WSP08758

• File Number: 8273.100
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control - Federal Agencies - Bureau of Reclamation
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 7/1/1985
• Author: DOI BOR
• Title: Salinity Update - July 1985 - A Quarterly Report on the Colorado River Water Improvement Program
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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Grand Valley Unn Hlghllne Canal
Cracks

A porbon of !he lined Hfghlme Canallf'l the
Stage One aree has oo..ek:lped Cracks 0\I9f
the last few years, Four types of ~ are
present longitUdinal cracks in the bottom of
the canal, buckles in concrete panets, vertICal
Cf1lCks above the water1lfle. and offsets aJong
the lower long!tlJ(MaJ ;omt on the north side
01 the canal
The Ihroo l:>uc:l(1elj IlTe8S WMl replaced thIS
spring Some at the concrete In the budl:1ed
panels apperarlld to be trunner than called for
In the specificatIonS. and thIS may have
contnbuted to the buckling
The ReglQl"l81 PrDject Committee believes
that most crat;l(s resulted from lreeze-tIlaW
condrtlQl"lS and that the water QOe!i behind
the concrete through contractlOl'l pints or
dll"eelty through the concrete Morlltonng
wells have ShOwn that water is not coming
from ponded runoft In the nearby detention
drtch.
It IS also important 10 note thaI monrtonng
wellS Show that canal walSf IS not lealung
Ihrough the lining foundation and. thefflfore.
the Cf8Ql.ing is not affecting sahMy control
ef1ectlV9neSS The compacted eerttl beneetl'l
the concrete in combination WItt! the
concrete IS effect~ stopping seepage The
monitoring 01 the cracks and obsetvallOO
wells will continue

Trash R_e and Moa Scrwn dttncult to
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The Reclamanon Const1'\.lCtJQn ProteCtS
OffICe made modifications last summer 10
keep the trash removal structure tn operall()l"l.
but the facility is difficult to operate and
maintain and is Iabor-mtenslve ~eclamatlOl1
pen;onne/ will operate the facility thIS
IrrigatJon season More satJstactory. long-
Ieml optlO"lS a~ betng evaluated.

Coopetlltlve Agreement lor
Saline Water Use and Disposal
Projects
t1y WiJJTB( F,t& Acting Pm,ect Manager
Sall"le Water Transoorl and US€ ()+Ioce
B.Jl'1:l8uof RecLamlltJol'l
On March 18. 1985. ReclamatJOrl and
Westem Resource TI'a/'lSPOft Inc Signed

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Tr..h .nd dltbtl, remo'ul .'r\lcture on the Gr.nd V.lley GO.ltmment Hlghllne C.n...

McxlrflcatlOl1 No 2 10 a Cooperat~
Agreemenl between twO partl8S This
agreement spellS out the roles and
i'eSpClnSlbll~ of bOtt'I groups related to
fee&bihty studlElS on the WESTRANS ProteCt
(a liquid cart;:l()n dl()xld&lcoaJ Sluny ppehne)
and saline watel' use and disposal prQfeCts. In
adcIrbon, the agreement establishes the
framework 10 bUild and operate salinity
control lactllbes USIng a combmatJQn of
DUbhc and pnvsle funds
The objectIVe 01 the JOInt StudIeS .s to
identIfy pt"OfeCts v.rhtC/"l can be -pnvatlZed:
lh~ reducing the expend~ure 01 public
funds lor constructIOn andoperaltOf"l. Today,
across the NatlOrl, we are Sge1ng more and
more cases of ptlV8te firms financing and
operatIng effons tradrtlonally the

re5(:)OnSlbillTy 01 Federal and Slale
governments Some examples of
pnvatlZabOn u'lClude wastewater systems,
roads, and pnsons The move 10 pnvatlZe
Salinity control ptOfElCtS is an Innovative
approach for meeting public needs while
redUCIng QCl'w'ElfM'lent financing
The Cooperatl\l9AgrElemEll'1t specifies that
In canytng out saJ Inlty control projElCtS.
Reclamatlon WIn maintain overall
managemem and coorc:llnation
respot"\SlblllTy Weslern Resource Transport,
Inc.. Will evaluate saline waler technOIoglOS.
perform engineenng and econormc studies
and f1nanc18J analyses, and develop plans
and funding optIOns to prMllZe the pro;ects
In !he CooperatM! Agreement. Western
Resource Transport Inc" made a

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