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<br />.'. "';,,' ; ; ,,' .~', <br /> <br />per acre. ~~, it is cOl!l.Siclered that the salvage of 2,500 acre-feet o:f' <br />water wOtlld be achieVed. through lower:L1lg of the gret\Dd water table. In <br />addition, it is conteJI!Plated that artesian wells WOUld salvage an esti- <br />llIated 450 ga.llolls per mnute each. ~ 36 reCElllllleJ1cled wells woulcl thus <br />cOll.tribute 26,280 acre-feet of water per year to the total amount <br />salvageable. <br /> <br />. Est:Lmated. Sal vageablle Water <br /> <br />Drainage of 5, OOOaares <br />Artes1am. wells <br />TEltal <br /> <br />Area-Feet/year <br />2,500 <br />26 ,280 <br />28,780 <br /> <br />Qua.1i ty of Sal VllICed. Water <br /> <br />aaith Reservoir, show on "the General Map, is 'located at the <br />.1unction ofl1lle .. ~.ra~eks. Salzq>les takea frlill1f'our stations <br />en ~l:1ehera aD4 I1lle Creeks abQVe "the 8,OOO-foot contour line, which is <br />'above the reservoir, show t.tal 41ssolved solidsrangins frQlll, 165te 261 <br />parts per m:I.llioa, while samples takea f'rGm ~inehera Oreek, belOw "the <br />reserv01r,showtCltal dissolve4 so.l1ds rang1l:lgfrGllll72 to 253 parts Per <br />lIl1llion. No sample,ll Wl!!re taken ,frQlll the .:tower reaches of ~chera Creek, <br />ltut more dissolvedsolicls caD, 'be e;lCpected here ltecause ,of re~ flows <br />f:rQIII,irr:l.gated.laads enteriIlg the Q1"'-el. '1i1e qualitT of water ~oped <br />'by the artesi&ll wells is expected to be eXcellent. <br /> <br />~water- :l.JUtilll.iy- salvaged. q drailiage is expected to be <br />higher in total dissolvedsolid.s than w1ll be the case after "the proposed <br />drai1UlBe cha1mel has 'been in.operation fer about l;rear. Dilution 'of' <br />,', drai....gltflows;r.L"th artesian water is expected to give aCGlllposite water <br />quality with" less than 500 parts per m:I.lliOll total dissol~ solids. '1i1e <br />concen1lrat1on of sedium ions;r.Lll likely- be less than 50 percent of the <br />total positive ions. <br /> <br />Plan fOr water Salvage <br /> <br />~ rectifica;1;1on, orchannellzation, of the lower 3 lII1les of <br />~in.ra Greek tosether;r.Lth the eliminAtion of several. existing, , <br />unauthorized. 4iversions would. aiel llIaterially- in the reduetion of 11.on- <br />benefia.1al conS1lDlPtion of water in "the area. C.1ean1~ aDd stra1ghten-" <br />ing of the ,,1-"'"l"e.1 will be achieved ;r.Lth little di:f':f'1C14lty. ' Sou"th of <br />the, "hAl11:lel.aDd along the toe' of' "the escai'pment, a dra11U1Be ,.h""13el <br />about 9-1/2l111les long would be provided. to permit drainage of' , "nds <br />';r.L"th a high water table. It is also contemplated that artesian wells <br />(free flO;r.Lug) would be constructed at quarter-m:Ue 1n~rvals &1_ this <br />drai."..ge ..lrJA"qel. Eld.st1ng wells 1ll "the area, if' fiGldng, wOUl4 'lie <br />pel'lllittea. tEl cet:l.nue &lid the water would be chamneled to the drainage <br />chA""e.:t, or the Rio Grande. ' , <br /> <br />r' :~ <br /> <br />r. t~.j .') <br />~ ~ . ~ <br /> <br />~- <br />