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<br /> <br />- <br /> <br />ColorarJo River Basin Salinity Control program <br /> <br />t ~ <br />0) <br />t.,.Yl <br />~.. <br /> <br />the two cosH,haring partners. the B3sIn States and Reclamation. After the comminee ranks the <br />proposals. Reclamation wIll attempt (0 negotlate the fmal terms of an agreement with the most <br />hlghl) ranked proponents The first awards under (hIS new process started in FY97. <br /> <br />Performance Re\'ie"-PaSI projects (Grand Valley. Paradox. Lower Gunnison. Dolores) have <br />a>eraged slightly o\'er 570 per ton. For a number of reasons the new projects are much more cost <br />effective. rangIng bel\l,een S~O and 535 per ton (table-1) <br /> <br />One of the grC:Jtest advantages of the new program comes from the integration of Reclamation's <br />program with USDA's program, \l.,'31er conser-"alian wllhin irrigation projects on saline soils i~ the <br />single mO!it effective salmll)' comrol measure found in the past 30 years of Ime~tigations By <br />Integrating USDA.s onfarm Irrigation improvements with Reclamallon's off.farm improvements, <br />e\tremely high dfklencie~ can be obtamed If the landscape permits. pressure from piped delivery <br />syslem~ \laterals) may be used to dnve spnnkler irrigatIon systems at efficiency rates far better than <br />tho~e norma11)' oblalned b)' tlood systems The new authonties allow Reclamation much greater <br />lle\lbdlty (In bOlh liming and funding) to work with USDA to develop these types of projects. <br /> <br />The new authorllies also allow Reclamation to respond to opponunities that are time-sensitive. <br />Cost-shanng panners (Slate and Federal agencies) often have funds available at very specific times. <br />l"nder LIS old methods of planning. authOrization. fundIng. and construction. It v.ould often take <br />decades for Reclamallon to be ready to proceed wuh a project :--;one of Reclamation's past <br />projects v.ere able 10 amact cost sharing because of thIS. For eumple, the Ashley Project (a joint <br />efi,)f{ by Utah. Reclamallon. and the En\lronmental Protection Agency (EPA)) Will eliminate <br />9.000 tons of salt per year. Reclamatlon.s Ba~inwIJe Salina)' Control Program i~ a relatively <br />mmor. !)ullmponant part of the project 153 mIllion in J 518 mIllion projeCll. Once Reclamation <br />had wmmllled 10 fund its pan of the project. funds were included in EPA.s budget by the Congress <br />to complete the ranner~hlp. <br /> <br />39 <br />