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DOI	10.2172/5044193
报告编号	ANL/EAIS/TM-69
来源ID	OSTI_ID: 5044193
	A review of proposed Glen Canyon Dam interim operating criteria
	LaGory, K.; Hlohowskyj, I.; Tomasko, D.; Hayse, J.; Durham, L.
英文摘要	Three sets of interim operating criteria for Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River have been proposed for the period of November 1991, to the completion of the record of decision for the Glen Canyon Dam environmental impact statement (about 1993). These criteria set specific limits on dam releases, including maximum and minimum flows, up-ramp and down-ramp rates, and maximum daily fluctuation. Under the proposed interim criteria, all of these parameters would be reduced relative to historical operating criteria to protect downstream natural resources, including sediment deposits, threatened and endangered fishes, trout, the aquatic food base, and riparian plant communities. The scientific bases of the three sets of proposed operating criteria are evaluated in the present report:(1) criteria proposed by the Research/Scientific Group, associated with the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies (GCES); (2) criteria proposed state and federal officials charged with managing downstream resources; and (3) test criteria imposed from July 1991, to November 1991. Data from Phase 1 of the GCES and other sources established that the targeted natural resources are affected by dam operations, but the specific interim criteria chosen were not supported by any existing studies. It is unlikely that irreversible changes to any of the resources would occur over the interim period if historical operating criteria remained in place. It is likely that adoption of any of the sets of proposed interim operating criteria would reduce the levels of sediment transport and erosion below Glen Canyon Dam; however, these interim criteria could result in some adverse effects, including the accumulation of debris at tributary mouths, a shift of new high-water-zone vegetation into more flood-prone areas, and further declines in vegetation in the old high water zone.
出版年	1992
报告类型	Technical Report
语种	英语
国家	美国
来源学科分类	13 HYDRO ENERGY ; DAMS ; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ; COLORADO RIVER ; FLOOD CONTROL ; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS ; HYDROLOGY ; OPERATION ; REGULATIONS ; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ; SILT ; SPECIFICATIONS ; TROUT ; ANIMALS ; AQUATIC ORGANISMS ; CONTROL ; FISHES ; MANAGEMENT ; POWER PLANTS ; RIVERS ; STREAMS ; SURFACE WATERS ; VERTEBRATES 130600* -- Hydro Energy-- Environmental Aspects
URL	http://www.osti.gov/scitech/servlets/purl/5044193
资源类型	科技报告
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/264731
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	LaGory, K.,Hlohowskyj, I.,Tomasko, D.,et al. A review of proposed Glen Canyon Dam interim operating criteria,1992.