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Publication Date
2014
Publisher
[Boulder, Colo.?] : Colorado River Research Group
Description
22 p. : charts (some color) ; 28 cm.
Contents: Introduction -- Diagnosing the problem -- Plans to increase use of basin water: Overview; Upper basin states: Colorado; New Mexico; Utah; Wyoming; Lower basin states: Arizona; California; Nevada; Tribal demands -- Reconciling fantasy with reality: Upper basin; Lower basin -- Conclusion -- Literature cited.
Tables and figures: Declining reservoir storage on the Colorado River -- Average supplies versus demands on the Colorado River mainstem -- Relationship between Lake Powell storage and Lee Ferry virgin flows -- Relationship between Lake Powell releases and Lake Mead storage -- Tribal water rights/demands: upper basin -- Tribal water rights/demands: lower basin mainstem -- Tribes served by Central Arizona Project (CAP) water -- Water Use and Availability in the Upper Basin.
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Colorado River Research Group, The First Step in Repairing the Colorado River’s Water Budget: Technical Report (Dec. 2014), http://www.coloradoriverresearchgroup.org/.
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"December, 2014."
"A publication of the Colorado River Research Group."
Includes bibliographical references.