RESERVOIR STUDIES: studies on the efficiency and functionality of reservoir storage related to the supply of Colorado River water.

See also the following sections:

• Hydropower
• Sediment
• Floods
  

• Click here to read articles from the Lake Powell Research Project of the National Science Foundation
  
• Click here to determine your own analysis of what the Colorado River system of reservoirs will look like in a future.
• Click here to read about reservoir sediment.
• Click here to visit journals and theses of CADWES
• Calculate total surface area by reservoir elevation at Lakes Mead and Powell. Reclamation.
• Calculate evaporative loss for Lakes Mead and Powell. Reclamation.
• 1954 - Testimony of Northcutt Ely on controversy of authorizing Glen Canyon Dam
• 1959 - Water yield and reservoir storage. Langbein. US Geological Survey.
• 1959 - Probability analysis to a water supply problem. Leopold. US Geological Survey.
• 1960 - Comprehensive study of Lake Mead sediment and hydrology. US Geological Survey and Bureau of Reclamation.
• 1970 - The 1963 - 1964 Lake Mead Sediment Survey. Reclamation.
• 1975 - An overview of the effect of Lake Powell on Colorado River basin water supply. Lake Powell Research Project Bulletin, #14.
• 1975 - Bacterial contamination of Lake Powell waters: an assessment of the problem. Lake Powell Research Project Bulletin, #16.
• 1976 - Teton Dam Collapse: Sequence of photos in Powerpoint.
• 1977 - Evaporation, bank storage, and water budget at Lake Powell. Lake Powell Research Project Bulletin, #48.
• 1978 - Sedimentation in Lake Powell. Lake Powell Research Project Bulletin, #64.
• 1981 - The utilization and impacts of climate information on the development and operations of the Colorado River system. Howe and Murphy. Panel on the Effective Use of Climate Information in Decision Making.
• 1985 - GCD Spillway Test
• 1986 - Lake Powell evaporation study. Bureau of Reclamation.
• 1987 - Lake Powell sediment survey. Bureau of Reclamation.
• 1997 - The effect of draining Lake Powell on water supply and electricity production. Spreck Rosecrans.
• 1998 - Sediment Hydrology on the Colorado River. Tom Myers.
• 1999 - BETTER Model for Lake Powell. Reclamation.
• 1999 - Water Balance of Lake Powell. Tom Myers.
• 2000 - San Juan Arm Siltation Rates. Stevenson.
• 2001 - Lake Mead Sediment Survey. Reclamation.
• 2002 - Predicted siltation rate at Hite Marina. NPS.
• 2002- Lake Mead images of reservoir changes. USGS.
• 2003 - Dam Removal Research. The Heinz Center.
• 2005 - Lake Powell Sediment. Duke University. (Link to mapping project)
• 2005 - Lake Powell Delta Progradation 2002 - 2004. John C. Dohrenwend.
• 2005 - Assessing Implications of Operating the Colorado River Water Resource System WITH and WITHOUT Glen Canyon Dam. Wells, et al.
• 2006 - Can Reservoir Storage Be Uneconomically Large? Booker and O'Neil. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management.
• 2006 - Erosion and Sedimentation Manual. Bureau of Reclamation.
• 2006 - Evaporation at Lake Mead. US Geological Survey
• 2008 - Timing and patterns of basin infilling as documented in Lake Powell during a drought. Pratson, et al. Geological Society of America.
• 2010 - Policy Considerations for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Freshwater Reservoirs. Water Alternatives.
• 2015 - The Bathtub Ring: Implications of Low Levels in Lake Mead on Water Supply, Hydropower, Recreation,and the Environment. Jiang.
• 2015 - Looking Upstream: Analysis of Low water Levels in Lake Powelland the Impacts on water Supply, Hydropower, Recreation, and the Environment. Johnson.
• 2016 - Fill Mead First: A Technical Assessment. Schmidt.

UPPER BASIN RESERVOIRS

Green River (Upper)

• Big Sandy
• Flaming Gorge
• Fontenelle
• Meeks Cabin
• Stateline
  

Gunnison / Uncompahgre River

• Blue Mesa
• Crystal
• Morrow Point
• Paonia
• Ridgeway
• Silver Jack
• Taylor Park
  

Price / San Rafael Rivers

• Huntington North
• Joes Valley
• Scofield

San Juan / Dolores Rivers

• Jackson Gulch
• Lemon
• McPhee
• Navajo
• Vallecito

Uinta / Duchesne Rivers

• Currant Creek
• Moon Lake
• Red Fleet
• Soldier Creek
• Starvation
• Steinaker
• Upper Stillwater 

Mainstem Dams on the Colorado River

• Glen Canyon(Lake Powell)
  
• Hoover (Lake Mead
  
• Davis (Lake Mojave)
  
• Parker (Lake Havasu)
  
• Headgate (diversion)
• Palo Verde (diverson)
  
• Imperial (diversion)
  
• Laguna 

Off-River Storage Reservoirs

• Senator Wash
• Brock Reservoir