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<br />W <br />f\:l <br />CO <br />o <br /> <br />with technical assistance as needed being provided by the Engineering <br /> <br /> <br />and Research Center. A new division is being established at the <br /> <br />E&R Center as a focal point for the program to serve the multifaceted <br /> <br />coordination and leadership activities involved. <br /> <br />The Implementation <br /> <br />Assuming all projects now under investigation or scheduled to be <br /> <br />investigated are implemented, the program is expected to involve <br /> <br />capital expenditures in the order of magnitude of $400 to $500 million. <br /> <br />These costs are to be shared with the beneficiaries. Therefore, an <br /> <br />essential feature of the feasibility studies and the related basin- <br /> <br />wide studies will be to develop equitable cost sharing and repayment <br /> <br />formulas. New institutional arrangements may be required not only <br /> <br />as related to cost sharing and repayment, but also to the operation <br /> <br />and maintenance of the constructed facilities. The urgency of the <br /> <br />salinity conditions in the lower reach makes it imperative that move- <br /> <br />ment from the study to the construction phase be expedited. This could <br /> <br />be done for individual projects within a period of 1 to 2 years follow- <br /> <br />ing completion of a favorable finding of feasibility. In the interim, <br /> <br />as previously stated, some salinity improvements can be anticipated <br /> <br />through alteration of river operations using the mathematical model <br /> <br />and from the irrigation scheduling and management activities. <br /> <br />xv <br /> <br />