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<br />w <br />~ <br />-:J <br />en <br /> <br />5. Wh:ile the projects already authorized or completed <br />(Fixed Starts - $301 million level) will meet salinity <br />reductJon requirements for the next 10 years, in order to <br />meet tne program needs beyond the next decade, ongoing <br />constrMction activities must be continued and scheduled <br />constr~ction of new projects initiated some time in the next <br />5 years due to the long project implementatation lead times. <br />The $510 million investment level appears to best satisfy <br />the remaining long-term target reduction requirements at <br />least :investment cost. <br /> <br />6. An investment level of $570 million provides for minimum <br />Federa~, State, and local costs within a reasonable time <br />frame. Increased investment costs up to $703 million will <br />reduce. the risk of not meeting the target requirement but at <br />much g~eater cost. Midcourse corrections in program manage~ <br />ment apd project selection will allow an improved matchup of <br />program accomplishment and future requirements. <br /> <br />7. The Lower Colorado River Basin Fund can repay its share <br />of the: total program costs for the $570 million investment <br />level as projected in figure 1. Funds available exceed <br />annual; payouts during the entire period. Adequate funds are <br />also a~ailable with the assumption of inflation rates up to <br />4t percent per year for the repayment period ending in 2010. <br /> <br />Manaqement Recommendations <br /> <br />1. Geperal guidelines for program direction: <br /> <br />a. Reanalyze fixed project starts for possible schedule <br />modifications to allow more cost-effective projects to <br />be: started earlier. <br /> <br />b. DOl and USDA should support the $570 million <br />investment level for program planning and budgeting <br />purposes. <br /> <br />c. Continue program evaluation annually to improve on <br />investment, repayment, and risk analysis. <br /> <br />2. Continue to emphasize interagency coordination: <br /> <br />a. Support direct USDA-Reclamation effort by keeping <br />USDA Basin Coordinator in Reclamation's Colorado River <br />Water Quality Office. <br /> <br />b. Continue technical coordination and policy <br />committees. <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />'if{ <br /> <br />, <br />',-..~"'" <br /> <br />.:-- <br /> <br />-~~ <br />'1 <br /> <br />; <br />J <br /> <br />., <br />, <br />j <br /> <br />.~ <br />:1 <br />J <br />"{ <br />,;~ <br />--~ <br />-~~ <br />-~ <br /> <br />;,,, <br /> <br />"-', <br /> <br />, <br />.'l <br />:'% <br />:1 <br /> <br />'t <br />j <br /> <br />j <br />j <br />.1 <br />, <br />