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<br />Changes inlBlM's
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<br />The Bureau .of 4nd Manage-
<br />ment (BLM) Natieq'al Head-
<br />quarters, Assistant Pi. :recter, Land
<br />,and Renewable Re~urces, is
<br />~spensible fer the BLM's policy
<br />and pregram devel!>pment for
<br />Celerado River Sal(riity Centrol
<br />(CRSC) activities. lon Clark has
<br />recently joined the Branch of Seil,
<br />Water, and Air to s~rve asBLM's
<br />CRSC ceerdinater.! In this rele, he
<br />will coerdinate with the Advisory
<br />Ceuncil and Forun:\ .on the BLM
<br />pelicy and pr.ogran!l matters relat-
<br />ing te implementatl.on .of salinity
<br />~ontrol techniques.
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<br />The BLM Service Center,
<br />Dlvislen of Resoucl!s, Denver,
<br />Colorado, will be r~spensible fer
<br />technelegy devel~"ment and
<br />transfer relating te the salinity cen-
<br />trel activities. D Muller, Chief,
<br />Branch .of Physlcal~esources, will
<br />be c.o.ordlnating th~se efforts, in
<br />addltien te represehting the BLM
<br />at the technical werk greup
<br />meetings.
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<br />The Col.orad.o Sttate Director
<br />formerly c.oordinaE the BLM's
<br />CRSC pr.ogram. Seve Vandas,
<br />Hydrel.oglst, perfe. ed the task
<br />.of ceerdinating thE! BLM salinity
<br />centrel pregram. Steve will cen-
<br />tinue to ceordinat~ the salinity
<br />centrel activities w.lthin the State
<br />.of Celerade, and, lhus, his excel-
<br />lent backgreund aM expertise in
<br />salinity matters wlil net be lest.
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<br />USGS publishes
<br />reports
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<br />The Geolegical Survey's (USGS)
<br />water Resources Division provides
<br />and analyzeshydrelogic inferma-
<br />tion te assess the Nation's water
<br />reseurc
<br />Divisien scientists recently
<br />completed a majer study .of
<br />salinity in the Colorado River sys-
<br />tem. Results of this research in-
<br />clude a statistical analysis of
<br />streamflow and dissolved solids
<br />data for all gaging statiens In the
<br />Upper Celorade River Basin with,
<br />mere than 5 years .of recerd. Sig-
<br />nificant l.ong-term trends in dis-
<br />selved selids concentratien and
<br />salt load were found associated
<br />with reservoir development, min- .
<br />lng, salinity control, and changing
<br />irrlga tien practices. The reperts
<br />centainlng the results of this
<br />research are:
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<br />Mueller, D.K., and Gsen, 1.1.,
<br />Estimation of natural dissolved-solids
<br />discharge in the Upper Colorado
<br />River Basin, Western United States:
<br />U.S. Geelogical Survey Water-
<br />Resources Investigations Repert
<br />87-4069.
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<br />Mueller, D.K., and Liebermann,
<br />T.D., Extension of streamflow and dis- .
<br />solved-solids records at selected sites
<br />in the Colorado River basin, Arizona,
<br />California, Colorado, Nevada, NeW
<br />Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming: U.S.
<br />Geolegical Survey Water-
<br />Resources Investigations Report
<br />87-4203,
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<br />Estimating
<br />Economic Impacts
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<br />The research study to update
<br />the ecellomlc impacts of slllinity
<br />in the Celerado River was '.cem-
<br />pleted and the report pubJisheq.in
<br />February 1988. The repert, - .'.
<br />. Estimating Economic Impacts of .
<br />Salinity of the Colorado River .
<br />reported sallnitydamages'frem.
<br />the Celorade River at apprexl-
<br />mately $310.8 mllll.on annl/ally
<br />based en the 1976-85averlfge level
<br />of river salinity and the 500 mg/L
<br />selected baseline value;
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<br />. Price-San' Rafael
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<br />Reclamatien's Plan Fermulation
<br />Workillg Documellt was ".
<br />cempleted alld thenewly:formu-
<br />lated jeint plan With the Spll C.on-
<br />servatiell Servjce, Departm~mt of .
<br />Agriculture, will,remove libout
<br />70,800 tons of salt frem the river
<br />system. The cost effectivEllless of
<br />the camblned plallls praj~ted ta
<br />be abeut$55 per ten of satt
<br />remaved.
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<br />Work by both agellcieshas
<br />started an the jaillt pla:nning
<br />report alld envlrenmental .
<br />statemellt.
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