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The Influence of the wastewater drainage from the Las Vegas Valley on the Limnology of Boulder Basin, Lake Mead, Nevada-Arizona

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Title The Influence of the wastewater drainage from the Las Vegas Valley on the Limnology of Boulder Basin, Lake Mead, Nevada-Arizona
Creator LaBounty, James F. Horn, Michael J. Bureau of Reclamation
Description Lake Mead, Colorado River, Arizona-Nevada, is one of the most heavily used reservoirs in the western United States, providing abundant recreational opportunities as well as downstream domestic and agricultural water for over 22 million users. Based on average nutrient levels and productivity, Lake Mead is classified as mildly mesotrophic. The interflow of the Colorado River dominates the limnology of much of the 106 km-long reservoir, and may still be identified at Hoover Dam under certain...
Date 1997-01-24T08:00:00Z
Type technicalreport
Format application/pdf
Identifier https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/water_pubs/40 https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/context/water_pubs/article/1045/viewcontent/JFLaBountyTechMemo_01_24_1997.pdf
Source Publications (WR)
Language English
Publisher Digital Scholarship@UNLV
Subject Boulder Basin (Ariz. And Nev.) Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) Lake Mead (Ariz. and Nev.) Fresh water pollution Chlorophyll Environmental quality Quality of water Water pollution Effluent quality Las Vegas Wash (Nev.) Desert Ecology Environmental Engineering Environmental Health and Protection Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment Environmental Monitoring Fresh Water Studies Natural Resources Management and Policy Sustainability Water Resource Management

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