Sediment Transport and Water-Quality Characteristics and Loads, White River,Northwestern Colorado, Water Years 1975-88

摘要

The report presents an evaluation of selected hydrologic data for the White Rivercollected during water years 1975-88. Specifically, the report: quantifies annual sediment loads and defines sediment-size characteristics that occurred at selected streamflow-gaging stations (hereinafter referred to as sites) on the White River. The report relates changes in sediment characteristics in the White River with differences in basin hydrology and physiography and provides estimates of volume displacement and capacity loss in reservoirs from sediment retention; and quantifies dissolved-solids loads and describes changes in water-quality characteristics that occurred at selected sites on the White River. Water-quality changes are correlated with variations in stream discharge and specific conductance, and differences in water quality are related to differences in basin physiography.