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<br />( .J <br />C,J water agreed to in 1944 at the quality standard agreed to j,l1 1975. Title I <br />".:.:,,4-1 <br />...~ of the Act includes reducing and treating drainage return flows from the <br /> <br />, <br />...' <br /> <br />I.:;'" <br /> <br />We11ton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District near Yuma, l~izona. The <br /> <br />second canponent (Title II) deals with the salinity contribution in the river <br /> <br />above Imperial Dam and the program necessary to meet U.S. wa.ter quality <br /> <br />standards while the Basin States continue to develop their <br /> <br />compact-apportioned waters. <br /> <br />Specifically Title II of the Act authorized the construction operation and <br /> <br />maintenance of four salinity-control projects, including the Gral~ Valley <br /> <br />Unit; and the expeditious completion of planning reports on lol other units <br /> <br />including the Uinta rlasin Unit, For tne Grand Valley Unit <br /> <br />Toe Secretary of <br /> <br />~r1culture is directed to cooperate in toe planning and construction of <br /> <br />onfarm system measures under programs available to that Uepsrtment." U;;UA <br /> <br />reports, which include a recommended plan to control salinity, were completed <br /> <br />for toe Grand Valley and Uinta Units (See Figure 1 for location). USUA <br /> <br />implementation and installation of onfarm salinity control measures began in <br /> <br />1979 in Grand Valley. Installation of irrigation improvements to control <br /> <br />salinity began in 1980 in the Uinta Basin. <br /> <br />9 <br /> <br />1-- <br />