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<br />"',Th.a.'1A1t is'comina from Manc(;'!;
<br />shllre found across Southwestern Co r..
<br />or.ido'thal used to'be old ocean bed'.
<br />ding.l1ne sidt i~dissolved in excess ir~
<br />rigaliodwaler.and lransported'into the;
<br />river. system 1 as subsurface relurn
<br />now. -n,' ..' ,1"
<br />The a,!,a given..highest priorily in.
<br />, Montrose ,Counly.for salinity reduc-
<br />tion e!Torts is east of the Uncompah-
<br />gre River. There also are areas wesl of \
<br />the river that contribute to high '
<br />salinily. ".'.' .
<br />"Several ftroasln Montl'681J and Du-
<br />Ila counties and areas around Grand
<br />Junction have been identified as ma-
<br />jor contributors 10 the salt problem,"
<br />said Richard. .Antonio, a CS U
<br />Cooperative Extension agent working
<br />With thel'rojecL..". .". .,' ." ' ,
<br />. "Our attempts iillh. Montrose aroa
<br />is'lo.nl<!ueeflhe '8mount of saltonler-
<br />illg;,lh~ .liIileOltlnWreJand Gunnisoft'
<br />l'l.lltJnotl81~hltftlWlllbl:nern'lltt'.lJn:.
<br />C\iinplmgti Valley aha .the Ci>lorlldo'
<br />River:!' !."' \. .' " " ,.. ',' ,
<br />'."Ant6nlo' said' data 'eoneete.l" bylha:
<br />i>j~jcCl'dCleimined surge systemS ea';
<br />betnore Iicnefieial compilred to .trad;;
<br />lional irrigation melhods used in the
<br />Uncompahgre Villley,
<br />,. "We've seen a 50 to 55 percent de-
<br />creas6"'in inigation water needs for
<br />various crops with the surge irrigalion
<br />system," he said.
<br />. 'Surge irrigation releases water in
<br />intermittent pulses, or surges, alter~
<br />nating between dilTerent irrigalion
<br />furrows. Traditional irrigation sys-
<br />tems release a continuous stream of
<br />water. '
<br />,. The . "s'urge' .systerD' 'enhances
<br />irrigated-water. quality by reducing
<br />~xccss tail water t controlling pcrcola~
<br />liori; 'which is water lost below the
<br />rool zo~e, and preventing non..source
<br />pollution such as' salt' or fertilizers
<br />c~n~i~ed-" ~n soil Crom 'entering '~~er
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<br />The Montrose Police Department recen-
<br />dy;,.po...ed the following:. , . .
<br />~^12:20.\>.in. Tuesday, received a report
<br />of....vehlclo-pedc&triall hlt-and-rua. aeel-
<br />denlfronl Leo Yealer, 69, 325 W. Mala
<br />SL '22, MonlrOSO, Yeager stated that II he
<br />"'A.~ wAlkln2 westbound along W. Main 51.
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<br />Catrina Sjodent a CoOperati~~ ',Ex-:-
<br />tom.ion .allnity technician, ..niti plf"'
<br />colation of ir:rigation wafer can I~ ~~
<br />reelly relate<l to non-sOUrce pplhition
<br />by:salt an<llor fertilizers. She ..aidjrri-
<br />gation water users could see.8 ,reduq-
<br />tion in irrigation water losl to deep
<br />percolation with the use of surge irri-
<br />gation systems. \'
<br />During the past two yesrs; CSI:J
<br />Cooperalive' Extension personnel
<br />have worked wilh fanners and othel>l
<br />in evaluating the surge systems, They
<br />compared the .1T..livon... of tradi- ,.
<br />tional furrow now irrigation systems
<br />to remove salt with the elTectiveness
<br />,of the surge systems,
<br />, Ms. Sjoden said one more year of
<br />'research will be eondueted"n ,Mon:
<br />!lose Counly with the surgesystem~.
<br />i. M(lQlrose' farmer 'Ralph Woods,.
<br />~vho participated in the surge 3~mo\l;'
<br />,Blration. program, said the surge 'sys~
<br />t..,.r1td''hdl-lYIs il'l'l~lil\n-nelidS.
<br />....,-,..I'I...""ly..r,r."" 'la,e;fJ!" ....\_.A .,""
<br />\ rea y worKS, oous ,sn~~Jr
<br />';'r)urge has provided me with thc,op-
<br />&mhunit)' tu irtiaAlo diffioult Jield.
<br />ri1ore. easily'arid elTeetively.... ""': ., .
<br />".',r rhe surge '. dCl11011stratioq _ prOj,ect
<br />was. made possible through a granllo
<br />C.S(/'s Cooperative Extension prog-
<br />rall1 from the U.S. Department of In-
<br />terior's Bureau of Reclamation.
<br />'t'he federal government. ~Iso
<br />hcllped fanners wilh costs associated
<br />for !~ihOSe irrigation improvements.
<br />The ~grieultural Stabilization Cpn~. .
<br />serv ~ion Service, under the .direction ;"
<br />of tfte U.S. . Department or Agri"iil- "
<br />ture, ~p~ld 70 percent of costs incurred
<br />with ~ improved irrigation: systems
<br />whil,q ,he farmer paid. 30 percent.
<br />M~.. Sjoden said the cost for the
<br />surge,system is about $2,000 plus the
<br />cost fill, gated pipe, which varies with
<br />the si~ of the ,field that ,would: be
<br />irrigah~~. .'. . " ,> '.. .
<br />, rrollrUms to eonlrol. salinity levels
<br />was aUf~orized by Congress through
<br />The Cl~orado River Salinity Control
<br />Ael of U74. The legislation contained
<br />agrcem~l\ts between Mexico and ,the
<br />United ~aates for salinity reductions
<br />in, the <:~Qlorado River. iI, ._,1) I",. .
<br />.Other',' stale and federal agencies
<br />that helPlwith lhe Colorado River Sa.
<br />Iinity Co ,trol Project arc the U:S. Suil
<br />Consem .Iion Service, CSU...forest
<br />Serviee, 1).S, Fish nnd Wildlife Ser-
<br />.vi~e ~ndl\ tIle Colorado. DiviSio." 'o.f
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