Browsing Colorado Water Center by Author "Geological Survey (U.S.)"
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Grow with the flow: growth and water in the South Platte Basin
Abstracts of papers and papers presented at the 8th annual South Platte River Basin Forum held on October 29-30, 1997 at the Raintree Plaza Conference Center in Longmont, Colorado. -
Estimation of groundwater recharge using neutron probe moisture readings near Golden, Colorado
To better understand recharge processes under natural conditions in the Denver Basin, a vadose zone monitoring study was conducted from September 1991 through September 1992 at a site near Golden, Colorado. Six access tubes ... -
Fate and effects of heavy metals on the Arkansas River
This research examined fate and effects of heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Zn) in the Arkansas River, a Colorado stream receiving metals form historic mining operations. Benthic invertebrate communities were sampled at several ... -
Improvements in the Colorado ammonia model by simultaneous computations of extremes in flow and water chemistry
The present study reports the results of an analysis of association for extremes in pH, temperature, and low flow at 12 sites in Colorado for which an extensive data record is available (21 years at 12 or more samples per ... -
Impact of irrigation water use on water quality in the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District
This paper presents the results of a two year study sponsored by the Colorado Water Resources Research Institute, the United State Geological Survey, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency on the impact of ... -
Economic impacts of a rural-to-urban water transfer: a case study of Crowley County, Colorado
Urban water supply agencies seeking to meet growing municipal water demands in the arid southwest are finding that the purchase of water from existing agricultural uses is, from their perspective, often more cost-effective ... -
Field verification of stream-aquifer interactions: Colorado School of Mines survey field, Golden, Colorado
The nature of stream/aquifer interactions is determined in a field study on a stream at the Colorado School of Mines survey field in Golden, Colorado. The study measured the temporal and spatial variability during the ... -
Agricultural to urban water transfers in Colorado: an assessment of the issues and options
With constrains on the additional development of water supplies and in the face of growing urban demands for water cites have increasingly been turning to the water transfer process as a means of expanding their supplies. ... -
Effects of flow diversion on downstream channel form in mountain streams
This paper reports on a study of regime, bedload transport, and channel morphology in diverted and free-flowing segments of mountain streams in Colorado where flow has been diverted, in some cases, for up to one hundred ... -
Fate of heavy metals in Colorado waters and rivers
Reclamation of contaminated wetlands polluted by acid mine drainage will require a greater understanding of the interaction between contaminated waters and sediments. In high altitude meadows, continual flooding can maintain ... -
Mutual irrigation company monitoring of main canal nitrogen levels: a case study on the role of mutual irrigation companies in water quality management
This paper presents the results of a focused social survey and weekly water quality sampling conducted during the irrigation seasons of 1991 and 1992 in a mutual irrigation company service area. The company is located in ... -
Bioaccumulation of heavy metals by brown trout (Salmo trutta) in the Arkansas River: importance of food chain transfer
This study examined uptake and transfer of heavy metals form benthic invertebrates to brown trout in the Arkansas River. Metals in water, aufwuchs, benthic invertebrates, and fish were measured at stations upstream and ... -
Forecasting streamflow for Colorado River systems
The research reported herein was aimed at improving current forecasting procedures used in the State of Colorado. In this study, single input-single output and multiple input-single output periodic transfer function models ...
