Bureau of Reclamation: Lower Colorado Region

Salton Sea Restoration

Restoration of the Salton Sea Final Report
December 2007

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To navigate to specific volumes of links, click on the index below.

Volume I Evaluation of Alternatives	Volume II - Part 1 Embankment Designs and Optimization Study	Volume II - Part 2 Embankment Designs and Optimization Study

Document Section	File Size
VOLUME I - Cover/Table of Contents	150 KB
Chapter 1 - Introduction	872 KB
Chapter 2 - History of Plan Formulation	31 KB
Chapter 3 - Restoration Alternatives	1.1 MB
Chapter 4 - Future Conditions	480 KB
Chapter 5 - Biological Resource Issues	415 KB
Chapter 6 - Environmental Factors Affecting Project Visibility	78 KB
Chapter 7 - Costs of Alternatives	258 KB
Chapter 8 - Economic Analyses	141 KB
Chapter 9 - Restoration Study Findings and Recommendations	171 KB
References	20 KB
Appendix 1A - Alternative Cost Estimate Details and Worksheet	1.3 MB
Appendix 1B - Hydrologic Analysis - Flood Study	711 KB
Appendix 1C - Water Conveyance Features Design Criteria	195 KB
Appendix 1D - Executive Summary, Eutrophication/Selenuim Viability Workshop, July 25-27, 2005	42 KB
Appendix 1E - Salton Sea Sediment and Water Oxygen Demands	255 KB
Appendix 1F - Rationale for a Smaller "Marine Lake" at the Salton Sea	38 KB
Appendix 1G - Predicted Sediment Distribution and Resuspension in Proposed Alternatives for the Salton Sea	170 KB
Appendix 1H - Empirical Modeling of the Response in the Eutrophication of the Salton Sea to Various Physical Alternatives	82 KB
Appendix 1I -One-Dimensional Hydrodynamic and Thermodynamic Modeling of a Modified Salton Sea Under Future Inflow Conditions	1.3 MB
Appendix 1J - Selenium Risk Evaluation of Salton Sea Restoration Alternatives	485 KB
Appendix 1K - Selenium Risk to Aquatic Birds	390 KB
Appendix 1L - Fishery Sustainability -- Dissolved Oxygen	242 KB
Appendix 1M - Sediment Load and Transport	148 KB
Appendix 1N - Memo: SSA's Plan for Revitalizing the Salton Sea to Support Recreational Uses	1.5 MB
Appendix 1O - Scientific Note for the Development of DO Demands and a Concept-Level Oxygenation Diffuser System for South Lake of the Salton Sea	38 KB
VOLUME II - Part 1 - Cover/Table of Contents	92 KB
Chapter 1 - Introduction	33 KB
Chapter 2 - Executive Summary	31 KB
Chapter 3 - Restoration Alternatives	49 KB
Chapter 4 - Evaluation of Mid-Sea Dam and Barrier Options	183 KB
Chapter 5 - Optimized South- and North-Sea Dams, Perimeter Dikes, Concentric Lakes Dikes, and Habitat Pond Embankments Cross-Sections	108 KB
Chapter 6 - Results of Risk Analysis	157 KB
Chapter 7 - Project Constructability	104 KB
Chapter 8 - Construction Cost Estimates	103 KB
Chapter 9 - Conclusions and Recommendations	104 KB
Chapter 10 - References	78 KB
Figures	10.2 MB
Appendix 2A - Evaluation of Construction Material Sources	3.6 MB
Appendix 2B - Seepage and Stability Analysis Attachment A - Generalized Subsurface Profiles Attachment B - Seepage and Stability Analysis Results	2.4 MB 3.0 MB 7.7 MB
VOLUME II - Part 2 - Cover/Table of Contents	135 KB
Appendix 2C - Deformation Analyses Appendix 2C - Tables Appendix 2C - Figures	160 KB 135 KB 8.4 MB
Appendix 2D - Risk Analyses Attachment A - Project Drawings Attachment B - Event Trees Attachment C - Tables with Relevant Factors used in Probability Estimates Attachment D -- Risk Assessment Brainstorm Session Notes	533 KB 2.1 MB 159 KB 194 KB 6.3 MB
Appendix 2E - Optimization Seepage and Stability Analysis	6.2 MB
Appendix 2F Part 1 -- Construction Cost Estimates Part 2 -- Cost Estimate Worksheets Part 3 -- Quantity Estimate Worksheets Part 4 -- Unit Price Derivations Part 5 -- Quantity Estimates Supporting Documents	107 KB 131 KB 155 KB 3.7 MB 9.0 MB

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