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Water and Arid Lands of the Western United States
Summary
Technical report (1915). Covers Upper Colorado River Basin, Colorado River Basin, Colorado River. Topics: water allocation, water management, irrigation, instream flows. Agencies: Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Geological Survey, World Resources Institute. Cites 36 external works.
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Stakeholders (33)
Agencies, organizations, and groups mentioned as actors in this document.
United States Bureau of Land ManagementUnited States Environmental Protection AgencyUnited States Department of AgricultureUnited States Bureau of ReclamationUnited States Department of the InteriorUnited States Geological SurveyUniversity of ColoradoSoil Conservation Service
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Division of Water ResourcesU.S. Bureau of the CensusNorthern Colorado Water Conservancy DistrictU.S. Department of CommerceNational Research CouncilUtah State UniversityNational Academy PressCentral Arizona ProjectUniversity of IdahoMetropolitan Water DistrictWater and Power Resources ServiceWater Resources CouncilUtah Water Research LaboratorySan Diego County Water AuthorityColorado River Basin Salinity Control ForumPacific Southwest Interagency CommitteeWorld Resources InstituteColorado DistrictIdaho Water and Energy Resources InstituteJohns Hopkins PressResources for the Future, Inc.University of California at Los AngelesInstitute of Geophysics and Planetary PhysicsPacific Institute for Policy ResearchUniversity of New Mexico Press
Places (94)
ColoradoGunnison BasinRocky MountainsColorado RiverColorado Riversouthwestern Coloradosouthwestern United StatesUpper Colorado River Basin
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CaliforniaArizonaNew MexicoNevadaDenverUpper BasinLower BasinUtahMexicoIdahoLower Colorado River BasinUpper Colorado BasinWyomingSan JuanGlen CanyonEastern ColoradoColorado BasinGrand JunctionGrand ValleySan Juan RiverSan Juan RiverWest CoastGila RiverLake PowellGreen RiverUinta BasinNorthern ColoradoSan DiegoWestern slopeDolores RiverImperial DamWhite RiverGrand CountyLake MeadLas VegasDurangoLees FerryBig Sandy RiverLower ColoradoFarmingtonGreat Divide BasinUpper Main StemBoulder CityBridge CanyonMarble CanyonColorado main streamSubbasin 8Arizona-Utah boundaryDenver-Fort Collins corridorLa Verkin SpringsMcElmo Creek BasinGlenwood-Dotsero SpringsWind River MountainsSinbad ValleySevier Dry Lakecentral and southern NevadaReudi ReservoirSwan FallsMoscow, IdahoLogan, UtahSouth Coast Basin of CaliforniaNavajoBlue MesaMorrow PointUncompahgre ValleyCache La Poudre RiverFlaming GorgeSan Rafael RiverEcho ParkHoover Damsouthern CaliforniaLos AngelesSalt Lake CityDinosaur National MonumentYampa RiverSouthwestCrystalCentral Valleynorthern ArizonaOwens ValleyDenver metropolitan areaParadox Valleysouthwestern WyomingFlaming Gorge ReservoirLa Plata ProjectVirgin River
Concepts & Topics (49)
streamflowpopulation dynamicsdissolved oxygengreenhouse gas emissionshillslope similaritywater quality standardswater quality standardswater availability
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porewater chemistrywater partitioningwater resourceshoneydew productionlegacy effectsenergy developmentwater allocationwater allocationwater allocationbinary mixing modelirrigationecological consequencessalinitysalinitycatchment water storageConsumptive UseConsumptive UseConsumptive Usehydropower generationhydropower generationnutrient removalevaporative coolingper capita growth rateconservation statuslivestock grazingper capita growth ratere-inundationgaging stationsrecreational fishingstream monitoringmedian monthly outflowswhitewatermembrane desalinationtransmountain diversionrecreational activitiesrecreational activitiesinterstate compacteconomic evaluationtimber managementColorado River Compactreasonable use doctrine
Species (20)
External References Cited (36)
Works cited by this document, grouped by type.
report (11)
- Quality of Water: Colorado River Basin Progress Report 12 (1985)
- Quality of Water: Colorado River Basin Progress Report 11 (1985)
- Cost-effectiveness and salt reductions for Department of Agriculture projects at Imperial Dam (1985)
- Colorado River Water Quality Improvement Program, Status Report (1983)
- An Investigation into the Economic Impacts of Subordinating the Swan Falls Hydroelectric Water Right to Upstream Irrigation (1983) — Hamilton, Joel R., and Lyman, R. Ashley
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- Project Data (1981)
- Plan of Study: Appraisal Investigation. Saline Water Collection System. Colorado River Water Quality Improvement Program (1980)
- On-Farm Program for Salinity Control: Final Report of the Grand Valley Salinity Study (1977)
- The Mineral Water Quality in the Colorado River Basin (1977)
- Upper Colorado Region Group (1971)
- Krug Report (1946)
legislation (9)
- Colorado River Basin Project Act (1968)
- Colorado River Compact (1966) — Meyers
- Colorado River Storage Project Act (1956)
- Upper Basin Compact (1948)
- Treaty with Mexico (1944)
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- Boulder Canyon Project Act (1928)
- Reclamation Act (1902)
- City of El Paso v. Reynolds
- Sporhase v. Nebraska
study (9)
- Cross analysis (1985) — Cross
- Willingness to pay for increased flows for recreational activities on the Cache La Poudre River, Colorado, 1978 (1980) — Daubert and Young
- Young and Leathers study (1978) — Young and Leathers
- Howe and Young study (1978) — Howe and Young
- Economic Impacts of Selected Salinity Control Measures in the Upper Colorado: A Case Study of the Grand Valley, Colorado (1978) — Young, Robert A. and Landers, K. L.
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- 28-sector Colorado I-O model (1975) — Gray and McKean
- Howe and Orr study (1974) — Howe and Orr
- Upper Colorado Region Comprehensive Framework Study (1971)
- Colorado River Salinity Study
article (3)
- Managing Water Scarcity: An Evaluation of Interregional Transfers (1984) — Vaux, H. J. Jr. and Howitt, Richard E.
- Impact of Energy Development on Flow of the Colorado River (1975) — Weatherford, Gary D. and Jacoby, Gordon C.
- Will the Compacts Bar Transbasin Water Diversions?
book (3)
- Water Transfers: Economic Efficiency and Alternative Institutions (1970) — Hartman, L.M., and Seastone, Don
- The Water Seekers (1950) — Nadeau, Remi A.
- Water and arid lands of the western United States — Mohamed T. El-Ashry and Diana C. Gibbons
plan (1)
- Colorado River Storage Project
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