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HYDROLOGY Click here

Click here to read about the water budget of the Colorado River.

OIL SHALE & TAR SANDS

Document archive. Far Country.

Document archive. Western Resource Advocates.

1953 - Depletion of water supplies allocated to state of Colorado by Colorado River Compacts. Hill. Colorado Water Conservation Board.
Note: Includes discussion of oil shale development.

2005 - RAND Report.

2009 - Colorado University at Boulder Report.

RECORDS OF DECISION

Go to Documents A-G and look for "Operating Criteria" under "ANNUAL OPERATING PLANS"

RESERVOIR STUDIES: studies on the efficiency of reservoir storage related to the supply of Colorado River water.

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Calculate total surface area by reservoir elevation at Lakes Mead and Powell. Reclamation.

Calculate evaporative loss for Lakes Mead and Powell. Reclamation.

1959 - Water yield and reservoir storage. Langbein. US Geological Survey.

1959 - Probability analysis to a water supply problem. Leopold. US Geological Survey.

1960 - Comprehensive study of Lake Mead sediment and hydrology. US Geological Survey and Bureau of Reclamation.

1970 - The 1963 - 1964 Lake Mead Sediment Survey. Reclamation.

1975 - An overview of the effect of Lake Powell on Colorado River basin water supply. Lake Powell Research Project Bulletin, #14.

1975 - Bacterial contamination of Lake Powell waters: an assessment of the problem. Lake Powell Research Project Bulletin, #16.

1977 - Evaporation, bank storage, and water budget at Lake Powell. Lake Powell Research Project Bulletin, #48.

1978 - Sedimentation in Lake Powell. Lake Powell Research Project Bulletin, #64.

1981 - The utilization and impacts of climate information on the development and operations of the Colorado River system. Howe and Murphy. Panel on the Effective Use of Climate Information in Decision Making.

1986 - Lake Powell evaporation study. Bureau of Reclamation.

1987 - Lake Powell sediment survey. Bureau of Reclamation.

1997 - The effect of draining Lake Powell on water supply and electricity production. Spreck Rosecrans.

1998 - Sediment Hydrology on the Colorado River. Tom Myers.

1999 - BETTER Model for Lake Powell. Reclamation.

1999 - Water Balance of Lake Powell. Tom Myers.

2000 - San Juan Arm Siltation Rates. Stevenson.

2001 - Lake Mead Sediment Survey. Reclamation.

2002 - Predicted siltation rate at Hite Marina. NPS.

2002- Lake Mead images of reservoir changes. USGS.

2003 - Dam Removal Research. The Heinz Center.

2005 - Lake Powell Sediment. Duke University. (Link to mapping project)

2005 - Lake Powell Delta Progradation 2002 - 2004. John C. Dohrenwend.

2005 - Assessing Implications of Operating the Colorado River Water Resource System WITH and WITHOUT Glen Canyon Dam. Wells, et al.

2006 - Can Reservoir Storage Be Uneconomically Large? Booker and O'Neil. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management.

2006 - Erosion and Sedimentation Manual. Bureau of Reclamation.

2006 - Evaporation at Lake Mead. US Geological Survey

2008 - Timing and patterns of basin infilling as documented in Lake Powell during a drought. Pratson, et al. Geological Society of America.

SALINITY

2003 - Progress Report. Department of the Interior.

2004 Progress Report. DOI.

URANIUM MINING AND MILLING

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2005 - A Technical Report Toward Reclaiming Uranium Mill Tailings. Dohrenwend and Greenbaum.

2008 - Uranium Mining. Southwest Hydrology.

2010 - Characterization of Breccia Pipe Uranium Deposits in Northern Arizona. USGS.

2010 - Statement of Klee Benally of Indigenous Action Media.

WATER AUGMENTATION: documents about mechanically enhancing water supplies, such as desalination, weather modification, importing river water from other watersheds and etc.

Click here to read article on Desalination.

1979 - Water Problems: How to reduce their impacts. Government Accountibility Office.

2003 - Desal Roadmap. USBR and Sandia Labs.

2003 - Desalination. Southwest Hydrology

2006 - Desalination Report. Pacific Institute.

2007 - Desalination Report. World Wildlife Federation.

Note: desal quantities are usually measured in gallons per day
Convert gallons to acre-feet and cubic feet per second
World desalination capacity compared to Colorado River flow

2008 - Augmentation Study. Southern Nevada Water Authority.
White Papers
Coalbed Methane Produced Water
Ocean Route Imports
Power Plant
Reservoir Evaporation Control
Water Reuse
Weather Modifications
Technical Papers
Brackish Water Desalination
Conjunctive Use
Cost Normalization
Imports Exports
Ocean Desalination
Stormwater Storage
Vegetation Management

2008 - Diving in the Deep End: Help Water Agencies Address Climate Change. Patricia Mulroy. Southern Nevada Water Authority.

2008 - Desalination: A National Perspective. National Research Council.

2009 - Estimated use of water in the United States in 2005. USGS.

WATER ENTITLEMENTS
Arizona Priority One
Arizona Priority Two & Three
Arizona Priority Four
Arizona Priority Five & Six
California
Nevada

WATER PLANNING

Basin Study: The Implementation of Secure Water Act of 2009
2008 - Basin Study Framework. Reclamation.
2009 - Water Conservation Initiative. Reclamation.
2010 - Colorado River Basin Water Supply & Demand Study
Basin Study Program Overview
Basin Study Proposal
Secure Water Act Implementation

Chartered by Congress
1998 - Report of Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission.

Western Governors Association (Home)
2004 - Creating a drought early warning system.
2006 - Water needs and strategies for a sustainable future.
2008 - Update: Water needs and strategies for a sustainable future.

Tribes
Navajo Nation water strategy.

Arizona
Water Planning Division
Drought Plan

California
Colorado River Use Plan
Drought Plan

Colorado
Colorado River Water Availbility Draft Report
Colorado River Water Availibility Study web page
Water Study Supporting Documentation
Drought Plan
Upper Colorado Framework
Gunnison Framework
San Juan & Dolores Framework
Yampa & White Framework

Nevada
Water Plan
Drought Plan
Water Plan. Southern Nevada Water Authority

New Mexico
State Water Plans
Drought Plans

Utah
Water Plans
State Water Plan
Uinta Basin Water Plan
West Colorado River Plan
SE Colorado River Plan
Drought Plan

Wyoming
Water Plan
Drought Plan

WATER SCARCITY

1977 - Federal reponse to the 1976-77 drought: What should be done next? Government Acountibility Office.

1979 - Colorado River Basin water problems: How to reduce their impact. Government Accountibility Office.

2007 - The Colorado River: The story of a quest for certainity on a diminishing river. Kuhn.

2008 - Meeting the challanges of expected shortages. Government Acountability Office.

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