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<br />. <br /> SUMMARY <br /> Part I <br />.... <br />, <br />- <br />00 <br />lL' <br /> <br />Part II <br /> <br />Part II I <br /> <br />Part IV <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Part V <br /> <br />Part VI <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CONTENTS <br /> <br />Introduction <br />A. Authorization fOT report <br />B. PrevIous reports and cooperating agencies <br />C. Legal aspects . <br />1. Water quantIty <br />2. Water quality. <br /> <br />Description of baSin <br />A. Cl1mate. <br />B. Geography. <br />C. Hydrology. <br />D. Geology and soll s <br />E. VegetatlOn. <br /> <br />History of ~ater resource development <br />A. Irrlg3t Ion development <br />B. Streamflow deplet 10n8 <br /> <br />Causes of ssllnlty <br />A. Increased concentratIon from salt additions <br />1. Natural sources of salinity. <br />2. Agricultural sources of salinity. <br />3. Municipal and Industrial sources of sallntty <br />B. Increased concentration from water depletions <br />I. In-baSln deplet lOns . <br />2. TransbsSln deplet Ions. <br /> <br />Colorado River water quality assessment <br />A. State inventory <br />I. Wyoming. <br />2. Utah <br />3. Colorado <br />4. ArIzona. <br />5. Nevada <br />6. Cal1forn18 <br />7. New !o1.exlco <br />B. Effects of water qual1ty on water users <br />I. Recreat1on, aesthet1cs, f1sher1es <br />2. Econom1c and health 1mpacts . <br /> <br />EvaluatIons of h1stor1cal trends and <br />present salinIty cond1t1ons . <br />A. Qual1ty of water records <br />B. H1stor1cal analys1s of salInIty <br />C. Factors 1n sal1n1ty trend analys1s <br />l. HydrologIc conditIons. <br />2. ReservoIr effects. <br />3. Irrigation and increased depletions <br />4. Reduced flood pluns. <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />Page <br />V" <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />2 <br />2 <br />2 <br />3 <br /> <br />5 <br />5 <br />5 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br /> <br />to <br />10 <br />10 <br /> <br />II <br />II <br />II <br />II <br />12 <br />12 <br />12 <br />13 <br /> <br />14 <br />14 <br />14 <br />15 <br />17 <br />18 <br />18 <br />18 <br />21 <br />21 <br />21 <br />22 <br /> <br />23 <br />23 <br />23 <br />24 <br />27 <br />27 <br />29 <br />30 <br />