of energy development upon water quality and water avail- ability. The Water Resources Planning Act of 1965 (P.L. 89-80) authorizes the Water Resources Council to maintain a continuing study of the Nation's water and related land resources and to prepare periodic assessments to determine the adequacy of these resources to meet present and future water requirements. The Council reported its first national assessment in 1968, which put into nationwide perspective estimates of present and future regional water and related land requirements and supplies. The Second National Water Assess- ment, published by the Council in December 1978, presents nationally consist- ent current and projected water use and supply information by regions and subregions for the United States. The second assessment found that signi- ficant achievements have been made in the past decade in preserving water and harnessing its power due to a growing interest in water conservation 6