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Method to identify wells that yield water that will be replaced by water from the Colorado River downstream from Laguna Dam in Arizona and California
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Method to identify wells that yield water that will be replaced by water from the Colorado River downstream from Laguna Dam in Arizona and California |
| Creator | Owen-Joyce, Sandra J.; Wilson, Richard P.; Carpenter, Michael C.; Fink, James B. |
| Subject | Water rights; Wells; Aquifers; |
| Coverage | Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Colorado; Arizona; California; |
| Description | Accounting for the use of Colorado River water is required by the U.S. Supreme Court decree, 1964, Arizona v. California. Water pumped from wells on the flood plain and from certain wells on alluvial slopes outside the flood plain is presumed to be river water and is accounted for as Colorado River water. The accounting-surface method developed for the area upstream from Laguna Dam was modified for use downstream from Laguna Dam to identify wells outside the flood plain of the lower Colorado... |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Contributor | Bureau of Reclamation |
| Date | 2000 |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source |
Owen-Joyce, Sandra J.; Wilson, Richard P.; Carpenter, Michael C.; Fink, James B., Method to identify wells that yield water that will be replaced by water from the Colorado River downstream from Laguna Dam in Arizona and California, Tucson, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigation 2000-4085, 31 p. |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | Public Domain, Courtesy of the USGS |
| Identifier | http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/wwdl-er/id/250 |
