Evaluating the long-term future of fine sediment in Lake Powell

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Evaluating the long-term future of fine sediment in Lake Powell Madeline Friend CEE 6440 December 7, 2017

Overview Introduction: Where? When? Who? Purpose: Why? Analysis: How? Lake Powell Aerial View Overview Introduction: Where? When? Who? Purpose: Why? Analysis: How? Case Study Summary: What? Beyond this course: What’s next?

Introduction Lake Powell and Glen Canyon Dam Second-largest reservoir in the United States Supports more than 38 million people Upper Basin water repository on Colorado River Law of the River mandates 8.23 million acre feet transferred from Lake Powell to Lake Mead annually Photo: Bureau of Reclamation

Introduction Downstream importance: Grand Canyon and beyond Photo: Amy Martin

Purpose How much storage capacity of Lake Powell is filled with sediment? Relationship between changing reservoir levels, catchment input, and geology

Analysis: Data Sources Elevation ArcGis online servers Streams NHDPlus USGS Stream Stats, Version 4 (Beta) Valuable for understanding basin characteristics of ungaged sites Geology USGS integrated geologic databases

Analysis: Basin Delineation Upstream of Colorado River at Lees Ferry USGS Gage 09380000

Analysis: Stream Properties & Hydrologic Terrain

Analysis Calculated contributing catchments at various reservoir levels Full pool (3,700 ft. = 1,128 m) Minimum power pool (3,490 ft. = 1,064 m) Dead pool (3,370 ft. = 1,027 m)

Analysis: Area

Analysis: Length

Analysis: Drainage Density

Analysis: Case Study

Analysis: Case Study

Analysis: Case Study North Wash Geology

Analysis: Case Study Erosion rates Non-linear function of sediment supply, grain size, and bedrock tensile strength Sklar and Dietrich (2001) Tensile strength of Glen Canyon Group Bursztyn et al. (2015) Sklar and Dietrich (2001)

Summary Necessity of Colorado River water management Analysis Climate change, increased demand, less available water Analysis Interoperability with online and desktop services Overlaying various physical data sets Rainbow Bridge, 1962 Photo by Philip Hyde

Beyond this course… Focus on full pool to minimum power pool Relevant parameter for policy discussion and adaptive management Categorize watershed by erodibility Calculate total volume available for tributary sedimentation Pre-dam topography and full pool Evaluate total volume filled for erodible and resistant rock

Questions? Thank you!