U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
           NATIONAL EUTROPHICATION SURVEY
                    WORKING PAPER SERIES
                                          REPORT
                                           ON
                                   5REEN IWTAIN RESERVOIR
                                       SIMT COUNTY
                                         COLORADO
                                      EPA REGION VIII
                                    WORKING PAPER No, 771
 CORVALLIS ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY - CORVALLIS, OREGON
                             and
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING & SUPPORT LABORATORY - LAS VEGAS, NEVADA


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                             REPORT
                               ON
                    5REEN ITOTAIN RESERVOIR
                         SIMT COUNTY
                            COLORADO
                        EPA REGION VIII
                     WORKING PAPER No, 771
 WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
          AND THE
  COLORADO NATIONAL GUARD
         JULY, 1977

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                               CONTENTS
         *                                                  Page
  Foreward                                                    ii
  List of Colorado Study Lakes and Reservoirs                 iv
  Lake and  Drainage Area Map                                  v

  Sections
  I.  Conclusions                                             1
 II.  Lake  and Drainage Basin Characteristics                  4
III.  Lake  Water Quality Summary                              5
 IV.  Nutrient Loadings                                       9
  V.  Literature Reviewed                      '              14
 VI.  Appendices     .                                        15

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                                 ii
                          FOREWORD
    The National Eutrophication Survey was initiated in 1972 in
response to an Administration commitment to investigate the nation-
wide threat of accelerated eutrophication to freshwater lakes and
reservoirs.

OBJECTIVES

    The Survey was designed to develop, in conjunction with state
environmental agencies, information on nutrient sources, concentrations,
and impact on selected freshwater lakes as a basis for formulating
comprehensive and coordinated national, regional, and state management
practices relating to point-source discharge reduction and non-point
source pollution abatement in lake watersheds.

ANALYTIC APPROACH

    The mathematical and statistical procedures selected for the
Survey's eutrophication analysis are based on related concepts that:

        a.  A generalized representation or model relating
    sources, concentrations, and impacts can be constructed.

        b.  By applying measurements of relevant parameters
    associated with lake degradation, the generalized model
    can be transformed into an operational representation of
    a lake, its drainage basin, and related nutrients.

        c.  With such a transformation, an assessment of the
    potential for eutrophication control can be made.

LAKE ANALYSIS

    In this report, the first stage of evaluation of lake and water-
shed data collected from the study lake and its drainage basin is
documented.  The report is formatted to provide state environmental
agencies with specific Information for basin planning [§303(e)j, water
quality criteria/standards review [§303(c)],  clean lakes [§314(a,b)],
and water quality monitoring [§106 and §305(b)] activities mandated
by the Federal  Water Pollution Control  Act Amendments of 1972.

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     Beyond the single lake analysis, broader based correlations
between nutrient concentrations (and loading) and trophic condi-
tion are being made to advance the rationale and data base for
refinement of nutrient water quality criteria for the Nation's
fresh water lakes.  Likewise, multivariate evaluations for the
relationships between land use, nutrient export, and trophic
condition, by lake class or use, are being developed to assist
in the formulation of planning guidelines and policies by EPA
and to augment plans implementation by the states.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

     The staff of the National Eutrophication Survey (Office of
Research & Development, U. S. Environmental  Protection Agency)
expresses sincere appreciation to the Colorado Department of
Health for professional involvement, to the Colorado National
Guard for conducting the tributary sampling phase of the Survey,
and to those wastewater treatment plant operators who voluntarily
provided effluent samples.

     The staff of the Water Quality Control  Division provided
invaluable lake documentation and counsel during the Survey,
reviewed the preliminary reports, and provided critiques most
useful 1n the preparation of this Working Paper series.

     Lt. Colonel Paul A. Parsons, the Deputy Adjutant General  of
Colorado, and Project Officer Colonel Hershel C. Yeargan, who
directed the volunteer efforts of the Colorado National Guardsmen,
are also gratefully acknowledged for their assistance to the Survey.

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                                IV
                  NATIONAL EUTROPHICATION SURVEY
                    STUDY LAKES AND RESERVOIRS
                        STATE OF COLORADO
NAME
Barker
Barr
Blue Mesa
Cherry Creek
Cucharas
Dtllon
Grand
Green Mountatn
Hoi brook
Meredith
Milton
Navajo
Shadow Mountain
COUNTY
Boulder
Adams
Boulder
Arapohoe
Huerfano
Summit
Grand
Summi t
Otero
Crowley
Weld
Archuleta, CO; San
Juan, Rip Arriba, NM
Grand

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Map Location
         GREEN  MOUNTAIN
              RESERVOIR

        9   Tributary Sampling Site
        X   Lake Sampling Site
        f   Sewage  Treatment Facility
                                D Mil.
               T     5    "T    »m.
                 Scale

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                         GREEN MOUNTAIN RESERVOIR
                             STORE! NO. 0808

I.  CONCLUSIONS
    A.  Trophic Condition:
            Survey data indicate that Green Mountain Reservoir is oligo-
        trophic.  It ranked second in overall trophic quality when the
        13 Colorado lakes and reservoirs sampled in 1975 were compared
        using a combination of six parameters*.   One of the water bodies
        had less median total phosphorus, none had less and one had the
        same median dissolved orthophosphorus, none had less and six had
        the same median inorganic nitrogen, five had less mean chlorophyll
        a^, and two had greater mean Secchi disc transparency.  No signifi-
        cant depression of dissolved oxygen occurred at depths as great
        as 39 meters.
            Field limnologists did not observe algal concentrations or
        macrophytes.
    B.  Rate-Limiting Nutrient:
            The results of the algal assay indicate that Green Mountain
        Reservoir was phosphorus limited at the time the sample was col-
        lected (10/09/75).  The reservoir data indicate phosphorus limi-
        tation in August as well.
* See Appendix A.

