Rio Grande sediment study -- Supply and transport
- Resource Technology, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
The 1992 New Mexico State Legislature directed the Interstate Stream Commission (ISC) to study the feasibility of clearing and deepening the channel of the Rio Grande between Albuquerque and Elephant Butte to improve water conveyance and water conservation. The ISC requested the US Army Corps of Engineers-Albuquerque District (COE) to undertake this study under the Planning Assistance to States Program. The study was divided into two phases. Phase 1 consisted of an analysis of the sediment contribution to the Rio grande from the tributaries and an evaluation of the existing US Geological Survey (USGS) sediment gage data. Phase 2 will be an analysis, through the use of an HEC-6, Scour and Deposition in Rivers and Reservoirs, computer model, to determine the long-term performance of any Rio Grande channel improvements. This narrative presents the Phase 1 methods and results.
- OSTI ID:
- 415634
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9411293-; TRN: IM9704%%265
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 39. annual Mexico water conference: water future of Albuquerque and middle Rio Grande Basin, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 3-4 Nov 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of The water future of Albuquerque and Middle Rio Grande Basin: Proceedings of the 39. annual New Mexico water conference. WRRI report number 290; PB: 454 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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