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<br />~;; <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />COLORADO WATER CONSBRVATION B~RD <br />102 Columbine Building <br />1845 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br /> <br />May 17, 1974 <br /> <br />~ ~ ~ Q ~ ~ li ~ Q ~ <br /> <br />TOI Donald B, Bressler, Chief, Flood Control <br />and Conservation Section. <br /> <br />FROHI <br /> <br />Carter Hutchinson, Water Resource Engineer <br /> <br />IV.~ <br />Investigations. <br /> <br />SUBJECT I <br /> <br />White River Salinity Control - Meeker Dome <br /> <br />As has been pointed out by staff members and others in <br />previous memorandum reports, the reduction of saline inflow into the <br />White River System by plugging the Meeker well in August, 1968, has <br />not been successful. This fact was substantiated by the BPA .SUIIIIlIllry <br />Report on the Feasibility of Control of Seepage of Saline Ground Water,. <br />December, 1972. The report stated that the 1972 salinity measurements <br />along the White River indicated increases of total dissolved solids of <br />some 89 tons per day, or about one-half the salinity inflow measured <br />prior to plugging the well in 1968. The field data collected during <br />1973, has verified a continuation of increased saline flow into the <br />river, however, the additional gainshas not as yet been computed. <br /> <br />Based on the foregoing conditions, the United States Geological <br />Survey, Water Resources Division, agreed that a full-scale investigation <br />of the Meeker Dome area on a project basis was warranted, and state <br />cooperation was essential through our department. The two agencies <br />agreed upon a minimum two-year exploratory study with an equally shared <br />budget of $100,000 each year to begin on July 1, 1974. Due to the <br />unfortunate cancellation of the $50,000 item in the 1974-1975 state <br />budget, the field investigations must now be postponed a full year. <br /> <br />In view of the overall salinity reduction program on the Colo- <br />rado River System, it is important that an increasing saltload entering <br />the White River be investigated and brought unc!er early control. There- <br />fore it is requested that the same funds be re-budgeted for fiscal year <br />1975-1976, and at least for the following year, and extended if necessary. <br />Investigations conducted from 1971 to the present date have divulged <br />several facets of a complex geologic and hydrol09ic nature on Meeker <br />Dome that demand attention without delay. <br /> <br />1. Of primary concern is the continuous encroachment of <br /> <br />'I <br />t~tj , <br />