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<br /> <br />Colorado River Basin Salinltv Control Proaram <br /> <br />t\ <br />0' <br />'J <br />, <br />., , <br /> <br />The 1993 Glia Rl\er flood also se\erely damaged about 3,000 acres of land near the fiver channel. <br />The W\lIDD purchased most of this land and. Initially. wanted to transfer the Water use from thIs <br />agmulturalland to municipal and Indusmal uses, However. they have since indicated they intend <br />to pursue development of 3.QOO acres of additional farmland elsewhere In the dimict to bring them <br />up to their alloned farmable acreage of about 6'2.775 acres. <br /> <br />WelJlon-'toha"k Irrigation Efficiency ImproHmenl Program-Several entities cooperated on <br />thIs program. including \\:~tIDD and its farmers. several Government agencies (Reclamation. Soil <br />ConservatIon Service ISCSJ. U.S Sallnny lab. and Ihe Agriculrural Research Service). and the <br />liOlH:rsllY of Anzona Cooperali\'e Extension Service. Individual mt'asures are discussed In Ihe <br />following sectlons. <br /> <br />Onfann Impro\ements Program- The objective of this program v. as (0 increase onfarm <br />irrigation efficiencies by Improving onfarm Irrigallon S}SlemS and management practices. SCS <br />provided deSIgn. mSlalla(lon. and management assIstance for approximately -1.8.000 acres of land. <br />Slgmficant accomplishments lOcluded 1i00ng ::63 miles of onfarm canals; leveltng -WA15 acres of <br />land. makmg soillmprovc:ments on more Ihan J.C()() acres: and Installing 10 drip Irrigation systems <br />and 10.600 onfam Water-control and measurement structures. The Federal Govenunent <br />COntributed 75 percent of the costs. farm cooperators contnbuted the other '25 percent. <br /> <br />Irrigalion .\Ianagemenl Ser\'ices Program-Reclamation provided lechnical assistance through <br />the Irrlgallon .\tanagemem Services 1I.\IS1 Program. v.hlch. in rum. provided onfam. field-by-field <br />Irrigation schedullng assistance. From 1977 through 1986. irrigallon scheduling information was <br />furnished for about ~9.C()() acres of crops each year HO\"e\er. the ImgatlOn scheduling program <br />was comple!ely dropped by V....\IIDD In 1994 as there \.\.ere fewer than -1..000 acres still <br />paniclpallng W.\tIDD decided thaI v.lIh the few acres panicipating.lhe benefits no longer <br />v.arranted the COSIS of contlnuing Ihe program <br /> <br />Reclamation provided technical e'penise. training. and fundmg for the program. \\,'.\1100 <br />proVIded one dislrlCl emplo}ee and office facilmes allhe dismcI Reclamalion funding for the <br />I\IS pTClgram ended in 1987. <br /> <br />Research and Demonstralion Program-Si, projects were funded under this program. v.hich <br />prOVIded mfonnation on cultural practices, equlpmem. and economic considerallons Ihat could lead <br />lO lnlprO\eJ ImgatlOn eificiencies. Projects included monnoring soil salimty. studying eminer <br />clogging m trickle Irrigallon systems. managing pressure imgation systems for CllruS crops. <br />managmg dead-level irngation. automaung suriace migatlon. and evaluating ahemative irrigation <br />systems .-\11 projects v.ere completed by 1980. <br /> <br />Education and Infonnation Program-The objectives of lhis program. conducted by the <br />Cnl\ersiry of Arizona Cooperatl\e btension Service. were 10 (J) provide liaison among the <br />\-arious Irrigalion effiCIency programs and (::) educale and encourage growers to adopt <br />recommended migation efficiency Impro\ement techniques and practices. Program mformation <br /> <br />23 <br />