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<br />I <br /> <br />------~...",..,..~-.---.~, ';:~~-'-';;-%~-':Z;~-a~2,'_:~,,:: <br /> <br />VII -6 <br /> <br /> TABLE VII-B <br /> Ri ver Deoxygenation <br /> Rea ch De pth Rate Ko?O <br />South Fork - Del Norte 2.0 0.55 <br />De 1 Norte _ Monte Vista 1.4 0.65 <br />Monte Vi sta - Alamosa 1.0 0.72 <br />Alamosa - State Line 1.1 0.70 <br /> <br />After the dissolved oxygen deficit is determined for a par- <br /> <br />ticular location, it must be subtracted from the dissolved oxygen <br /> <br />at saturation. The common form of dissolved oxygen saturation is: <br /> <br />2 3 S,167 <br />DOSAT = (14.62-0.39T+O,00697T -0.0000597T )(1-0.00000697E) <br /> <br />where DOSAT = Dissolved oXygen saturation level in water (mg/l) <br /> <br />T = Water Temperature (oC.) <br /> <br />E = Elevation above sea level <br /> <br />( <br />~~ <br />" <br />,1, <br />8\ <br />J.;,;- <br />'J <br />t,~ <br />~ <br />:;<. <br /> <br />One additional factor must be subtracted from the dissolved <br /> <br />";~ <br /> <br />oxygen saturation, this is a background dissolved oxygen deficit. <br /> <br /> <br />This additional deficit is caused by natural organics in the river <br /> <br /> <br />and in the case of the Rio Grande, primarily irrigation return flows. <br /> <br /> <br />The background deficit is also used to represent the deficit caused <br /> <br />,... #. () .,', /"1 <br />I" '. <.;....: <br /> <br />'__n <br />