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    C.  Nutrient Controllability:
            1.  Point sources—The phosphorus contribution of point
        sources amounted to 13.77% of the total load to Green Mountain
        Reservoir during the sampling year.  The nine indirect domestic
        sources discharging in the upstream Dillon Reservoir drainage*
        contributed an estimated 8.7%, the Silverthorne Sanitation Dis-
        trict wastewater treatment plant added 4.9%, and septic tanks
        serving shoreline dwellings and a campground accounted for an
        estimated 0.2% of the total load.
            The phosphorus loading of 0.77 g/m2 measured during the sam-
        pling year is less than that proposed by Vollenweider (Vollen-
        weider and Dillon, 1974) as a eutrophic loading but is more than
        his suggested oligotrophic loading (see page 13).   The only sig-
        nificant point source without phosphorus removal during the sam-
        pling year was the Frisco Sanitation District (SD) plant which
        discharged 1,740 kg total P to Dillon Reservoir.
            In regard to the Dillon Reservoir point sources, at this
        time the Summit Cove wastes are treated at the Summit County
        Phase D plant (with phosphorus removal), construction of phos-
        phorus removal facilities at the Frisco SD plant is scheduled to
        begin in October, 1977, and the Copper Mountain SD is proposing
        land disposal of plant effluent (Lang, 1977).   Allowing for phos-
        phorus retention in that reservoir and assuming 85% removal at
        the plants and complete removal  by land disposal,  it is calculated
        these improvements will reduce the phosphorus  load to Green Moun-
        tain Reservoir by 395 kg and lower the overall  loading to 0.72
* See Working Paper No.  769.

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       .   Since both reservoirs are phosphorus limited,  any
reduction of phosphorus inputs would be expected to benefit
both water bodies.
    2.  Non-point sources—The phosphorus contribution of non-point
sources,  including precipitation, accounted for 86.3% of the total
load to Green Mountain Reservoir during the sampling year.
The Blue River added 57.9%; Black Creek, 5.7%; Otter Creek, 5.2%;
Cataract Creek, 3.1%; and the ungaged minor tributaries  and
immediate drainage contributed an estimated 12.1% of the total
load.
    The phosphorus export rate of Otter Creek was appreciably
higher than the rates of nearby Black and Cataract creeks (see
page 12).  The cause of the higher rate is not known, but the
mean total phosphorus concentration in Otter Creek was from
five to seven times greater than the mean concentrations in
the other two streams (see Appendix E).

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II.   RESERVOIR AND DRAINAGE BASIN CHARACTERISTICS1"
                    4*+
     A.   Morphometry  :
         1.   Surface area:   8.60  kilometers2.
         2.   Mean depth:   22.2 meters.
         3.   Maximum depth:   75.3 meters.
         4.   Volume:  190.759 x Itf 'm3.
         5.   Mean hydraulic retention  time:   164  days.
     B.   Tributary and Outlet:
         (See Appendix C  for flow data)
         1.   Tributaries  -
                                               Drainage       Mean flow
             Name                              area  (km2)*    fmVsec)*
             Blue River                           1,323.5          9.640
             Black Creek                             47.9          0.862
             Otter Creek                             21.8          0.131
             Cataract Creek                         36.3          0.537
             Minor tributaries &
              immediate drainage  -                113.3          2.290
                              Totals              1,542.8         13.460**
         2.   Outlet -
             Blue River                           1,551.4***      13.460
     C.   Precipitation****:
         1.   Year of sampling:  30.8 centimeters.
         2.   Mean annual:   42.6 centimeters.
 t  Table  of metric  conversions—Appendix B.
 ft At  maximum  pool  level  (Nelson,  1955).
 *  For  limits of accuracy, see Working Paper No. 175, "...Survey Methods,
   1973-1976".
 ** Sum of  inflows  adjusted  to equal outflow.
 *** Includes area  of  reservoir.
 **** See Working Paper No.  175.

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III.   WATER QUALITY SUMMARY
                                                                   *
      Green Mountain Reservoir was sampled two times  during the open-
  water season of 1975 by means of a pontoon-equipped Huey helicopter.
  Each time, samples for physical  and chemical  parameters  were collected
  from a number of depths at three stations on the reservoir (see map,
  page v).   During each visit, a single depth-integrated (4.6 m to
  surface)  sample was composited from the stations for phytoplankton
  identification and enumeration;  and during the October visit, a single
  18.9-liter depth-integrated sample was composited for algal  assays.
  Also each time, a depth-integrated sample was collected  from each
  of the stations for chlorophyll  a^ analysis.   The maximum depths sam-
  pled were 39.3 meters at station 1, 27.7 meters at  station 2, and
  7.3 meters at station 3.
      The sampling results are presented in full  in Appendix D and
  are summarized in the following table.

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PARAMETER


TEMP 


DISS OXY (MG/L)


CNDCTVY (MCROMO)


PH (STAND UNITS)


TOT ALK (MG/L)


TOT P (MG/L)


ORTHO P (MG/L)


N02+N03 (MG/L)


AMMONIA (MG/L)


KJEL N  (MG/L)


INORG N (MG/L)


TOTAL N (MG/L)


CHLRPYL A (UG/L)


SECCHI  (METERS)
       A. SUMMARY OF PHYSICAL AND



       1ST SAMPLING (  8/25/75)


             3 SITES


     RANGE


 10.9  -  14.8


  5.9  -   7.5


 102.  -  114.


