WSP04550

• File Number: 8146.400
• Description: Pueblo Dam - Reports
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 1/1/1986
• Author: US Geological Survey
• Title: Reconnaissance of Water Quality of Pueblo Reservoir Colorado--May Through December 1985
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Figure 6. Graphs showing variations in daily water temperature and
specific conductance for station 07097000, Arkansas River
at Portland, 1985 water year------------------------------- 18
7. Diagrams showing percentage (based on milliequivalents per
liter) of major ions at station 07097000, Arkansas River
at Portland, 1977 through 1985----------------------------- 20
8. Map and graphs showing selected temperature profiles of
Pueblo Reservoir at transects 3, 5, and 7 for June,
September, and December 1985------------------------------- 23
9. Graph showing thermal structure of Pueblo Reservoir,
inflow water temperatures, and initial inflow routing
in Pueblo Reservoir, June through September 1985----------- 25
10. Map and graphs showing selected specific-conductance
profiles of Pueblo Reservoir at transects 3, 5, and 7
for June, September, and December 1985--------------------- 26
11. Graphs showing monthly variations in specific-conductance
measurements of water at the reservoir surface and
reservoir bottom for transects 1, 3, 5, and 7 in 1985------ 28
12. Graphs showing measurements of Secchi-disk depths for
Pueblo Reservoir, 1985------------------------------------- 29
13. Map and graphs showing selected dissolved-oxygen profiles of
Pueblo Reservoir at transects 3, 5, and 7 for June,
September, and December 1985------------------------------- 31
14. Graphs showing areal variations in dissolved-oxygen concen-
trations at the surface, middle, and bottom of Pueblo
Reservoir, June through October and December 1985---------- 32
15. Map and graphs showing selected pH profiles of Pueblo
Reservoir at transects 3, 5, and 7 for June, September,
and December 1985------------------------------------------ 34
16. Graphs showing minimum and maximum concentrations of total-
inorganic nitrogen, dissolved-inorganic nitrogen, total
phosphorus, and dissolved phosphorus in Pueblo Reservoir,
July through September 1985-------------------------------- 35
17. Graph showing concentrations of major chemical constituents
near the reservoir surface at transect 7 and near the
reservoir bottom at transect 2, July through
September 1985--------------------------------------------- 38
18. Graph showing monthly variations in average concentration of
total phytoplankton and major algal groups in Pueblo
Reservoir, 1985-------------------------------------------- 43
19. Map and diagrams showing distribution and concentration of
the major algal groups in Pueblo Reservoir, July 1985------ 44
20. Map and diagrams showing distribution and concentration of
the major algal groups in Pueblo Reservoir,
September 1985--------------------------------------------- 45
21. Graphs showing distribution of zooplankton densities
in Pueblo Reservoir, July through October 1985------------- 47

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