Phreatophyte Water Usage

• Independent Peer Review of Tamarisk & Russian Olive Evapotranspiration Colorado River Basin
  This report focuses on ten specific questions on the current knowledge about tamarisk and Russian olive (TRO) effects on water availability. The Panel assembled to complete the report was asked to address whether TRO water use, or evapotranspiration (ET... Read More
• Why Do We Care About ET?
• Quantifying Riparian Evapotranspiration
• Approaches to ET Measurement
  As described in this short paper, methods for measuring ET range from relatively direct but resource-intensive methods, to more easily obtained empirical estimates.
• Evapotranspiration Measurement Methods
  This short paper describes different ET measurement techniques and the assumptions that are made for each technique. 
• ET–The Key to Balancing the Water Budget in the Southwest
• Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study Executive Summary
  The purpose of the Study, funded by the Bureau of Reclamation, was to define current and future imbalances in water supply and demand in the Basin and the adjacent areas of the Basin States that receive Colorado River water over the next 50 years (... Read More
• Tamarisk Control, Water Salvage, and Wildlife Habitat Restoration Along Rivers in the Western United States
• Native Versus Invasive: Plant Water Use in the Middle Rio Grande Basin
• Assessing the Potential Impact of Invasive Species Water Use on the Lower Colorado River
  Using three different methods to examine evapotranspiration, this poster presents the findings from a study that examined groundwater levels pre- and post-fire in a tamarisk dominated area at Cibola National Wildlife Refuge.  
• Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study: Study Report
  The Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study (Study), initiated in January 2010, was conducted by the Bureau of Reclamation’s (Reclamation) Upper Colorado and Lower Colorado regions, and agencies representing the seven Colorado... Read More
• Tamarix Transpiration Along a Semiarid River Has Negligible Impacts on Water Resources; Alyson McDonald