  7.5  -   8.2


  42.  -   50.


0.006  - 0.016


0.002  - 0.002


0.020  - 0.120


0.020  - 0.020


0.200  - 0.500


0.040  - 0.140


0.220  - 0.520


  7.1  -   9.8
                                                        CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS FOR
                                                         STORET CODE 0808
                                                    GREEN MOUNTAIN RESERVOIR
                                                                   2ND SAMPLING  (10/ 9/75)
                                                                    •C

                                                                         3 SITES
1.9  -
2.4
MEAN
13.4
7.0
107.
7.9
46.
0.010
0.002
0.036
0.020
0.257
0.056
0.293
8.3
2.1
MEDIAN
13.6
7.2
108.
7.9
47.
0.009
0.002
0.020
0.020
0.200
0.040
0.245
7.9
2.0
RANGE
6.8
7.0
1.
7.7
54.
0.009
0.002
0.020
0.020
0.020
0.040
0.040
3.1
2.7
- 13.0
9.6
- 109.
8.0
71.
- 0.022
- 0.006
- 0.060
- 0.020
- 0.200
- 0.080
- 0.260
4.0
4.0
MEAN
12.1
7.6
57.
7.9
64.
0.012
0.003
0.027
0.020
0.188
0.047
0.215
3.4
3.4
MEDIAN
12.7
7.4
101.
7.9
66.
0.011
0.002
0.030
0.020
0.200
0.050
0.230
3.1
3.5
                                                                                 3RD SAMPLING


                                                                                       0 SITES


                                                                               RANGE         MEAN
                                                                                           MEDIAN
                                                                        —««««««»«««»««•»»»«»*«»»
                                                                        —«»«»««««««««««•»»«««»««
                                                                »»««»»  _«»»»«««»««*»»«»**»«»««
                                                                «»«««»  -»««»»«»«•»«»«««»«*««»«»


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                                                                «•«**»«  _«*«««»««««»»««»«**«•»««

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B.  Biological Characteristics:
    1.  Phytoplankton -
Sampl i ng
Date
08/25/75
10/09/75
2. Chlorophyll a_ -
Sampling
Date
08/25/75
10/09/75
Limiting Nutrient Study:
1. Autoclaved, filtered,
Ortho
Spike (mg/1) Cone.
Control 0.
0.050 P 0.
0.050 P + 1.0 N 0.
1.0 N 0.
2. Discussion -
The control yield
Dominant
Genera
1. Fragilaria sp.
2. Cyclotella sp.
3. Asterionella SJD.
4. Cryptomonas sp.
Total
1. Cyclotella sp.
2. Fragilaria sp.
3. Cryptomonas SJD.
Total

Station
Number
1
2
3
1
2
3

and nutrient spiked -
P Inorganic N
(mg/1) Cone, (mg/1)
005 0.065
055 0.065
055 1.065
005 1 . 065

Algal Units
per ml
3,470
132
132
88
3,822
635
212
60
907

Chlorophyll a
(yg/1)
7.9
7.1
9.8
3.1
4.0
3.1


Maximum yield
(mg/1 -dry wt.)
0.1
1.7
16.0
0.1

of the assay alga, Selenastrum capri-
        cornutum, indicates that the potential primary productivity

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of Green Mountain Reservoir was low at the time the sample
was taken (10/09/75).  Also, the significant increase in
yield when only phosphorus was added, and the lack of response
when only nitrogen was added, indicate phosphorus limitation
at that time.
    The reservoir data also indicate phosphorus limitation;
the mean inorganic nitrogen/orthophosphorus ratios were 28/1
in August and 16/1 in October, and phosphorus limitation
would be expected.

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IV.   NUTRIENT LOADINGS
     (See Appendix E for data)
     For the determination of nutrient loadings,  the Colorado  National
 Guard collected monthly near-surface grab samples  from each of the
 tributary sites indicated on the map (page v), except for the months
 of June and July when two or three samples were  collected.  Sampling
 was begun in September,  1974,  and was completed  in August, 1975.
     Through an interagency agreement, stream flow  estimates for the
 year of sampling and a "normalized" or average year were  provided by
 the Colorado District Office of the U.S.  Geological  Survey for the
 tributary sites nearest the reservoir.
     In this report,  nutrient loads for sampled tributaries were
 determined by using a modification of a U.S.  Geological Survey computer
 program for calculating stream loadings*.   Nutrient loads shown are
 those measured minus point-source loads,  if any.
     Nutrient loads for unsampled "minor tributaries and immediate
 drainage" ("II" of U.S.G.S.) were estimated using  the means of the
 nutrient loads, in kg/km2/year,  at stations B-l  and D-l and multiplying
 the means by the II area in km2.
     The operator of the Silverthorne Sanitation  District  wastewater treat-
 ment plant provided monthly effluent samples  and corresponding flow data.
 The indirect point-source loads  leaving upstream Dillon Reservoir were
 calculated by multiplying the nutrient loads  leaving that reservoir via
   See Working  Paper No.  175.'

