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<br />w <br />o <br />W <br />c..'l <br /> <br />Summary Data <br />Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program <br /> <br />Saljnity Program Repayment <br /> <br />Table 1 lists the construction status of units (or separable portions of each unit) for Reclamation <br />Salinity Control Program., The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) also has completed <br />individual onfann contracts, too numerous io list. The repayment for the USDA program is <br />summarized in table 2. <br /> <br />Table 2 includes a summary of the basin fund repayment for fiscal year 1996. The Advisory <br />Council discussed the allocation between the basin funds last year and retained the 85/15 allocation <br />between the lower and upper basin funds. Reclamation used this allocation for its fiscal year 1996 <br />repayment computations under section 205 of the Salinity Control Act. <br />. .. <br /> <br />Cost Effectiveness <br /> <br />Cost effectiveness ($/ton) is computed by annualizing capital expenditures at 8.0 percent interest <br />rate over the life of the project. Annual O&M costs (if any) are added to the annualized capital cost <br />and divided by the annual tons reduction. For Reclamation projects, project life for irrigation <br />improvements is 50 years. Test results indicate that the project life for Paradox will exceed 10 . <br />years. A 25-year life was assumed for this report. For USDA improvements, a 25-year life was <br />assumed. <br /> <br />Tables 3, 4, and 5 list expenditures, salt load reductions, and cost effectiveness for the Salinity <br />Program. For Reclljlllation units nearing completion, cost effectiveness was based on past. <br />expenditures and the balance to complete. For the USDA program, cost effectiveness is computed <br />based on past expenditures and salt load reductions: <br /> <br />22 <br /> <br />