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<br />Figure 1 - East Side Laterals Project Area <br /> <br /> <br />----"'" ....c;;;;C".." <br /><c,",, . ~""-= <br />~ 4 . \l <br />,,-~,--'5J <br />~., ~~~. ;.1 <br /> <br />~~, ~~ <br />) ~'- <br />o l!: .. -.. .:: 0 u .. . . <br />---.-.-.-.- <br />... 0... r .. 0 ~ l!: .:::> '" .. ~ . <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />c, <br />" <br />" <br />" <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br /><:"~...,,c... <br />;"';." <br />'-;('- <br />,",',F"',-\' <br />to"_,' ~\.- <br />.,,-.,,~ <br />,', <br />~". <br />.".~.-... <br />---. "" <br />-.-....." <br />~, <br />~ <br />-SQU'" C.....~ D <br />~."..... <br /> <br />I ~OLOR.OO <br />, <br /> <br />So;.lL[ ,,~ '''L[S <br /> <br />~M'~~1C..HfC ._t. <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />Congress authorized the 198-1- Plan to reduce salinity caused by seepage from irrigation <br />canals and laterals by: (1) eliminating winter flows through canals and laterals. and (2) using <br />concrete to line 59 miles of canals and 195 miles of laterals in the east side of the valley. <br />Construction of the water program began in 1989 and was recently completed. The plan to <br />line canals and laterals included measures to compensate for wetlands supponed by seepage <br />that would be lost. Measures are to acquire and develop up to 2.100 acres of habitat <br />replacement lands along the Uncompahgre River corridor. <br /> <br />2 <br />