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<br />l- <br />I- <br />l- <br />I- <br />l- <br />I- <br />I <br />l- <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I. <br /> <br />3744 <br /> <br />TOTAL <br /> <br />TDS wad <br />(tons/yr) <br /> <br />7,300 <br />64,600 <br />700 <br />288,400 <br />361,000 <br /> <br />Percent of <br />Total wad <br /> <br />Source <br /> <br />Irrigation <br />Abandoned oil-test holes <br />Springs <br />Runoff <br /> <br />2.0% <br />17.9% <br />0.2% <br />79.9% <br /> <br />Irrigated agriculture along Piceance, Yellow, and Douglas <br /> <br />Creeks as well as along the White mainstem added 7,300 tons of <br /> <br />salt per year. <br /> <br />An abandoned oil-test hole near Meeker and one <br /> <br />along piceance Creek contributed 58,400 and 6,200 tons per year, <br />respectively. A sulfur spring at the mouth of Yellow Creek <br />accounted for 700 tons of salt per year. <br /> <br />Although not quantified, the report refers to saline water <br /> <br />in near surface formations east of Meeker that is under artesian <br /> <br />pressure and could be entering the stream through naturally <br /> <br />occurring fissures or other test holes. <br /> <br />BuRec - Progress Report #10 <br /> <br />This report describes planning and construction developments <br />associated with projects in the Colorado River Water Quality <br />Improvement program. The Meeker Dome Unit is located in the <br />White River Basin of Colorado. The BuRec investigations in 1968 <br />identified an abandoned oil test hole in the Dome as discharging <br />57,000 tons of salt annually. Since that time, this and other <br /> <br />-12- <br />