WESTERN BOUNDARY WATER BULLETIN - 2001 -- INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION

CONTENTS


***Foreword and Acknowledgments         .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .      4

***General Hydrologic Conditions for 2001     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .      6

***Map of Western Boundary - Douglas, Arizona to Pacific Ocean  .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     44







                            I - COLORADO RIVER - IMPERIAL DAM TO GULF OF CALIFORNIA 





***Map of Lower Colorado River, United States and Mexico  .     .     .     .     .     .     Following Page    84





                                               QUANTITY OF WATER



Stream-Flow and Stage Records

***        Tributary - Reservation Main Drain No. 4 (California Drain)      .     .     .     .     .     .      8

***                    Yuma Main Canal Wasteway to Colorado River at Yuma, Arizona      .     .     .     .      9

***    Colorado River below Yuma Main Canal Wasteway at Yuma, Arizona - Discharges      .     .     .     .     10

***                   below Yuma Main Canal Wasteway at Yuma, Arizona - Stages    .     .     .     .     .     11

***        Tributary - Yuma Mesa Outlet Drain to Colorado River near Yuma, Arizona      .     .     .     .     12

***                    Drain No. 8-B (Araz Drain)   .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     13

***                    Pilot Knob Power Plant and Wasteway near Pilot Knob, California  .     .     .     .     14

***    Colorado River at Northerly International Boundary - Discharges      .     .     .     .     .     .     15

***                   at Northerly International Boundary - Stages    .     .     .     .     .     .     .     16

***        Tributary - Cooper Wasteway (Valley Division, Yuma Project)      .     .     .     .     .     .     17

***    Colorado River immediately above Morelos Dam - Stages    .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     18

***Diversions from the Colorado River - Intake Canal at Morelos Diversion Structure - Discharges    .     .     19

***                                                  at Morelos Diversion Structure - Stages  .     .     .     20

***    Colorado River immediately below Morelos Dam - Stages    .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     21

***        Tributary - Wellton-Mohawk Drainage Water Discharged to Colorado River below Morelos Dam .     .     22

***        Tributary - Eleven Mile Wasteway (Valley Division, Yuma Project) .     .     .     .     .     .     23

***    Colorado River at Eleven Mile Gage - Stages  .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     24

***        Tributary - Twenty-one Mile Wasteway (Valley Division, Yuma Project)   .     .     .     .     .     25

***    East Main Canal Wasteway (Valley Division, Yuma Project) .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     26

***    Yuma Main Drain (Valley Division, Yuma Project)    .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     27

***    West Main Canal Wasteway (Valley Division, Yuma Project) .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     28

***    242 Well Field near San Luis, Arizona  .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     29

***    Total Flows Crossing International Boundary into Mexico near San Luis, Sonora    .     .     .     .     30

***    Colorado River at Southerly International Boundary - Discharges      .     .     .     .     .     .     31

***                   at Southerly International Boundary - Stages    .     .     .     .     .     .     .     32

***    Wellton-Mohawk Bypass Drain at Southerly International Boundary      .     .     .     .     .     .     33

***        Tributary - Wasteway to Colorado River at Kilometer 27 in Mexico .     .     .     .     .     .     34

***        Tributary - Wasteway to Colorado River at Kilometer 38 in Mexico .     .     .     .     .     .     35

***Stored Water in Large Reservoirs of the Colorado River .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     36





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***Suspended Silt in the Colorado River and Intake Canal at Morelos Diversion Structure .     .     .     .     37

***Chemical Analyses of Water Samples   .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     38

***Specific Conductance of Water Samples      .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     39

***Specific Conductance of Water Samples  (cont)    .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     40





                                   CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA AND IRRIGATED AREAS





***Rainfall on the Colorado River Watershed   .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     41

***Location of Rainfall Stations on the Colorado River    .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     42

***Evaporation in the Colorado River Basin    .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     43

***Temperature in the Colorado River Basin    .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     46

***Temperature in the Colorado River Basin   (cont) .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     47

***Irrigated Areas along the Colorado River below Imperial Dam  .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     48





                                           II - ALAMO AND NEW RIVERS







                                               QUANTITY OF WATER



Stream-Flow and Stage Records

***    Alamo River at International Boundary  .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     49

***    New River at International Boundary    .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     50

***        Tributary - Wastes from Mexicali Potable Water Plant to New River in Mexico  .     .     .     .     51

***                    Waste Waters from Mexican System of Canals Entering the United States  .     .     .     52

***Salton Sea - Elevations of Water Surface   .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     53



              



                                               QUALITY OF WATER





***Chemical Analyses of Water Samples   .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     54

***Chemical Analyses of Water Samples (cont)  .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     55

***Chemical Analyses of Water Samples (cont)  .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     56







                                             III - TIJUANA RIVER





***Map of Tijuana River Drainage Basin  .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     57









                                              QUANTITY OF WATER



Stream-Flow Records

***    Cottonwood Creek above Morena Dam, California      .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     58

***                     below Morena Dam, California      .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     59

***                     above Barrett Dam, California     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     60

***Diversions from Cottonwood Creek - Dulzura Conduit below Barrett Dam, California     .     .     .     .     61

***    Cottonwood Creek below Barrett Dam, California     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     62

***                     above Tecate Creek near Dulzura, California   .     .     .     .     .     .     .     63

***        Tributary - Campo Creek near Campo, California .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     64

***    Inflows to Rodriguez Reservoir, Baja California    .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     65

***Diversions from Rodriguez Reservoir, Baja California   .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     66

***    Tijuana River at International Boundary      .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     67

***Stored Water in Reservoirs, Tijuana River Basin  .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     68





                           CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA AND DRAINAGE BASIN AND IRRIGATED AREAS







***Rainfall on the Tijuana River Watershed    .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     69

***Rainfall on the Tijuana River Watershed  (cont)  .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     70

***Location of Rainfall Stations on the Tijuana River Watershed .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     71

***Evaporation in the Tijuana River Basin     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     72

***Temperature in the Tijuana River Basin     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     72

***Drainage Areas above Gaging Stations and Irrigated Areas along Tijuana River and Tributaries     .     .     74





                             IV - WHITEWATER DRAW, SAN PEDRO, AND SANTA CRUZ RIVERS







***Map of Western Boundary - Santa Cruz River, San Pedro River, and Whitewater Draw Basins    .     .     .     75







                                               QUANTITY OF WATER





Stream-Flow Records

***    Whitewater Draw near Douglas, Arizona  .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     76

***    Sewage Influent, Douglas, Arizona International Treatment Plant      .     .     .     .     .     .     77

***    San Pedro River at Palominas, Arizona  .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     78

***    Santa Cruz River near Lochiel, Arizona .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     79

***                     near Nogales, Arizona .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     80

***    Sewage Influent, Nogales International Treatment Plant   .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     81







                                              CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA





***Rainfall and Location of Rainfall Stations on the Santa Cruz River Watershed   .     .     .     .     .     82

***Temperature in the Santa Cruz River Basin  .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     83

***Drainage Areas above Gaging Stations and Irrigated Areas along Santa Cruz River, San Pedro River,

     and Whitewater Draw    .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     84