WSP07510

• File Number: 8200.760
• Description: Yampa River General
• State: CO
• Basin: Yampa/White
• Water Division: 6
• Date: 1/1/1981
• Author: USGS
• Title: Assessments of Impacts of Proposed Coal-Resource and Related Economic Development on Water Resources - Yampa River Basin - Colorado and Wyoming - A Summary - 1981
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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CONTENTS

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Foreword - - - - - - - - - - --
Preface - - - - - - -
Metric-Englil'lh eqlli\'l\lent~
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Introduction
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Acknowledgments - - - - -

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Part I. Study framework
Rel-donal coal-reMource development alternatives Rnd Hf>!l~RlJlent. approaches, by T. D. Steele
Legal flspectg of wfiter-re~ources development, by W. I. Knudsf'l1, Jr., and .J. A. Danielsun -
Tedmical informlltioll in planning and management of regional water reSOLUces in area6 of
coal-development potential, by I. C. ,James 11 and P. K St.ark - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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Part I I. Assessment techniques
Re!rionnl economic analysiR for prl:'dicting water use and waste residuals, by ,1. E. Schefter -
Water-use and regictlla]~ implicatiuns of C'oal-cnm'ersiol1 and tran!lportation alternatives,
by R. M. Hirseh - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Surface-wflter inve8tigAtiol18, by D. P. Bauer - - -
Strpam quality, by D. A. Wentz - - - - - - - - - - - -
Regiollal Olpdiment characteristics. by E. D. Andrews - -
Remote-sensing npplicatiom,;, by F. J. Heimes -
Solute-trallsport modeling of ground watpc, by ,J. W. Warner
Summary - - - - - - - --
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ILLUSTRATIONS

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FIGlIlfr; 1. SceneH from the Yllmpa River has in - - - - . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
2. Map of the Yllmpa River basin, Colorado fHld Wyoming, showing lOCAtion of
coal- rl:'~ourc(' development and various study aceas _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4
3. Schemoti" of fOllr cnoling systems ........................ 21
4-7. l.raph!i showing:
4. Comparison of water use for alternative cooling: systems of coal Ul:ie
assuming 12.5 million tons of coal mined per year _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25
5. Projectiolls of totAl resicluals resulting from coal-development alternatives.
1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
n. ComJ1uted coneentratiolln of ammonia nitrogen for eKisting wastewater-treat-
llH:'nt fAcilities and 7-day low flOW8 with a lO-year rpcurrence interval in
the YHmpH River.. ......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 28
7. CompflriOlon of ll1eflll monthly variations in regulated and unregulated stream-
flnw and dissolved-solids concentrations, YAlJ1pa River at Deerlodgp Park,
Colo., 1951---<39 water yencs _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - - - - - :32
R. Map showing location uf sites where streflmflow was sampled during the bSRin-
wide reconnoissance, August-September 1975, and during the quorterly
~olllplillg program. December 1975 through August-September 1976 - - - - - 36

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