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the Blue River (1,860 kg P and 155,490 kg N) by the fractions of the
total nutrient loads contributed by the point sources (0.306 for P and
0.075 for N).
    A.  Waste Sources:
        1.  Known domestic* -
                        Pop.                  Mean Flow      Receiving
        Name            Served    Treatment   (m3/d)         Water
        Silverthorne SD  1,000    phosphorus    2,211.0      Blue River
                                   removal
        2.  Indirect domestic - During the sampling year, nine domestic
        point sources with a combined population equivalence of about
        5,330 discharged in the Dillon Reservoir drainage, and a portion
        of the nutrient loads from those sources reached Green Mountain
        Reservoir via the Blue River.  Phosphorus removal was provided
        at four of the treatment plants (P.E. ca. 3,750).
        3.  Industrial - Mining activities in Dillon Reservoir drainage,
        particularly in the Tenmile Creek watershed, are reported to con-
        tribute to elevated levels of molybdenum in that reservoir (Anony-
        mous, 1974).  The nutrient significance of the mining operations
        is not known but is assumed to be minimal.
* Treatment plant questionnaire.

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    B.  Annual Total Phosphorus Loading - Average Year:
        1.  Inputs -
                                              kg P/          % of
            Source                            yr             total
            a.   Tributaries (non-point load) -
                Blue River                    3,810           57.9
                Black Creek                     375            5.7
                Otter Creek                     345            5.2
                Cataract Creek                  205            3.1
            b.   Minor tributaries & immediate
                 drainage (non-point load) -    795           12.1
            c.   Known municipal STP's -
                Silyerthorne SD                 325            4.9
                Indirect - Dillon Reservoir     570            8.7
                 drainage
            d.   Septic tanks* -                  10            0.2
            e.   Industrial - Unknown            ?
            f.   Direct precipitation** -        150            2.3
                        Total                 6,585          1QO.O
        2.   Outputs -
            Reservoir outlet - Blue River     6,390
        3.   Net annual P accumulation - 195 kg.
* Estimate based on 30 shoreline dwellings and one campground; see Working
  Paper No. 175.
** See Working Paper No. 175.

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        Annual Total Nitrogen Loading - Average Year:

        1.   Inputs -

                                              kg N/          % of
             Source                            yr             total
            a.  Tributaries (non-point load) -

                Blue River                    103,755         59.1
                Black Creek                    10,705          6.1
                Otter Creek                     2,055          1.2
                Cataract Creek                  5,600          3.2

            b.  Minor tributaries & immediate
                 drainage (non-point load) -   21,355         12.2

            c.  Known municipal STP's -

                Silverthorne SD                10,690          6.1
                Indirect - Dillon Reservoir    11,660          6.6
                 drainage

            d.  Septic tanks* -                   355          0.2

            e.  Industrial - Unknown              ?

            f.  Direct precipitation** -        9,285          5.3

                        Total                 175,460        100.0

        2.  Outputs -

            Reservoir outlet - Blue River     168,530

        3.  Net annual N accumulation - 6,930 kg.

        Non-point Nutrient Export by Subdrainage Area:

        Tributary                             kg P/km2/yr    kg N/km2/yr

        Blue  River                                 3              78
        Black Creek                                8             223
        Otter Creek                               16              94
        Cataract Creek                             6             154
* Estimate based on 30 shoreline dwellings and one campground; see Working
  Paper No. 175.
** See Working Paper No. 175.

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E.  Yearly Loads:
        In the following table, the existing phosphorus loadings
    are compared to those proposed by Vollenweider (Vollenweider
    and Dillon, 1974).   Essentially, his "dangerous" loading is
    one at which the receiving water would become eutrophic or
    remain eutrophic;  his "permissible" loading is that which
    would result in the receiving water remaining oligotrophic
    or becoming oligotrophic if morphometry permitted.   A meso-
    trophic loading would be considered one between "dangerous"
    and "permissible".
        Note that Vollenweider's model  may not be applicable to
    water bodies with  short hydraulic retention times.
                              Total  Phosphorus       Total  Nitrogen
    	Total   Accumulated"    Total    Accumulated
    grams/m2/yr             0.77       0.02        20.4       0.8
    Vollenweider phosphorus loadings
     (g/m2/yr) based on mean depth and mean
     hydraulic retention time of Green Mountain Reservoir:
        "Dangerous"  (eutrophic loading)            1.34
        "Permissible"  (oligotrophic loading)       0.67

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V.  LITERATURE REVIEWED

    Anonymous, 1974.  Dillon Reservoir - Blue River study, Colorado, June,
        July, August - 1973.  Tech. Invest.  Br.,  Surv.  & Anal.  Div., EPA
        Region VIII, Denver.

    Lang, Derald E., 1977.   Personal  communication (review of preliminary
        report; status of waste treatment facilities as of July, 1977).
        CO Dept.  of Health, Denver.

    Nelson, Wesley C., 1955.  Green Mountain Reservoir studies, 1949-1950.
        CO Dept.  of Game & Fish,  Denver.

    Vollenweider, R. A., and P. J.  Dillon,  1974.   The application of
        the phosphorus loading concept to eutrophication research.
        Natl. Res. Council  of Canada  Publ.  No.  13690, Canada Centre
        for Inland Waters,  Burlington, Ontario.

