WSP10809

• File Number: 8273.500
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control - Federal Agency Reports - EPA
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 4/1/1978
• Title: Integrating Desalination and Agricultural Salinity Control Alternatives
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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other studies as new research needs become apparent, The results
of this project, an evaluation which optimizes agricultural
salinity control and desalting, are intended as an aid to planners
in developing an effective salinity control program.

The efforts involved in completing this investigation fell
quite naturally into four phases of work:

l. Developing an optimizational analysis for the problem
of managing salinity in a river basin;
2. Modeling the cost-effectiveness relationships associated
with alternative improvements in the irrigation system
to improve flow quality;
3. Simulating the costs of desalting saline flows; and
4. Determining the least cost combination of agricultural
and desalting measures which achieve a desired level
df salinity control in the study area.

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