The Yampa River basin, Colorado and Wyoming : a preview to expanded coal-resource development and its impacts on regional water resources
Water-Resources Investigations Report
78-126
By: Timothy Doak Steele, D. P. Bauer, D.A. Wentz, and J. W. Warner
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Abstract
Expanded coal production and conversion in the Yampa River basin , Colorado and Wyoming, may have substantial impacts on water resources, environmental amenities, and socioeconomic conditions. Preliminary results of a 3-year basin assessment by the U.S. Geological Survey are given for evaluation of surface- and ground-water resources using available data, modeling analysis of waste-load capacity of a Yampa River reach affected by municipal wastewater-treatment plant effluents, and semiquantitative descriptions of ambient air- and water-quality conditions. Aspects discussed are possible constraints on proposed development due to basin compacts and laws regulating water resources, possible changes in environmental-control regulations, and policies on energy-resource leasing and land use that will influence regional economic development. (Woodard-USGS)
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | The Yampa River basin, Colorado and Wyoming : a preview to expanded coal-resource development and its impacts on regional water resources |
| Series title | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Series number | 78-126 |
| DOI | 10.3133/wri78126 |
| Edition | - |
| Year Published | 1979 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, |
| Description | x, 133 p. :ill., maps ;26 cm. |
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