Difference between revisions of "Water Quality Page"

Water Quality Links

General

• GCMRC Monitoring Stations Map

[http://www.gcmrc.gov/discharge_qw_sediment/stations/GCDAMP GCMRC Maps and Spatial Data] [1]

Temperature

• USGS 09380000 COLORADO RIVER AT LEES FERRY, AZ

[2]

• USGS 09380000 COLORADO RIVER AT LEES FERRY, AZ

[3]

• USGS 09421500 COLORADO RV BLW HOOVER DAM, AZ-NV

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Salinity

• Salinity Control Forum

[5]

• USCODE-2011-title43-chap32A-1.pdf -The codified version of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act as amended. It includes both Title I and Title II. It also includes footnotes and history of amendments.

2011 Water quality standards for salinity

[6]

• Station ---------------- Salinity in mg/L
  • Below Hoover Dam 723
  • Below Parker Dam 747
  • At Imperial Dam 879

[7] Glen Canyon Dam

• USGS

[8]

Lake Mead

• Park Service

[9]

• USGS

[10]

• NDEP Lake Mead Water Quality Forum

[11]

• HFE experiments on water quality

[12]

• Lower Colorado River Studies

[13]

• MONITORING HISTORY

1. Water-quality sampling in Lake Powell was initiated by the USBR in 1964 and continued through 1990.
2. Glen Canyon Environmental Studies conducted the monitoring from 1990-1996.
3. The USGS Water Resources Discipline conducted monitoring in Lake Powell on several dates in 1992, 1994, and 1995.
4. Since 1997, monitoring has been conducted by the USGS-GCMRC.

State of the Colorado River Ecosystem in Grand Canyon- USGS Circular 1282

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