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yield in the Eorm of snow melt runoff of high quality." Thus, TDS values <br />. ~ increase as snowmelt runoff decreases, groundwater combined with water <br />from intermittent and ephemeral drainages makes up a greater percentage <br />of the flow. <br />Suspended solids loads exhibit [he opposite relationship of dissolved <br />loads. Steele e[ al (1979) reports [ha[ 90 percent of the annual <br />sediment Load of the Yampa River is discharged during the period of <br />spring runoff. Much of the suspended sediment load is thought to be <br />supplied by erosion of agricultural fields. <br />~~ <br />1 <br />-9- <br />