| Abstract: | The salt load in the Dolores River increases by about 200,000 tons per year where it crosses Paradox Valley, Colorado, because of the discharge of a sodium chloride brine from an underlying aquifer. A ground-water management program to nearly eliminate this major source of salt, which eventually enters the Colorado River, can be designed on the basis of an accurate description of the hydrogeologic framework of Paradox Valley. Probably the most economical plan would involve storage in an evaporation pond. The reservoir site must be large enough to provide an adequate evaporative surface over the life of the project, and be located and constructed to prevent brine contamination of other ground or surface waters either by seepage losses from the reservoir or by flood overflows. The proposed Radium Reservoir, located approximately 10 mi east of the Dolores River and between Paradox Valley and Gypsum Valley, would apparently serve as a satisfactory site for an evaporation pond. (Woodard-USGS) |
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| Citation Author: | Konikow, Leonard F.; Bedinger, M. S. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | v, 56 p. :ill., maps ;27 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
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| Citation Series Number: | 78-27 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Evaluation of hydrogeologic aspects of proposed salinity control in Paradox Valley, Colorado; 1978; OFR; 78-27; Konikow, Leonard F.; Bedinger, M. S. |
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| Text: | Evaluation of hydrogeologic aspects of proposed salinity control in Paradox Valley, Colorado; 1978; OFR; 78-27; Konikow, Leonard F.; Bedinger, M. S. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/usgs_thumb.jpg |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