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VI.  APPENDICES
                                  APPENDIX A
                                 LAKE RANKINGS

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•_&<=: D#TA re BR u
LAKE
CODE  LAKE NAME

0801  BACKER RESEKVOIR

OS02  BARK LAKE

0803  BLUE MESA RESERVOIR

0804  CHERRY CREEK LAKE

0805  CUCHARAS RESERVOIR

0806  DILLON RESERVOIR

0807  GRAND LAKE

0808  GREEN MOUNTAIN RESERVOIR

0809  HOL8ROOK LAKE

0810  LAKE MEREDITH

0811  MILTON RESERVOIR

0813  NAVAJO RESERVOIK

0313  SHADOW MOUNTAIN LAKE
MEDIAN
TOTAL fi
0.023
0.930
0.019
0.054
0.263
0.009
0.013
0.010
0.329
0.397
0.846
0.036
0.020
MEDIAN
INO»G N
0.045
1.090
0.040
0.040
0.040
0.040
0.040
0.040
0.070
0.110
2.280
0.050
0.040
500-
MEAN SEC
419.000
451.333
395.750
469.333
490.000
181.750
366.500
391.167
490.333
489.667
429.333
479.400
427.000
MEAN
CHLORA
5.333
26.767
6.817
33.322
27.400
3.150
4.900
5.833
111.933
164.678
5.900
2.180
5.700
15-
MIN DO
9.400
10.200
13.800
10.000
14.800
9.200
10.200
9.100
9.000
10.400
9.300
10.000
9.200
MED I
OISS ORTi
0.006
0.730
0.005
0.007
0.015
0.002
0.003
0.002
0.028
0.098
0.808
0.013
0.003

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LAKE
CODE

OflOl

0802

0803

0804

0805

0806

0807

0808

0809

0810

0811

0813

0813
  Or LAKES wITM HIGHER VALUES


LAKE NAME

BARKER RESERVOIR

BARft LAKE

BLUE MESA RESERVOIR

CHERRY CREEK LAKE

CUCHARAS RESERVOIR

DILLON RESERVOIR

GRAND LAKE

GREEN MOUNTAIN RESERVOIR

HOLUROOK LAKE

LAKE MEREDITH

MILTON RESERVOIR

NAVAJO RESERVOIR

SHADOW MOUNTAIN LAKE
OF LAKES
                                                                 VALUES)
MEDIAN
TOTAL P
58 (
0 (
75 (
42 (
33 (
100 <
83 (
92 (
?5 (
17 <
8 (
50 (
67 (
7)
0)
9)
5)
4)
12)
10)
11)
3)
2)
1)
6)
8)
MEDIAN
INORG N
42 (
8 (
87 ('
87 (
58 (
58 <
87 (
58 <
25 (
17 (
0 (
33 (
87 (
5)
1)
9)
9)
6)
6)
9)
6)
3)
2)
0)
4)
9)
500-
MEAN SEC
67 (
42 (
75 (
33 (
8 (
100 (
92 <
83 <
0 (
17 <
50 (
25 (
58 (
8)
5)
9)
4)
1)
12)
11)
10)
0)
2)
6)
3)
7)
MEAN
CHLORA
75 <
17 (
42 (
33 (
25 (
92 (
83 (
58 (
3 (
0 (
50 <
100 (
67 (
9)
2)
5>
4)
3)
11)
10)
7)
1)
0)
6)
12)
8)
15-
MIN UO
58 (
29 (
8 (
46 (
0 (
75 (
29 (
92 (
100 (
17 (
75 (
46 (
75 (
7)
3)
1)
5)
0)
8)
3)
11)
12)
2)
8)
5)
8)
MEDIAN
DISS ORTHO P
5d (
6 (
67 (
50 «
33 (
96 (
79 (
96 (
25 (
17 (
0 (
42 (
79 (
7)
1)
8)
6)
4)
11)
9)
11)
3)
2)
0)
5)
9)
INDEX
NO
358
104
354
291
157
521
453
479
183
85
113
296
433

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 LAKES  RANKED  BY  INDEX NOS.



 RANK   LAKE  CODE  LAKE NAME                INDEX NO






    i   0806       DILLON  RESERVOIR           521



    2   0808       GREEN MOUNTAIN  RESERVOIR   479



    3   0807       GRAND LAKE                 453




    4   0813       SHADON  MOUNTAIN LAKE       433



    5   0801       BARKER  RESERVOIR           358




    6   0803       SLUE MESA RESERVOIR        354




    7   0812       NAVAJO  RESERVOIR           296




    8   0804       CHERRY  CREEK  LAKE          291



    9   0811       MILTON  RESERVOIR           183



   10   0809       HOLBROOK LAKE             183




   11   0805       CUCHARAS RESERVOIR         157



-.„  12   0802       BARR LAKE                  104



   13   0810       LAKE MEREDITH               85

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    APPENDIX B





CONVERSION FACTORS

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                CONVERSION FACTORS



Hectares x 2.471 = acres

Kilometers x 0.6214 = miles

Meters x 3.281 = feet

Cubic meters x 8.107 x 10   = acre/feet

Square kilometers x 0.3861 = square miles
                          %
Cubic meters/sec x 35.315 = cubic feet/sec

Centimeters x 0.3937 = inches
  4
Kilograms x 2.205 = pounds

Kilograms/square kilometer x 5.711 = Ibs/square mile

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    APPENDIX C
TRIBUTARY FLOW DATA

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                                   TRIBUTARY FLO* INFORMATION FOR COLORADO

LA
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                                   TRIBUTARY FLOW  INFORMATION FOR COLORADO
                                                                                          09/34/76
LA
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        APPENDIX D





PHYSICAL and CHEMICAL DATA

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STDRET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/09/2*
                                                                  080801
                                                                 39 52 34,0 106 18 57.0 3
                                                                 GREEN MOUNTAIN RESERVOIR
                                                                 08117   COLORADO
                                                                 HEPALtS  751210     2111202
                                                                  0070 FEET  DEPTH  CLASS 00
DATE
FROM
TO
75/08/25




