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An accounting system for water and consumptive use along the Colorado River, Hoover Dam to Mexico
An accounting system for estimating and distributing consumptive use of water by vegetation to water users was developed for the Colorado River to meet the requirements of a U.S. Supreme Court decree and used with data from calendar year 1984. The system is based on a water-budget method to estimate total consumptive use by vegetation which is apportioned to agricultural users by using percentages of total evapotranspiration by vegetation estimated from digital-image analysis of satellite data.
Suggested Citation
Owen-Joyce, S.J., Raymond, L.H., 1996, An accounting system for water and consumptive use along the Colorado River, Hoover Dam to Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 2407, viii, 94 p. :ill., maps (some col.) ;28 cm.; 3 plates in pocket, https://doi.org/10.3133/wsp2407.
Publication type
Report
Publication Subtype
USGS Numbered Series
Title
An accounting system for water and consumptive use along the Colorado River, Hoover Dam to Mexico
Series title
Water Supply Paper
Series number
2407
DOI
10.3133/wsp2407
Year Published
1996
Language
ENGLISH
Publisher
U.S. G.P.O. ;
For sale by the U.S. Geological Survey, Information Services,
Description
viii, 94 p. :ill., maps (some col.) ;28 cm.; 3 plates in pocket