WSP04560

• File Number: 8271.300
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program - General Information and Publications - Reports
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 2/9/1994
• Author: John Hedlund
• Title: Salt Primer - Water and Salt Budgets
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

salinity Primer - Water and Salt Budgets

Table of Contents

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Salt and SalJ.nJ.ty....................................... 2

Colorado River Setting..................................5

Irrigation and Salt Budgets.............................6

Example Methodology.................................... .10
Grand Valley, Colorado.................................11
Reed Wash Monitoring................................. .16
Lower Gunnison Basin ..................................21
McElIllO Creek ..........................................25
Price-San' Rafael, Utah................................ .32
Uintah Basin, Utah.................................... .34
Big Sandy Ri ver, Wyoming............................... 38
Wellton-Mohawk, Arizona............................... .43

References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Appendix 1 - Onfarm Earth Ditch Lining or Piping
Appendix 2 - Laterals
Appendix 3 - Onfarm systems and Management Improvement