| Abstract: | During 1999, a study was conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation to evaluate the effect of the Paradox Valley Unit on dissolved solids, sodium, and chloride in the Dolores River downstream from the Paradox Valley Unit. This report describes this evaluation and presents the results from this study. Daily mean flow and daily mean specific conductance, measured at gages upstream and downstream from the Paradox Valley Unit, and results from monthly water-quality samples are used to estimate changes in the dissolved-solids load and concentrations of sodium and chloride in the river as it crosses the valley and to correlate these changes with withdrawals of brine by the Paradox Valley Unit. The time period for this evaluation was restricted to October 1987?September 1998 (water years 1988?98) because regular collection of water-quality samples from the Dolores River in the valley gaban in 1987. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 30397 |
| Citation Author: | Watts, Kenneth R. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Colorado Water Science Center |
| Citation Datum: | |
| Citation Day: | |
| Citation Edition: | - |
| Citation Editor: | |
| Citation End Page: | |
| Citation Issue: | |
| Citation Keywords: | |
| Citation Language: | ENGLISH |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | |
| Citation LatN: | 0390000 |
| Citation LatS: | 0371500 |
| Citation LonE: | -1080000 |
| Citation LonW: | -1090000 |
| Citation Month: | |
| Citation No Pagination: | N |
| Citation Number Of Pages: | |
| Citation Online Only Flag: | |
| Citation Phsyical Description: | 1 folded sheet; 8 p. :col. ill., col. map ;28 cm. |
| Citation Projection: | |
| Citation Public Comments: | Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation |
| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 2000-4011 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Effects of the Paradox Valley Unit on dissolved solids, sodium, and chloride in the Dolores River near Bedrock, Colorado, water years 1988-98; 2000; WRI; 2000-4011; Watts, Kenneth R. |
| Citation Start Page: | |
| Citation Volume: | |
| Citation Year: | 2000 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Effects of the Paradox Valley Unit on dissolved solids, sodium, and chloride in the Dolores River near Bedrock, Colorado, water years 1988-98; 2000; WRI; 2000-4011; Watts, Kenneth R. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/usgs_thumb.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/wri00-4011/ |
| Date Other: | Fri, 1 Jun 2001 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, |
