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<br />~... <br />(.<"J <br />~, ,~, <br />UI <br /> <br />program costs for the $570 million investment level? ~ <br />(assuming inflation is no'more than 4-1/2 percent). <br />~fp1~~ <br /> <br />Based on the foregoing, it appears that total construction <br /> <br />costs for the program to meet the numeric criteria and <br /> <br />required salt load reduction is now projected to be about <br /> <br />$570 million (1984 price level), significantly less than <br /> <br />previous estimates ($1.9 billion in 1983), <br /> <br />Pursue Beneficial Use of Saline Waters <br /> <br />Most of the current structural methods of salinity control, <br /> <br />such as desalting and lined evaporation ponds for point and <br /> <br />diffuse salt sources, are proving expensive when compared <br /> <br />to irrigation improvements, <br /> <br />Therefore, development of <br /> <br />alternative beneficial uses of saline water and innovative <br /> <br />measures to reduce salinity concentrations are necessary, <br /> <br />Authority for joint feasibility studies with industrial <br /> <br />water users will allow efforts to continue in this area. <br /> <br />Continue Program Implementation <br /> <br />Planning investigations will continue to refine plans on <br /> <br />irrigation source control units as well as other units to <br /> <br />define the most cost-effective measures as funding permits. <br /> <br />Construction on Grand Valley Stage Two will soon begin, <br /> <br />preconstruct ion activities (deep well injection testing) <br />28 <br /> <br />