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<br />l\) <br />(..I.) <br />00 <br />w <br /> <br />construction funds were appropriated by Congress for <br />fiscal year 1977 in the following amounts for the three auth- <br />orized projects: Paradox Valley Unit - $550,000, Grand Valley - <br />$730,000, and Las Vegas Wash Unit - $800,000. With adequate <br />funding by Congress in the ensuing years, Paradox Valley should <br />be in operation by 1983, and with an estimated total salt re- <br />moval capability of 180,000 tons per year. The first stage of <br />the Grand valley Unit, comprising some 6,000 acres in the western <br />end of the valley, is scheduled for completion in 1980, with the <br />entire project scheduled for completion in 1987. The Bureau of <br />Reclamation now estimates the full salt removal capability of <br />this unit to be about 400,000 tons per year. Some salt will be <br />removed within a few years after initiation of construction. <br />The full potential is projected to be achieved in the 1990's. <br />The f.irst. phase of the Las Vegas Unit is scheduled for comple- <br />tion in 1981, the second phase (desalting) would be added at <br />such time as the State of Nevada is in need of the water supply. <br /> <br />In addition to the activities associated with the auth- <br />orized projects, the Bureau is continuing its efforts on prepara- <br />tion of the feasibility level report.s of the other salinity <br />control units identified in P.L. 93-320, plus two new units <br />described below, and associated water quality improvement <br />programs. <br /> <br />One additional unit, Meeker Dome, Colorado, has been <br />added to the 12 originally identified units. This unit was <br />identified as a future possible unit in the Colorado River <br />Basin Salinity Control Forum's Report of June 1975. The Meeker <br />Dome unit is estimated to have the capability of removing <br />57,000 tons of salt annuaIly from the River system. <br /> <br />The Li t.tlefield Spr Ings Unit has been expanded by the <br />Bureau into a new unrt, the Lower virgin River Unit. The unit <br />will include Littlefield Springs, plus some downstream irrigated <br />areas in Arizona and Nevada. The Bureau estimated this expanded <br />project will remove 80,000 tons/year. <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />"" <br />