WSP10339

• File Number: 8273.500
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control - Federal Agency Reports - EPA
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 1/1/1974
• Title: Evaluation of Salinity Created By Irrigation Return Flows
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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FIGURE 12. Aerial view of irrigated farmland south-
west of Roll, Arizona. standing salty
water and saline soils resulted in a loss of approx-
imately 1000 acres of crops. Photo courtesy Bureau
of Reclamation, U.s. Dept. of the Interior.

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