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<br />25 <br /> <br /> <br />w <br />w <br />}.....,.. <br />o <br /> <br />IV PROGml STRUCTURE <br /> <br />The program is structured within the framework of existing Depart- <br /> <br />mental responsibilities and legislative requirements. These provide <br /> <br />the basis for a basin-wide planning approach to salinity control. <br /> <br />The program places early emphasis upon salinity control procedures <br /> <br />whose implementation does not involve structural measures. Thus <br /> <br />the least costly measures will be undertaken first. Concurrent <br /> <br />feasibility investigations are scheduled on various irrigation, <br /> <br />point, and diffuse sources. Related basin-wide studies are sched- <br />uled to over-view.individual control projects, assess implications <br /> <br />of new technology, and provide guidance to the selection of imp le- <br /> <br />mentation measures. The program will be closely integrated with <br /> <br />ongoing activities involving development of the Western U.S. Water <br /> <br />Plan, weather modification, desalting, geothermal resources and <br /> <br />research. The activities will be closely coordinated with other <br /> <br />Federal, State, and local agencies, and public and private gro~s <br /> <br />interested in the program. Cost-sharing and repayment formulas <br /> <br />would be developed and recommended prior to implementation of the <br /> <br />structural measures. Special organizational arrangements are being <br /> <br />made within the Bureau of Reclamation to enable close liaison with <br /> <br />affected entities and to enable efficient prosecution of the work. <br />