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0 <br /> THE CRYSTAL RIVER DRAINAGE STUDY �� —�� <br /> August 1578 to May 1979 �Ir�IF- <br /> �� <br /> I! <br /> Introduction �Um S 1989 <br /> MCG7 - :):Lfll-SEHvic_.Fc <br /> A water quality investigation of the Crystal River drainaah MO 170RING SECtom <br /> GRAND JUNCTION <br /> was undertaken in the summer of 1978. Of primary concern were <br /> the detrimental effects by the Mid-Continent Coal Company (now <br /> Mid-Continent Resources, Inc. ) and the Anschultz Coal Company <br /> (now Snowmass Coal Company) to tributaries of the Crystal <br /> River. The secondary purpose was to establish referral data <br /> an this drainage for future monitoring or enforcement and locate <br /> any deleterious situations which would require a more in depth <br /> study. <br /> Summary and Conclusions <br /> 1 . The Crystal River between the town of Crystal and <br /> Redstone is a clean cold water fishery receiving no point <br /> source discharges. <br /> 2. The Redstone wastewater effluent flow was SbM ow or <br /> non-existent that no impk't4as recognizable in the Crystal <br /> River. , <br /> 3. The entire Crystal River exhibited excellent water <br /> quality except for a few elevated heavy metals concentrations <br /> at stations CR-8 and CR-9. <br /> 4. The Crystal River Fish Hatchery effluent did not pose <br /> a waste loading problem to the Crystal River. <br /> 5. Stations CR-9 and CR-10 had high fecal coliform and <br /> fecal streptococcus counts probably due to cattle grazing. <br />