Pre-Dam Comparisons-Working Page - Revision history

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2014-05-21T15:01:28Z

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2014-05-21T14:56:38Z

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2014-05-16T21:37:42Z

Jthiriot: add pre-dam comparisons info

2014-05-16T19:47:08Z

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== Under construction- Data Collection page ==
''[Source: AZ Wildlife Views- Sep-Oct 2012 -Bill Stewart]''
*In any give year, flows ranged from less than 1,000 cfs to more than 100,000 cfs"
**Today, flows rarely get above 31,500 cfs (maximum power-plant capacity) and rarely below 5,000 cfs
**Flows are more stablized
*Water temperatures went from near freezing in winter to above 85 degrees in summer.
**Today, steady temperatures between 45 degrees and 50 degrees. (mainly because water is drawn from near the bottom of the lake)
*The river went from being heavy laden with turbid, brown sediment to flowing with very clear water.
**Sediment a fraction of what it once was
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*Drift in the system changed.
*What was riparian vegetation like pre-dam??

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== Positive Impacts from Dam ==
*The cool, clear water has created one of the best tailwater rainbow trout fisheries in the nation at Lees Ferry.

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 *Pre-Dam Flows:  Large spring snowmelt floods, erratic summertime flows, and low flows from November-March.
 *'''SEDIMENT''':
-*'''WATER TEMPERATURE:''':
+*'''WATER TEMPERATURE:'''

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	== Positive Impacts from Dam ==		== Positive Impacts from Dam ==
	*The cool, clear water has created one of the best tailwater rainbow trout fisheries in the nation at Lees Ferry.		*The cool, clear water has created one of the best tailwater rainbow trout fisheries in the nation at Lees Ferry.
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		+	*Pre-Dam Flows: Large spring snowmelt floods, erratic summertime flows, and low flows from November-March.
		+	*'''SEDIMENT''':
		+	*'''WATER TEMPERATURE:''':

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 == Under construction- Data Collection page ==
 ''[Source:  AZ Wildlife Views- Sep-Oct 2012 -Bill Stewart]''
-*In any give year, flows ranged from less than 1,000 cfs to more than 100,000 cfs"
+*In any given year, flows ranged from less than 1,000 cfs to more than 100,000 cfs"
 **Today, flows rarely  get above 31,500 cfs (maximum power-plant capacity) and rarely below 5,000 cfs
 **Flows are more stablized