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What affects water quality in the Upper Colorado River basin?
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | What affects water quality in the Upper Colorado River basin? |
| Creator | Apodaca, Lori Estelle; Stephens, Verlin C.; Driver, Nancy E. |
| Subject | Water quality; Streamflow; Aquifers; Groundwater; Sediment transport; Sediments (Geology); |
| Coverage | Colorado River (Wyo.-Utah); Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Colorado; |
| Description | In 1991, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) began to implement the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program. Goals of the NAWQA program are to (1) describe water-quality conditions for a large part of the Nation's freshwater streams, rivers, and aquifers; (2) describe how water quality is changing over time; and (3) improve the understanding of the primary natural and human factors that affect water-quality conditions (Leahy and others, 1990). To complete this program, the USGS plans... |
| Publisher | U. S. Geological Survey |
| Date | 1996 |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source |
Apodaca, Lori Estelle; Stephens, Verlin C.; Driver, Nancy E., What affects water quality in the Upper Colorado River basin?, Denver, Colorado: U. S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 109-96, 4 p. |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | Public Domain, Courtesy of the USGS |
| Identifier | http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/wwdl-er/id/269 |
