Effects of operating the Mt. Elbert Pumped-Storage Powerplant on Twin Lakes, Colorado: 1981 report of findings. Technical report

Technical Report · Wed Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5714857

LaBounty, J F; Sartoris, J J

A series of studies is being performed to identify and quantify changes that occur in the aquatic ecology of Twin Lakes, Colorado, because of the Mt. Elbert Pumped-Storage Powerplant, which began operation in August 1981. The results presented here are part of the investigations being done by the Bureau of Reclamation on the ecological effects of pumped-storage construction and operation. These studies have been going on since 1971. The Twin Lakes and the powerplant are being used for the primary field investigations. Although it is too early to identify any ecological changes, this report presents results of studies done in 1981. These results, along with those from other studies done since 1971 when the project began, are being used to define the preoperational limnology of Twin Lakes.

• Research Organization: Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO (USA). Engineering and Research Center
• OSTI ID: 5714857
• Report Number(s): PB-83-251199; REC-ERC-83-2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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