75/10/09






DATE
FROM
TO
75/08/25




75/10/09





TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
13 30 0000
13 30 0005
13 30 0022
13 30 00*0
13 30 0066
16 50 0000
16 50 0005
16 50 0018
16 50 0045
16 50 0090
16 50 0129

TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
13 30 0000
13 30 0005
13 30 0022
13 30 0040
13 30 0066
16 50 0000
16 50 0005
16 50 0018
16 50 0045
16 50 0090
16 50 0129
00010
*ATER
TEMP
CENT
13.5
13.3
13.5
12.6
11.0
13.0
12.8
12.5
12.5
12.4
12.5
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.010
0.009
0.008
0.008
0.006
0.010
0.009
0.010
0.009
0.011
0.022
00300 00077 00094
DO TRANSP CNOUCTVY
SECCHI FIELD
MG/L INCHES MICROMHO
7.2 96
7.2
7.0
6.8
5.9
7.2 156
7.2
7.2
7.2
7.4
7.0
32217 00031
CHLRPHYL INCDT LT.
A REMNING
UG/L PERCENT
7.9




3.1





114
110
109
108
103
101
106
1
1
1
1















00400 00410
PH T ALK
CAC03
su
7.60
8.10
7.90
7.85
7.60
7.75
7.80
7.80
7.80
7.75
7.70















MG/L
48
49
49
49
42
60
66
67
71
70
70















00610 00625 00630 00671
NH3-N TOT KJEL N02S.N03 PHOS-D1S
TOTAL N N-TOTAL ORTHO
MG/L
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0















.020K
.020K
.020K
.020K
.020K
.020K
.020K
.020K
.020K
.020K
.020K















MG/L
0.200K
0.200K
0.200K
0.200
0.200K
0.200K
0.200K
0.200K
0.200K
0.200K
0.200K















MG/L
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.030
0.120
0.030
0.030
0.030
0.030
0.030
0.030















MG/L P
0.002K
0.002K
0.002K
0.002K
0.002K
0.003
0.002K
0.002K
0.002
0.002K
0.002K















           K VALUE  KNOWN  TO  BE
           LESS  THAN  INDICATED

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STORE! RETRIEVAL DATE 76/09/34
                                                                  080802
                                                                 39 52 15.0 106 16 57.0 3
                                                                 GREEN MOUNTAIN RESERVOIR
                                                                 08117   COLORADO
                                                                 11EPALES  751210     2111202
                                                                  0095 FEET  DEPTH  CLASS 00

DATE
FROM
TO
75/08/25




75/10/09





TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
14 00 0000
14 00 0005
14 00 0021
14 00 0055
14 00 0091
16 30 0000
16 30 0005
16 30 0016
16 30 0040
16 30 0062
00010
WATER
TEMP
CENT
14.6
14.7
14.3
12.2
10.9
12.9
12.9
12.8
12.7
12.5
00010
WATER
TEMP
CENT
00300
DO

MG/L
00077
TRANSP
SECCHI
INCHES
00094
CNDUCTVY
FIELD
MICROMHO
00400
PH

su
00410
T ALK
CAC03
MG/L
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
00630
N02fc,N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTMO
MG/L P
                                   7.4
                                   7.5
                                   7.0
                                   6.6
                                   6.7
                                   7.4
                                   7.8
                                   7.8
                                   7.4
                                   7.4
 80
138
107
107
105
102
104
108
108
107
104
107
8.20
8.20
8.10
7.75
7.50
7.80
7.90
7.90
7.90
7.90
43
44
44
43
47
63
63
66
67
66
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.200K
0.200K
0.200K
0.200K
0.20 OK
0.200K
0.200K
0.200K
0.200K
0.200K
0.030
0.020K
0.020K
0.060
0.080
0.030
0.020
0.020K
0.020
0.020
0.002K
0.002K
0.002K
0.002K
0.002K
0.003
0.002K
0.002K
0.005
0.002K

DATE
FROM
TO
75/08/25




75/10/09





TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
14 00 0000
14 00 0005
14 00 0021
14 00 0055
14 00 0091
16 30 0000
16 30 0005
16 30 0016
16 30 0040
16 30 0062
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.009
0.009
0.009
0.008
0.014
0.013
0.011
0.010
0.010
0.012
32217
CHLRPHYL
A
UG/L
7.1




4.0




00031
INCDT LT
REMNING
PERCENT










           K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
           LESS THAN INDICATED

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/09/24
                                                                  080803
                                                                 39 50 07.0 106 14 30.0 3
                                                                 GREEN MOUNTAIN RESERVOIR
                                                                 08117   COLORADO
                                                                 11EPALES  751210     2111202
                                                                  0027 FEET  DEPTH  CLASS 00
DATE
FROM
TO
75/08/25



75/10/09




DATE
FROM
TO
75/08/25



75/10/09



TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
14 30 0000
14 30 0005
14 30 0018
14 30 0024
16 00 0000
16 00 0005
16 00 0015
16 00 0023

TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
14 30 0000
14 30 0005
14 30 0018
14 30 0024
16 00 0000
16 00 0005
16 00 0015
16 00 0023
00010
WATER
TEMP
CENT
14.6
14.7
14.0
13.2
12.7
12.8
10.0
6.8
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.010
0.013
0.014
0.016
0.016
0.012
0.011
0.012
00300
DO
MG/L
7.
7.
7.
7.
7.
8.
8.
9.
32217
00077 00094
TRANSP CNDUCTVY
SECCHI FIELD
INCHES MICROMHO
2 75
3
2
2
8 108
0
2
6
00031
109
108
108
109
109
I
1
1

