WSP03165

• File Number: 8281.950
• Description: Colorado River Studies and Investigations -- Upper Colorado Comprehensive Framework Study
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 6/1/1971
• Title: Upper Colorado Region Comprehensive Framework Study - Appendix XVIII -- General Program and Alternatives
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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CONTENTS .

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . .
National objectives of planning
Regional objectives and goals .
Authorization . . . . . . . . .
Planning policies, procedures, and constraints
Water export/import constraints . . . . .
Allocation of water among competing areas
and uses . . . . . .
Water quality criteria
Wild and scenic rivers
Environmental quality
Present status of water and related land development
Summary of 1965 water uses
Municipal and industrial
Thermal-electric power
Fish and wildlife
Recreation . . . . . .
stock-pond evaporation and livestock use
Irrigation . . . . . .
Reservoir evaporation
Water exports
Water imports
Water quality
Health factors
Flood control . . . .
Summary of 1965 land uses
Irrigated cropland
Dry cropland . . .
Livestock grazing
Timber production
Urban and industrial
Transportation and utilities
Recreation . . . . . . . . .
Wilderness, natural, historic, and cultural
Minerals . . . . .
Fish and wildlife
Military. . . . .
Classified watersheds
Water areas . . . . . . .. .. ..
Summary of 1965 land ownership and administration
Summary of lands by soil class ......
Summary of land use by land resource group
Regional needs and demands . . . . . . . . . .
Water needs in terms of on-site depletions
Municipal and industrial
Thermal-electric power . . . . . . . . .

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