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<br />August 16, t 999 <br /> <br /><=> <br />~ <br />CD <br />-:! <br /> <br />Mr. Jack Barnett, Executive Director <br />Colorado River Salinity Control Forum <br />106 West 500 South, Suite 101 <br />Bountiful, Utah 84010 <br /> <br />To the Colorado River Salinity Control Forum, <br /> <br />The Colorado River Salinity Control report detailed the progress of the Forum in implementing <br />salinity control practices on the Colorado River Basin. Our canal company (Stowell Mutual <br />Canal Company) fully supports the adoption and application of salinity control within our <br />watershed and we are writing this letter to show our support of these findings. All of the <br />downstream water users of the Colorado River have benefited from the salinity control programs <br />of the Bureau ofReclamatioD, USDA, and Basin States cost sharing programs, But as much as it <br />has helped, there is still a tremendous amount of work to be done in order to reduce the salinity <br />levels. <br /> <br />The Stowell Mutual Canal Company would especially support any efforts to attempt to get the <br />USDA to adequately fund levels of twelve rnillion dollars per year for the EQIP program and <br />supports the acceleration of the salinity control programs, If adequate financial and technical <br />assistance is available, the local producers are ready, willing and able to install salinity control <br />practices, It will take a strong funding commitment to the USDA and Bureau of Reclamation to <br />keep & maintain the progress that has been made by the forum to date and to meet the water <br />quality needs for the lower basin states in the future. <br /> <br />Thank you for your consideration.. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />~/~ <br />~..1-r <br />om Bruno, ector <br />Stowell Mutual Canal Company <br />Rt. # 1 Box 155 <br />Helper, Utah 84526 <br /> <br />wp6.l/salconpr, wpd <br /> <br />33 <br /> <br />l~ <br />