WSP06813

• File Number: 8273.400
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control - Federal Agency Reports - BLM
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 2/1/1980
• Title: Control of Salinity from Point Sources Yielding Groundwater Discharge and from Diffuse Surface Runoff in the Upper Colorado River Basin - 1978-79 Status Report
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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I NTRODUCTI ON .
OBJECTIVES.

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A. Genera 1

B. Specific.

III. INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN GRAZING MANAGEMENT,
RANGELAND CONDITION, AND SALINITY

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A. Intensity of Grazing. . .
B. . Timing of Grazing or Rest
C. Range Condition

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CONTROL OF SALINITY IN SURFACE RUNOFF .

A. Oil-Gas Activities, Mining and ORV. .
B. Grazing Management.

RECENT GROUNDWATER INVESTIGATIONS
TECHNOLOGY OF CONTROLLING SALINITY IN GROUNDWATER

A. Springs and Seeps
B. Flowing Wells. .

VII. CONTROL OF SALINE POINT SOURCE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGES

A. Determining Technical Feasibility

B. Determining Economic Feasibility

C. Case Studies . . , . . . . . . . .
1. Diffuse Point Discharge Spring.
2. Point Source.
3. Flowing Well.

VIII. FUTURE STUDIES.

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SUMMARY . . . .

A. Salt From Surface Runoff.

B. Prospects for Control of Salt
From Point Source Discharge of Groundwater.

ERRATA TO 1977 SALINITY STATUS REPORT
BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . .

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