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<br />- <br /> <br />Sm.'l'LM'I!l{TO'f'Di'E <br />V'l'P'E'1( COLO'R,f4!DO '1(I'V'E'R.. CoM!MISSIO!J.( <br />610re the <br />SV'BCO'J,{'J,{I'lTE'E O!J.( 'WJI'l'E'1(JI:7X.'D P011"E'1( <br />~fthe <br />C05lfMI'lTE'E O!J.( 'E:>('E'1((j)'/ilNj) 5'{~TU1I.l!L 1(ESOV'1(C'ES <br />'lIniter! States Senate <br /> <br />s::.. <br />..... <br />A <br /> <br />P'l\JSE9>I}'E:I> 'lI'Y <br />'WRY!JIl.'E 'E. COO~ 'EX'LCV'Tn"E'DI'1('li.YO'1( <br /> <br />July 28, 1999 <br /> <br />Summary oj Spaific fuiUm 'l\f.queste!: <br /> <br />Passage oj S. 1211, a 6i(( to omena tlie Cowmao 'River 'Basin Saunity Contro( Jlct to autfwrize <br />aaaitl'(JIW[ measures to carry out tlie COlltro{ of safinit;l upstream of Imperiaf '.Dam in a cost-effettive <br />manner. <br /> <br />'Ifle 1/pper Cowrod'o 'f\j"er Cammission is the inll!r.<tale wmpad od'ministrative agelUlf aeald 6y the Vpper ColOrado <br />'1(iver'Basin Co"'poet oj 1948. '!he member States oj the Vpper Caforado 'f\jver CallUmssum are: caforod'o,!J.(w 'J,{qiaJ, vtofi <br />and 'Wyoming, Since its inaption, the Commission lias octivery parti1ipow! in tile acvefopmellt, uu'[izotion and' wnservation <br />of tIie Water ({'sources of tfre Colorado 1,Jver'Basin. <br /> <br />7Jje /Ilcm6cr States of the 'Upper ColtJraao 1?jver Commission /iave a(ways given strong support to water resources <br />aevefopmenl ill tlie Vpper cafaraao '1(j"er 'Basin aTllf in parU[;UfaT to tfle Cofaraao 'f\jver 5toroge Pro;at aTII! participating <br />pr~;ects, 'Ilj",".'!(, t(,e kuefapment made pos.<i6fe 61} tfJe..<e ana atfler projats, the waters of tlie ColOraao 'f\jver affoeated 10 <br />the Vpper 'Basin States are prescntfy oeing uulized ana ean be uti(izetf forfuture 6eneficia! WTl5u1Tlptive uses. <br /> <br />Salin ill} (,as IOlIg 6een recognized as one of the major pr06!ems in the ColOmao 'f\jva. Safinity aamages in the Vnitd <br />Stiltes POrtioll o/lfIE Coforaao 'River 'Basin range 6etween $5(X) milfion and' $750 milfion per yeaT and could ~ceed $15 6i![wn <br />peryear if Juture iJlcreases in saanity are not WTJtro(!erf. '!he Coforaao 'l(jver 'Basin Safinity Contro!Program is aesigne1f to <br />maintilin sa{iJlily (cvefs in the Co[oraao 'f\j"er .system within esta6!i.<liea numeric en'ten'a ",Iii!e tlie 'Ba.<in States continue to <br />ckvefop their Ll'{crado 'l(!ZlerCcrmplUt'apportionel waters. "Vitfzout oaditiona( salinity wntro[ measures, tile safinity oj tfte <br />ColOraao 'lij1)Cn:, projectea to inaea.<e aDm" tile water qualily numeric criterUi at llie thTee rfou.l<trwm water quality statioTl5 <br />6efo", JtooZler 'Dalll, 6e1;,,"PaT(er 'Dam alii! at Impen'a['Dam as a TeJuft of continuea ",ater aevelOpment. <br /> <br />7fie ""JfoT sa[inity CfJntro{ is raogJlizeI! 61} af[ <L"TIen Cowroao 'f\jver '&sin Slates ana the Tedera!g01iemment, and <br />sa!inity colltToil.' NCrltia! 10 the ultimate devdopment and mallagement of the Coforaaa 'River 'Basin. Sfwu!d: tile nea.ssary <br />funding fevels 1101 6e pro1liaed for tfte Co[orado 'f\jver Sa{jllity Contro[Program, the pr06a6ifity oj "'ater qlUlaty numeric <br />criteria 6eiT,!! c((wid is greatfy inaeased. Turthemwre, Jess than adeqlUlle Jurufing waay ",if! unquestionaEfy TesU{t irl <br />'<ignifieantl!rli{q(,er future wsts to adiieve the same fellef ofsafinitg COlltrO!. <br /> <br />'If" $7"' Tni{fion autfwrized in 1995 lias 6een used to demoTl5trate tflegreat effit:iencies acliieZled und'er the 1995 <br />atnendmenL' to tlie Co[oraao 'f\jver 'Jia;,irl Safinitg COlltrO! fut. 'I1ie aaaitiorla( $100 mi{(ion tfwl UJOuftf 6e autliorized 6y tlie <br />enactment of S, 1211 is naaed for tfie Sa(z'rcityContro(Program to sucaea into the n~t Cfrctury. 'furtlrer aetai[er! statements <br />