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Identification of tire leachate toxicants and a risk assessment of water quality...
Cover is an important component of aquatic habitat and fisheries management. Fisheries biologists often try to improve habitats through the addition of natural and artificial material to improve cover diversity and complexity. Habitat-improvement... 1994-01-01
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The Impact of a water-imposed interruption of growth in the Las Vegas region
This study is prompted by the expectation that water supplies for the Las Vegas Valley, both those used currently and those additional quantities available from existing sources, cannot sustain significant further economic growth of the region... 1992-08-01
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Report on water pollution problems in Las Vegas Wash and Las Vegas Bay
This report was prepared by the Federal Water- Quality Administration, Pacific Southwest Region, now the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region IX, at the request of the State of Nevada, Department of Health, Welfare, and rehabilitation. In... 1971-11-01
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Escrow instructions to the First National Bank of Nevada regarding the transfer of Las...
Escrow instructions for the transfer of Las Vegas water production from the Union Pacific Railroad to the Las Vegas Valley Water District. Contract between the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad, the Union Pacific Railroad, and the Las Vegas Land... 1954-06-21
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Las Vegas Wash and Lake Mead proposed water quality standards: Revisions and rationale
Rationale of review and for proposed changes to the Nevada Pollution Control Regulations (NAC 445.1354, 445.1355, 445.1356, 455.1367, 445.1352, 445.1353, 445.1350, 445.1351) before the State Environmental Commission on June 23 and 24, 1987. 1987-05-01
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Water quality trends in the Las Vegas Wash wetlands
The Las Vegas Wash is a wetlands ecosystem that acts to buffer the effects of wastewater discharges on the receiving waters of Lake Mead. The wash is the terminus for the 4,144 km2 Las Vegas Valley drainage basin, emptying into Las Vegas Bay of... 1983-01-01
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Report of significant findings--Las Vegas Bay/Boulder Basin investigations
Field sampling was carried out between 0830 and 1500 beginning at the confluence of Las Vegas Wash and the Inner Las Vegas Bay. Ten (10) locations were sampled, each in a similar manner. Locations of sampling stations are in line from the Wash-Bay... 1996-04-08
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Benthic diatom community dynamics in the Colorado River: Interactive effects of...
The response to periodic desiccation of periphyton communities developed in eddy environments or in areas exposed to variable, direct current was examined. Algal communities were incubated on clay tiles for between 2 and 12 weeks in the Colorado... 1984-12-01
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Final environmental statement, Southern Nevada Water Project, second stage
The Southern Nevada Water Project, a water supply system for the Las Vegas area, was authorized by the Acts of October 22, 1965, and July 19, 1966 (Public Laws 89-292 and 89-510). These acts authorized staged development. The first stage,... 1977-06-06
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The Influence of the wastewater drainage from the Las Vegas Valley on the Limnology of...
Lake Mead, Colorado River, Arizona-Nevada, is one of the most heavily used reservoirs in the western United States, providing abundant recreational opportunities as well as downstream domestic and agricultural water for over 22 million users.... 1997-01-24
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Baseline water quality data inventory and analysis: Lake Mead National Recreation Area,...
This document presents the results of surface-water-quality data retrievals for Lake Mead National Recreation Area (LAME) from five of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) national databases: (1) Storage and Retrieval (STORET)... 1994-12-01
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A Conceptual draft of a dynamic hydro-biological model for Lake Mead
Food and energy transformation in an aquatic system must be understood in order to develop a simulation approach. This report provides a comprehensive study of an aquatic ecosystem. The objectives of this report are to show: (1) the biological... 1971-04-08
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Lake Mead and Lake Powell salinity reports
The enclosed reports were compiled for the Colorado River Water Quality Office based on salinity data for Lake Mead and Lake Powell. According to the regional director of the office, the reports are not considered "polished" documents for public... 1979-02-01
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Ground-water appraisal of the Meadow Valley area, Lincoln and Clark Counties, Nevada
This report, the 27th in the series of reconnaissance ground-water studies which were initiated following authorization by the I960 Legislature, gives the results of a study of the Meadow Valley area. This area includes eight valleys in... 1964-07-01
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Progress report on the ground-water resources of the Las Vegas Artesian Basin, Nevada
Whether the tremendously increased population acquired by Las Vegas in the years 1940 to 1942 will be retained cannot at present be foretold. However, the valley will undoubtedly be expected to support a considerably larger population than it did... 1945-03-01
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Introduction and enhancement of vegetative cover at Lake Mead
Studies done by the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) and the Arizona Fish and Game between 1978 and 1981 indicate that inadequate cover may be limiting the production and survival of largemouth bass at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area... 1989-12-01
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The 1963-64 Lake Mead Survey
The 1963-64 Lake Mead survey was run to compute the reservoir capacity. Results of the geodetic and hydrographic surveys and sediment sampling equipment are described. The geodetic survey showed Hoover Dam subsided an average of 118 mm since 1935.... 1970-08-01
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Water element of the Las Vegas 2020 master plan
Development in the city of Las Vegas is guided by the goals, objectives and policies outlined in the 2020 Master Plan, and elements of the Plan such as the Public Safety Element, which contain goals and policies designed to protect and enhance... 2005-01-01
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The influence of Lake Powell on the suspended sediment-phosphorus dynamics of the...
The Colorado River has been successively modified by the construction of several reservoirs, beginning in 1935 with the formation of Lake Mead by Hoover Dam. These reservoirs are located in a chain, and each one has an influence on the nutrient... 1983-01-01
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Seasonal and spatial heterogeneity in the limnetic zooplankton community of Lake Mead
Zooplankton samples collected from throughout Lake Mead, in 1981-1982, demonstrate the presence of a statistically significant seasonal and spatial heterogeneity in zooplankton densities. Seasonally, the major zooplankton groups were most abundant... 1984-05-01
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Biological studies of selected reaches and tributaries of the Colorado River
This report fulfills the request of the Colorado River Basin Project, Denver, Colorado, to determine the effects of municipal and industrial wastes on the aquatic life in selected waters of the Colorado River Basin. These studies were conducted... 1968-10-01
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Temporal and spatial variation in pelagic fish abundance in Lake Mead determined from...
Echograms have been used extensively to locate and estimate the relative abundance of marine fish stocks (Cushing 1973). In freshwater, echograms have been used to describe vertical (Netsch et al. 1971; Eggers 1978; O'Brien et al. 1984; Matthews... 1989-01-01
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Baseline water quality data inventory and analysis: Lake Mead National Recreation Area,...
This document presents the results of surface-water-quality data retrievals for Lake Mead National Recreation Area (LAME) from five of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) national databases: (1) Storage and Retrieval (STORET)... 1994-12-01
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Evaluation of impacts associated with reregulation of water levels in Lake Mohave
The U.S. Water and Power Resources Service is considering reregulating Lake Mohave water levels to increase the net power benefit from Hoover Dam. Reregulation will not increase the generation capacity of the Hoover powerplant but it will enable... 1980-03-01
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Interagency Lake Mead and Las Vegas Wash monitoring program: Standard operating...
A number of agencies sample Lake Mead and the Las Vegas Wash on a routine basis at several locations. In order to share and properly interpret the data, the Bureau of Reclamation, Southern Nevada Water Authority and the three Wastewater Treatment... 1998-10-01