00400 00410
PH T ALK
CAC03
SU
7.70
8.05
8.00
8.10
7.95
8.00
8.00
8.00
i
i

MG/L
46
44
50
50
56
54
54
71

00610 00625 00630 00671
NH3-N TOT KJEL N02&N03 PHOS-DIS
TOTAL N N-TOTAL ORTHO
MG/L
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K

MG/L
0.300
0.400
0.500
0.400
0.200K
0.020K
0.200K
0.200K

MG/L
0.020K
0.020K
0.020
0.020
0.020
0.020K
0.020
0.060

MG/L P
0.002K
0.002K
0.002K
0.002K
0.006
0.002
0.002K
0.003

CHLRPHYL INCDT LT
A
UG/L
9.



3.



REMNING
PERCENT
8



1









































































          K  VALUE KNOWN  TO  BE
          LESS THAN INDICATED

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       APPENDIX E

TRIBUTARY AND WASTEWATER
  TREATMENT PLANT DATA

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STORE! RETRIEVAL DATE 76/09/34
  DATE   TIME DEPTH N02&N03
  PROM    OF
   TO    DAY  FEET
7^/09/28
74/11/24
74/12/21
75/01/26
75/02/26
75/04/01
75/06/02
75/06/12
75/06/29
75/07/12
75/07/26
75/08/28
12
15
16
14
14
15
11
11
10
10
10
10
07
00
25
14
50
30
?0
25
30
25
30
27
 0808A1
39 52 00.0 106 20 00.0 4
BLUE *IV£R
08      SUMMIT CO n»- MP
0/GWEEN MOUNTAIN RES     110391
SEC *0 8RDG 24.8 MI >.* OF SILVES
11EPALES             2111204
 0000 FEET  OEPTri  C.JSS 00
                                                                                                   ^ORNE
'0630
I&N03
OTAL
IG/L
0.080
C.056
0.048
0.075
o.oao
0.100
0.115
0.105
0.125
0.145
0.135
0.010
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.200
0.400
0.100K
0.900
0.400
0.450
0.350
0.100
0.250
0.100
0.250
0.150
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.01C
0.020
0.024

0.016
0.010
0.020
0.025
0.020
0.010
0.015
0.005
00671
PhOS-OIS
ORT-IO
MG/C P
O.OC5K
0.005K
0.008K
0.017
0.008K
0.005K
0.005K
0.005K
0.010
0.005
0.005K
0.005K
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.005K
0.010K
0.010K
0.030
0.010K
0.010K
0.020
0.010K
0.020
0.020
0.0101V
0.030
      K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
      LESS THAN INDICATED

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STOKET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/09/24
  DATE   TIME DEPTH N02J.N03
  FROM    OP
   TO    DAY  FEET
74/09/28
74/11/24
74/12/21
75/01/26
75/04/01
75/04/27
75/06/02
75/06/12
75/06/29
75/07/12
75/07/26
75/08/28
10 40
13 40
15 15
12 45
14 30
12 30
10 10
12 05
10 05
10 00
10 10
10 00
                                                                   0808A2
                                                                  39  49  30.0  106  13  00.0  4
                                                                  BLUE RIVER
                                                                  08      SUMMIT  CO  HWY MP
                                                                  T/GREEN MOUNTAIN RES      110391
                                                                  RT  9 dRDG 17 MI NNW OF  SILVERTHORrJE
                                                                  11EPALES             3111204
                                                                   0000  FEET  DEPTH  CLASS  00
10630
JJ.N03
OTAL
IG/L
0.104
0.120
0.120
0.120
0.135
0.150
0.175
0.125
0.085
0.035
0.030
0.100
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.200
0.100
0.100
0.800
1.350

0.237
0.100
0.250
0.250
0.150
0.100
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.005
0.010
0.024
0.048
0.035
0.020
0.055
0.040
0.010
0.010
0.015
0.005K
00671
PKOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.005K
0.005K
O.OOHK
0.019
0.005K
0.005
0.005K
0.005K
0.005
0.005
0.005K
0.005K
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.010
0.010K
0.010K
0.020
0.010K
0.030
0.022
0.010K
0.010
0.030
0.020
0.010K
     K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
     LESS THAN  INDICATED

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/09/?4
                                                                 39 51 30.0 106 15 30.0 4
                                                                 BLAC* CREEK
                                                                 03      SUMMIT CO HWY MP
                                                                 T/GRtEN MOUNTAIN RES     110391
                                                                 SEC SD 8RD6 3.6 MI S£ OF HEENEY
                                                                 11EPALES             2111204
                                                                  0000 fEET  DEPTH  CLASS 00
DATE
FROM
TO
74/09/28
74/11/24
75/01/26
75/04/27
75/06/02
75/06/12
75/06/29
75/07/12
75/07/26
75/08/28
00630 00625
TIME DEPTH N02&N03 TOT KJEL
OF N-TOTAL N
DAY FEET
11
14
13
13
10
13
11
11
11
11
05
00
15
05
25
00
00
50
00
49
MG/L
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.012
.032
.104
.170
.040
.065
.065
.065
.045
.020
MG/L
0.500
0.300
0.400
0.150
0.150
0.400
0.600
0.325
0.150
0.050K
00610 00671 00665
NH3-N PhOS-DIS PHOS-TOT
TOTAL URTHO
MG/L
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
c.
0.
0.
0.
0.
010
010
032
010
015
050
015
015
010
005K
MG/L
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
p
005K
005K
015
005
005K
005K
005
005
005K
005K
MG/L P
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.005
,010K
.015
.020
.020
.010K
.020
.025
.010K
.010K
     K  VALUE KNOWN TO BE
     LESS  THAN  INDICATED

