Special Reports - Colorado Water Center
Recent Submissions
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Network analysis of raw water supplies under complex water rights and exchanges: documentation for program MODSIM3
The increasing complexity of water supply planning and management for municipalities such as Fort Collins requires use of computer models as an aid for City Staff and Water Board members. a generalized model called MODSIM3 ... -
Irrigation development potential in Colorado
The primary purpose of this report is to project potential crop production levels for irrigated agriculture in Colorado. This report estimates the gains in water supply that could be achieved by improving the efficiency ... -
1990 floods in the U.S.: a descriptive report of flooding in the Southern States
The year of 1990 will be remembered by many in the southern United States as a record year for extreme rainfall and disastrous flooding events. People in Alabama and Georgia recall the floods of 1929 and 1961 as almost as ... -
Delph Carpenter, father of Colorado River treaties: text of Governor Ralph L. Carr's 1943 salute to Delph Carpenter
The rulebook for the Colorado River is the 1922 Colorado River Compact, a document now nearly 70 years old. Time said, "This critical document facilitated both the astonishing development of the West and the problems that ... -
Organizing for endangered and threatened species habitat in the Platte River Basin
This study is an attempt to capture the essential shape of multiple sets of negotiations that have been on-going for more that a dozen years in the Platte River basin. -
Stretching urban water supplies in Colorado: strategies for landscape water conservation
The purpose of this study was to enhance the dialogue between municipal water providers and the green industry by identifying strategies for landscape water conservation that are acceptable and reasonable to both industries. ... -
Water research in the Rockies: a historical retrospect: Rocky Mountain Hydraulic Laboratory and the Rocky Mountain Hydrologic Research Center, Allenspark, Colorado
This report provides a history of the Rocky Mountain Hydraulic Laboratory (RMHL), its founder, purpose, formation, early research conducted, and recent developments. -
Colorado high plains irrigation practices guide: water saving options for irrigators in eastern Colorado
This report summarizes irrigation practices that offer potential water savings at the field or farm level, providing a summary of the documented water savings options for irrigators in Colorado. The report provides a ... -
Irrigation, settlement, and change on the Cache la Poudre River
The Cache la Poudre River drains 1,890 square miles of land in the Mummy and Never Summer ranges in Colorado and Wyoming. It begins on the Continental Divide, flows through mountain canyons on the eastern side of the Rocky ... -
Agricultural chemicals & groundwater protection in Colorado
The Agricultural Chemicals and Groundwater Protection Program was created during the 1990 legislative session and took effect on July 1, 1990. The Program's purpose is to reduce negative impacts agricultural chemicals have ...
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