| Abstract: | A series of seven studies of the quality and quantity of low flows in a 35.5-mile reach of the Colorado River upstream from Colorado City, TX, were made from February 1975 to March 1978 to delineate areas of saline inflow. Salt-load trend studies for three long-term continuous streamflow and daily water-quality stations show that the salinity of the flow upstream from Ira (mile 826.3) increased significantly after 1963, but decreased significantly after 1970. The low-flow and salt-load trend studies indicate that part of the salinity in the flow of the Colorado River has resulted from the inflow of oil-field brine; but preponderant evidence indicates that the major part of the salinity is of natural origin. Neither the ban on open-pit disposal nor pumping of saline ground water has significantly reduced the salinity of flow downstream from Cuthbert (mile 810.6). (USGS). |
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| Citation Author: | Rawson, Jack |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 65 p. maps (1 fold.), graphs ;29 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 80-224 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Source areas of salinity and trends of salt loads in streamflow in the upper Colorado River, Texas; 1980; OFR; 80-224; Rawson, Jack |
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| Citation Year: | 1980 |
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| Text: | Source areas of salinity and trends of salt loads in streamflow in the upper Colorado River, Texas; 1980; OFR; 80-224; Rawson, Jack |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1980/0224/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1980/0224/report.pdf |
| URL (PLATE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1980/0224/plate-1.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
