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<br />w <br />CJI <br />o <br />"-J <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Title II DOl Activities <br /> <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br /> <br />In add~tion to construction of three units and planning <br />activi~ies on 12 units, Reclamation is carrying out research <br />progra~s utilizing expertise in the Engineering and Researqh <br />Center on such activities as solution mining with saline <br />water, solar salt gradient ponds, ion exchange softening, <br />and use of saline water in aquaculture. <br /> <br />The activities in the CREST (Colorado River Enhanced Snowpack <br />Test) program were minimal in 1985. Funding has not yet been <br />received for the tests. For details regarding this progra~, <br />please'refer to the 1984 Evaluation Report and its appendix. <br /> <br />BLM (Bureau of Land Manaqement) Activities <br /> <br />The BL~ has numerous small salinity control projects which <br />are noW completed and in operation. These projects include <br />both p~int and nonpoint source controls. Point source pro- <br />jects ~nclude the plugging of the wells located in the <br />Piceance Creek drainage basin in Colorado, and one well <br />locateo in the Bitter Creek drainage in Wyoming. Plugging <br />accounted for approximately 7,000 tons of salt removed per <br />year. <br /> <br />Nonpoint source controls included numerous erosion/salinity <br />control structures placed throughout Colorado, Utah, and <br />Wyomin9. Most notable of these was Elephant Skin Wash near <br />Montro$e, Colorado. Other drainages where structural <br />control has been implemented include Lower Wolf Creek, and <br />Cactus Park, Colorado, Red Creek, Wyoming, and Sagers Wash, <br />Utah. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />The E14phant Skin Wash salinity control project to retain <br />salt and sediment laden runoff was completed in 1985. The <br />small ~onding dikes and diversion dams will reduce the salt <br />load by 29 tons per year at a cost effectiveness of about <br />$30 per ton of salt removed. <br /> <br />;{, <br />, <br />d <br /> <br />" <br />, <br />, <br /> <br />) <br /> <br />The BLM has also identified salinity control as a program <br />objective and proposed activity in several Resource <br />Manage~ent Plans within the Colorado River Basin. <br /> <br />FWS (Fish and Wildlife Service) <br /> <br />j <br />1 <br /> <br />11 <br />, <br />;~ <br />1 <br /> <br />The FWS is currently involved in studies with 13 of the <br />saliniQY control units. FWS also provides input into <br />planning activities through participation in a variety of <br />working/planning meetings with all entities involved in the <br />salinitiy program. <br /> <br />% <br />~i <br />.i <br />1 <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />33 <br /> <br />i <br />