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<br />~ <br />~ effectiveness estimates for using Big Sandy River flows in <br />~ the powerplant ranged from $146 to $152 per ton of salt. <br />~ These costs are not competitive with other salinity control <br />units at this time. A Final Report on the Jim Bridger Power <br />Plant study was distributed and is available in limited <br />quantities from the Water Quality Office in Denver. <br /> <br />Installation of a saline water cooling system at Etiwanda <br />Power Plant at Ontario, California, appears to be the most cost- <br />effective way to verify that the use of saline water provi- <br />des salinity control benefits and addresses the concerns of <br />the industry regarding equipment performance. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />A letter of agreement for cost-sharing the Etiwanda Power <br />Plant Verification Program, equipment design, and an opera- <br />tional plan for installing and operating the verification <br />unit was completed in FY 1985. Installation of the verifi- <br />cation facilities began in FY 1985. <br /> <br />Cost-sharing for the program is provided by Reclamation, <br />EPA, State of California, Sephton Water Technology, Pacific <br />Gas and Electric, and Southern California Edison. <br /> <br />Westrans - In an agreement signed March 18, 1985, Western <br />Resource Transport, Inc. (Westrans), of Tulsa, Oklahoma, <br />indicated it will devote resources to study, plan, and <br />develop projects that will divert saline water from the <br />Colorado River Basin and carry it by pipeline to points of <br />beneficial use in industry and for energy development. The <br />agreement also spells out ways Reclamation will aid <br />Westrans, Inc. (formerly Aquatrain, Inc.), in planning a <br />liquid carbon dioxide/coal slurry pipeline to be built by <br />the firm and other investors. <br /> <br />As of October 31, 1985, the Saline Water Transport and Use <br />Office, Denver, Colorado, was closed. Administration of the <br />study and the cooperative agreement was transferred to the <br />Regional Planning Officer, Upper Colorado Regional Office, <br />Salt Lake City, utah. When the Westrans project progresses <br />to the point of funding Bureau of Reclamation participation, <br />Reclamation will then staff up to meet the needs of the <br />joint program. <br /> <br />Price-San Rafael Rivers Unit UT (BR/USDA) <br /> <br />After evaluating the salt sources in the two valley areas, <br />Reclamation has recommended a plan to improve stock watering <br />practices. Additional stockwater ponds would be provided <br />and existing ones would be improved by enlarging and lining <br />to reduce seepage. In some areas, domestic water systems <br /> <br />28 <br />