Predicted Water Quality Impacts of Impoundments on the Rogue River, Oregon

This report documents efforts to evaluate the cumulative impacts of operation Lost Creek, Applegate, and Elk Creek Dams on water temperature and turbidity in the Rogue River, Oregon. The modified version of the US environmental Protection Agency's one-dimensional riverine water quality model, Q...

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Main Authors: Hamlin Tillman, Dorothy E, Haake, Carla
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
CALIBRATION
Hydrology, Limnology and Potamology
IMPACT
OREGON
REQUIREMENTS
SIMULATION
SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS
TEMPERATURE
TURBIDITY
WATER
WATER QUALITY
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Summary:This report documents efforts to evaluate the cumulative impacts of operation Lost Creek, Applegate, and Elk Creek Dams on water temperature and turbidity in the Rogue River, Oregon. The modified version of the US environmental Protection Agency's one-dimensional riverine water quality model, QUAL II, was used as a predictive tool to assess impacts of all projects on downstream temperatures and turbidity. Application of the US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station model CE-THERM-R1 to Lost Creek lake for a dry, wet, and average water year is also presented in this report. Other topics addressed are data requirements for CE-THERM-R1 and QUAL II, results of calibration/verification for both models, and results and conclusions from the five scenarios simulated with QUAL II. Keywords: Applegate dam; Applegate river; Elk creek dam; Lost creek dam; Model calibration/verification; Rogue river; Temperature and suspended sediment simulations; Turbidity.