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<br /><=> <br />.... <br />00 <br />w <br /> <br />August 18, 1999 <br /> <br />Jack Barnett, Executive Director <br />Colorado River Salinity Control Forum <br />106 West 500 South, Suite 101 <br />Bountiful, UT 84010 <br /> <br />To the Colorado River Salinity Control Forum, <br /> <br />Ferron Canal and Reservoir Company is currently into its second phase of the Ferron <br />Salinity Project. Forum funds have been used in Ferron to help landowners install <br />sprinkling systems on their farms. We could not afford to make such improvements on <br />our own and the landowners are showing great willingness with a 100% participation rate <br />on the South Lateral, and an overall projected participation rate of 95-98%. <br /> <br />We appreciate the help of "Forum" dollars and have already noticed salty areas drying up. <br />This will benefit those who are downstream by improving the water quality. Our project is <br />50% funded for on-furm projects and we certainly need to secure funds for the remainder. <br />Therefore, we fully support the adoption and application of salinity control practices <br />within our watershed. The salinity control programs of the Bureau of Reclamation, and <br />USDA programs, and basin states cost sharing programs have benefited millions of <br />downstream water users ofthe Colorado River, but there is much more that needs to be <br />done. <br /> <br />Water is vital to us and to increase efficiency ofuse plus improve the soil and water <br />quality is a big benefit of "Forum" dollars. <br /> <br />S",-, ,,~ <br />~~'P= <br /> <br /> <br />Ferron Canal & Reservoir Company <br /> <br />19 <br />