WSP04777

• File Number: 8274.200
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control - General Basinwide Salinity Issues
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 1/1/1984
• Title: Dissolved Solids Load in the Upper Colorado River Basin
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Table

1.

Mean annual water discharge of some major river basins in the
United States

2.

Water use for the various types of industries in the Upper
Colorado River basin

3, Major reservoirs in the Upper Colorado River basin (name,
State, river, lat/long, normal capacity, year completed,
purpose)

4. Transbasin diversions in the Upper Colorado River basin (name,
State, source river, destination basin, lat/long of source,
year completed, export 1973-82)

5, Major irrigation areas with estimated consumptive use

6, Types of mining and approximate consumptive use of each

7, Major legislation affecting water use and water quality in the
Upper Colorado River basin (laws, enactment dates)

8.. Mean annual flows and annual variability at streamflow-gagoing
stations in the Upper Colorado River basin

9. Mean monthly flows and monthly variability at streamflow-
gaging stations in the Upper Colorado River basin

10. Established natural streamflows (U,S, Bureau of Reclamation)
at selected gaging stations in the Upper Colorado River basin

il. Direction and magnitude of trends in preCipitation and
temperature at NOAA stations where statistically significant
trends were observed.

12. Direction and magnitude of trends in historical streamflow at
selected gaging stations

13. Direction and magnitude of trends in natural streamflow at
selected gaging stations.

14. Comparison of observed trends in streamflow before and after
major development upstream from selected gaging stations,

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