Characterization of streamflow, water quality, and instantaneous dissolved solids, selenium, and uranium loads in selected reaches of the Arkansas River, southeastern Colorado, 2009-2010
Scientific Investigations Report
2012-5234
Prepared in cooperation with the City of Aurora, Colorado Springs Utilities, Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District, Pueblo Board of Water Works, Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District, and Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District
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Abstract
As a result of continued water-quality concerns in the Arkansas River, including metal contamination from historical mining practices, potential effects associated with storage and movement of water, point- and nonpoint-source contamination, population growth, storm-water flows, and future changes in land and water use, the Arkansas River Basin Regional Resource Planning Group (RRPG) developed a strategy to address these issues. As such, a cooperative strategic approach to address the multiple water-quality concerns within selected reaches of the Arkansas River was developed to (1) identify stream reaches where stream-aquifer interactions have a pronounced effect on water quality and (or) where reactive transport, and physical and (or) chemical alteration of flow during conveyance, is occurring, (2) quantify loading from point sources, and (3) determine source areas and mass loading for selected constituents. (To see the complete abstract, open Report PDF.)
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Characterization of streamflow, water quality, and instantaneous dissolved solids, selenium, and uranium loads in selected reaches of the Arkansas River, southeastern Colorado, 2009-2010 |
| Series title | Scientific Investigations Report |
| Series number | 2012-5234 |
| DOI | 10.3133/sir20125234 |
| Year Published | 2013 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | Colorado Water Science Center |
| Description | viii, 60 p. |
| Time Range Start | 2009-06-01 |
| Time Range End | 2010-10-31 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Baca;Bent;Chaffee;Cheyenne;Costilla;Crowley;Custer;El Paso;Elbert;Fremont;Huerfano;Kiowa;Lake;Las Animas;Lincoln;Otero;Prowers;Pueblo;Teller |
| City | Pueblo |
| Other Geospatial | Arkansas River |
| Projection | Universal Transverse Mercator projection Zone 13 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | Y |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
| Google Analytic Metrics | Metrics page |