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<br /><::) <br />..... <br />co <br />.+;:.. <br /> <br />Robert V. Phillips <br />President Emeritus <br /> <br />Vincent J. Foley <br />President <br /> <br />Catherine Mulholland <br />Vice President <br /> <br />David J. Oliphant <br />Secretary <br /> <br />Beverly McReynolds <br />Treasurer <br /> <br />Robert Agopian <br />Kenneth Cartwright <br />Kenneth W. Downey <br />Steven Erie <br />Dorothy Fuller <br />Morris A. Gold <br />Joseph L. Hegenbart <br />Alice Lipscomb <br />Estela Lopez <br />Le Val Lund <br />Richard Marcoullier <br />Kenneth S.Miyoshi <br />Michael T. Moore <br />Robert V. Phillips <br />Anthony Provenzano <br />John O. Russell <br />Abe Tamarin <br />James F. Wickser <br />Beverly Ziegler <br /> <br />Los Angeles <br />WATER AND POWER ASSOCIATES, INC. <br />A Nun-Profit Corporation Dedicated to the Public Interest <br /> <br />Mr. Jack Barnett <br />Executive Director <br />Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum <br />106 West 500 South, Suite 101 <br />Bountiful, UT 840 I 0 <br /> <br />Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Barnett: <br /> <br />The Water and Power Associates, Inc. is a nonprofit, independent, <br />private organization, incorporated in 1971, for informing and educating its <br />members, public officials and the general public on critical water and energy <br />issues affecting the citizens of Southeru California and the state. <br />Our organization has reviewed the "1999 Review, Water Quality <br />Standards for Salinity, Colorado River System" and support the plan and the <br />proposed budget to implement the plan. <br />The plan of implementation as set forth in this review is designed to <br />meet the objective of maintaining the salinity concentrations at or below the <br />numeric criteria while the basin states continue to develop their compact <br />water apportionment. <br />Southern California is concerned with the salinity concentrations in <br />Colorado River water. We are concerned about scaling problems in plumbing, <br />appliances and equipment in residences, businesses, industry and salinity in the <br />water used for agricultural purposes. Salinity also has a negative impact on <br />recycled water and groundwater basins. <br />The Associates urge the Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Land <br />Management and the Department of Agriculture to work together to develop <br />jointly salinity control measures which are viable and cost effective. Water <br />conservation within irrigation projects on saline soils is the single most <br />effective salinity control measure found. By integrating the USDA on-fann <br />irrigation improvements with USBR off-fann improvements, high efficiencies <br />can be obtained. <br />We support the Forum in urging Congress to insure the funds <br />necessary to successfully fulfill this plan of implementation. In order to <br />restore funding to the 1992-94 levels, We support S. 1211 (Bennett, UT) <br />Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1999 which proposes to <br />increase the ceiling for the USBR basinwide salinity control plan from $75 <br />million to $ 175 million. <br /> <br />Yours ~..e <br /> <br />HI!: tftcel4f:' J. Foley <br />President <br /> <br />c Mr. Gerald R. Zimmerman <br /> <br />LL 8-22-99 <br />2616 E. Timberlake Drive - La Crescenta, California - 91214 <br />(818) 957-0826 <br /> <br />20 <br />