Studies of the effects of operating the Mt. Elbert pumped-storage powerplant on Twin Lakes, Colorado: 1980 report of findings

Technical Report · Tue Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6507441

LaBounty, J F; Sartoris, J J

A series of studies is being performed to qualify and quantify changes that occur in the limnological features of Twin Lakes, Colo. because of the Mt. Elbert Pumped-Storage Powerplant, which began operation in August 1981. This report presents the results of studies done in 1980. 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. The lakes are a pair of dimictic, connected, montane, drainage lakes of glacial origin. Based on seven limnological parameters, the lakes are classified as oligotrophic lakes.

• Research Organization: Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO (USA). Engineering and Research Center
• OSTI ID: 6507441
• Report Number(s): PB-82-237074
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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