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STORET RET~IE<*^ OATE  76/09/24
                      00630
  OATE   TIMF DEPTH N02&N03
  FROM    OF        N-TOTAL
   TO    DAr  FEET    MG/L
74/09/28 11 28
74/11/24 14 11
75/06/02 10 45
75/06/12 12 50
75/06/29 10 55
75/07/12 10 45
75/07/26 10 55
75/08/28 11 31
0.016
0.072
0.035
0.045
0.010
0.010
0.035
0.025
  00625
TOT KJEL
   N
  MG/L

   0.400
   0.600
   0.550
   0.350
   0.450
   0.550
   0.350
   0.350
 00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
 MG/L

  0.010
  0.020
  0.030
  0.035
  0.025
  0.020
  0.040
  0.005
  00671
PrlOS-DIS
 ORTHO
 MG/L P

   0.040
   0.030
   0.025
   0.045
   0.040
   0.050
   0.085
   0.055
                                                                  080SC1
                                                                 39 51 20.0 106 16 00.0 4
                                                                 OTTEK CREEK
                                                                 08      SUMMIT CO H«r MP
                                                                 T/GREEN MOUNTAIN RES     110391
                                                                 SEC RD BROG 3.0 Ml SE OF HEENEY
                                                                 11EPALES             2111204
                                                                  0000 FEET  DEPTH  CLASS 00
  00665
PMOS-TOT

 MG/L P

   0.057
   0.030
   0.050
   0.050
   0.070
   0.090
   0.120
   0.130

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/09/34
  DATE   TIME DEPTH N02S.N03
  FROM    OF
   TO    OAY  FEET
74/09/28
74/11/24
75/04/27
75/06/02
75/06/12
75/06/29
75/07/12
75/07/26
75/08/28
11 <*5
14 30
13 ?5
11 00
12 40
10 45
10 35
10 45
11 00
                                                                  0806D1
                                                                 39 51 45.0 106 17 00.0 4
                                                                 CATARACT CREEK
                                                                 08      SUMMIT CO riWY MP
                                                                 T/GRcEN MOUNTAIN RES     110391
                                                                 SEC RO BRDG 1.8 Ml SE OF HEENEY
                                                                 11EFALES             2111204
                                                                  0000 FEET  DEPTH  CLASS 00
0630
'S.N03
OTAL
IG/L
0.092
0.043
0.105
0.025
0.020
0.025
0.015
0.015
0.010
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.200
0.500
0.650
0.250
0.150
0.250
0.250
0.150
0.100
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.005
0.007
0.035
0.025
0.030
0.020
0.040
0.010
0.005
00671
PHOS-OIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.005K
0.005K
O.OOSK
0.005K
0.005K
0.010
0.005
O.OOSK
0.005K
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
O.OOSK
0.010K
0.010
0.010
0.010K
0.010
0.020
0.010K
0.01QK
     K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
     LESS THAN INDICATED

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STORE! RETRIEVAL DATE  76/09/24
                                                                   0308AA          P00808AA     P001000
                                                                 39 39 45.0  106 04 55.0 4
                                                                 SILVESTHORNE
                                                                 08      7.5 DILLION
                                                                 T/GREEN MT. RES.         110391
                                                                 LOtfER BLUE RIVER
                                                                 11EPALES             3141204
                                                                   0000 FEET  DEPTH  CLASS 00
DATE
FROM
TO
75/01/31
75/03/03
75/03/31
75/04/30
75/05/28
75/06/11
75/07/02
75/07/23
75/08/14
75/09/04
75/09/24
75/10/15
75/11/05
00630
TIME DEPTH N02C.N03
OF N-TOTAL
DAY FEET
08
09
15
15
14
15
15
15
15
15
15
17
10
45
15
00
00
30
15
30
00
00
15
00
15
30
MG/L
0.
0.
0.
1.
0.
0.
4.
6.
13.
14.
15.
18.
16.
080
080
080
100
550
300
900
500
200
350
000
000
800
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
16.000
17.000
17.500
6.300
4.400
4.700
6.500
6.100
6.500
4.900
5.600
4.350
1.900
00610 00671 0066S
NH3-N PHOS-DIS PHOS-TOT
TOTAL ORTHO
MG/L
13.000
11.600
13.200
5.400
4.100
4.200
4.800
4.900
3.600
2.300
1.800
1.300
0.600
MG/L P
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.073
.140
.140
.088
.050K
.050K
.043
.050K
.025K
.060
.620
.390
.908
50051 50053
FLOW CONDUIT
RATE FLOW-MGD
MG/L P INST MGD MONTHLY
0.960
0.760
0.190
0.100K
0.100K
0.150
0.110
0.250
0.300
0.730
1.200
0.530
0.920
0.390
0.484
0.531
0.751
1.040
0.796
0.688
0.743
0.562
0.510
0.464
0.387
0.440
0.434
0.426
0.515
0.673
0.851
0.881
0.712
0.741
0.623
0.458
0.456
0.410
0.413
    K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
    LESS THAN INDICATED

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