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

Abstract

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.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA221968

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  • Carla Haake
  • Dorothy E. Hamlin Tillman

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  • Ground and Sea Platforms

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  • Calibration
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  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Flood Control
  • Groundwater
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Data
  • Optical Properties
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Suspended Sediments
  • Turbidity
  • Water Quality
  • Weather Stations

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  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering