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COlorado River Basin Sallnltv Control Pro ram /') V' their consumptl\'e use entH!ement for calendar year 1997. They Were able 10 pump only 91.695 acre.feet and maimam slarionary v.ater levels V.ilhln Ihe dlSlricL This demonstrates that '.. they have to mine groundwater to stay v. llhm (heir consumptIve Use enllllemem-mostly due to Ihe large amount of phrealOph)'te Water use '-l.ithin the dlSlricl. which has no'-l. become an envirorunemal habitat [hey are obligated to maintain. ~-1 . ~. Reclamation COntinues 10 imesngale means 10 reduce Irrigallon drainage pumping in the W~IlDD. In 1998, WMIDO requesled lransfer OflHle 10 lhelr facilHles from Ihe Uniled Stales GO\'errunem 10 them As part of the rule Iransfer agreemem, the W~1I00 has cOmmmed to dIligently pursue a goal ofpermanemly reducing Irrlgation drainage pumpmg to ]08.000 acre.feel or less per )'ear from Ih, dlSlrlCl. In Ihelr W3ler consm'lion pl,n. Ih,y "" limdram, of 5 years 10 accomplISh thiS goal. One of !he options W~f1DO is pursuing is to obtain leglslallon to utIlize part of lhe e.'c;cess return tlO'-l.S from other districts In the Yuma Area 10 offset Iheir need 10 mine groundwater 10 meet consumpll\'e use requJremems. A Water resource management board has recemly been developed to look .11 '-I.ays 10 more effectIvely manage ground'-l.ater resources in the Yuma Area ThIS would t-ene!jt the COIted Stales In that the obligation to desalt or replace drainage returns from W~lIDO '-I.'auld ~e reduced if the dlStflCl's drainage pumping can be reduced. TITLE II PROGRAM Tule " of the Salinity Comrol Act authorized the Secretary and (he Secretary of Agriculture to Implement a broad range of specific and general salinHY comrol measures In an ongoing effort to preVem further degradation of Water quaJit~ In the L'nileJ States These efforts are summaflZed beloVo Bureau of Land Management P\;blic L,. 98-569 d"""d Ih, S"r",,) 10 d,,,,op, compreh,n"" program for minimizing sali COOlflbulions from lands adminIstered by the Bureau of Land ,\fanagemem (BlM J and to pro\"ide a repan on IhlS program to the Congress and the Ad\"isol)' Councll_ A report emir led Saliniry Control 011 BL\!-Admlnmered Public Lands If/ the Colorado RilU Basin was completed for Ihe Congress and (he .Advlso!). Council in 1987. The report dIscussed thIS ongoing program; Outlined Bl.\f"s Implememal/an actions: and quanufied, classified. and mapped Ihe saline soils on lands adminislered by Bl~1 The strategy which BL~f cominues to suppon IS to provide the best managemem of the basic resource base Successes I,\, ilh the resource base will lranslale to Improved vegelatlon cover, t-ener use of onsite preclpllalion. and Slronger plam fOOt systems. In rurn. a more slab Ie runoff regime and reduced SOil loss should result; thus. benefilting Water quallr)" of the Colorado River. 25 -