WSP05120

• File Number: 8200.760
• Description: Yampa River General
• State: CO
• Basin: Yampa/White
• Water Division: 6
• Date: 1/1/1983
• Author: USGS
• Title: Reservoir Development Impacts on Surface-Water Quantity and Quality in the Yampa River Basin - Colorado and Wyoming - 1983
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Precipitation and evaporation data sites used for the proposed
reservoir locations in the Yampa River basin---------------------- 12
Monthly evaporation rates used for reservoirs in the Yampa River
basln-------------~-------------"--------------------------------- 13
Proposed reservoirs used In model analyses-------------------------- 16
Proposed sources of water for the Vidler transmountain diversion----. 17
Assumed monthly schedules for proposed transmountaln diversionsn--" 18
Selected proposed reservoir useS and approximate locations--n------ 19
Assumed monthly schedules for proposed and existing irrigation
diverslons-------------------------------------------"------------ 20
Proposed and existing monthly diversions for industrial and munici-
pal use----------------------------------------------------------- 22
Summary of monthly shortages that could resul t from proposed trans-
mountain diversions----------------------------------------------- 36
Summary of monthly shortages at selected control points for proposed
wIthin-basin irrigation, industrial, and municipal diversions----- 38
Summary of monthly shortages in desired streamflows at selected
con tro I po I nts- ------ ____n__________n_n______n_"__n__________ 41
12. Description of control points and reservoir-development options in
which control points were used, dissolved-solids model------------ 61
13. Assumed monthly return flows for Irrigation diversions-------------- 62
14. Simulated monthly dissolved-solids loads in irrigation-return flows- 62

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CONVERSION FACTORS

Factors for converting inch-pound units to metric (SI, International System)
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number of significant figures consistent with the values for the inch-pound units.

Multiply inoh-pound unit

cubic foot per second (ft3/s)
acre-feet per month
mill ion acre-feet
acre
inch
ton (short)

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cubic meters per month
cubic hectometers (hm3)
h.ectare (ha)
millimeter (mm)
metric ton (t)

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general adjustment of the first-order level
Canada, formerly called mean sea level.

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