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<br />'-"-', _.,._.~--~;:,,~-. -,,+,:~~,,~;:;-. <br /> <br />>~~. <br />-;kj}J <br /> <br />:r.e. Sauses Area <br /> <br />GeaeraJ. <br /> <br />'fhe :r.e. Sauses salvage area, Wie1l. J4es :lu the flood pla1B of <br />tlie Rio Graade Just below the llIOUth of the CoDeJos River, u sllown on <br />Figure 7, has a perermi..llyh1gh water table. Surface acCUlllu.lat1ons of <br />salt g1 ve v.l.sual ev.l.dence ..that t1lte cOZld1tion has existed for III8.rq ~an. <br />'fhe eoaceatration of the salt 115 of n.ch """S"'1tltde that SCllle abaadoa- <br />ment of Dative ha;y fieJ.cls has taken place. i'he higk\water tabJ.e has <br />also caused. SCIIIe of the J.ower ~, poorJ.y drai:aed, fieJ.cls to beCCllle <br />1a1'ested with tuJ.es, or rushes, to lSUC1l an extent that they wuJ.d. be <br />classed u IIfli8l:Ilp l.e.ad. 'fhe water tabJ.e 115 supplied fraa flows of the <br />Rio Graade, flows of the C01!leJos River, irription wastes, and deep <br />pereoJ.e.tion fraa irrigated "'~1Is on t1Ie beBch above the :f'J.ood pla1B 1Il <br />the v.l.c1ni 101' of the vi" lflgP. of Ia Sauses. It 115 also poss1bJ.e that <br />SQIIle artesian J.eakage m1ght e.x:ist aloDg the toe of the bene1l.fraa the <br />eoaeJos Ri-ver flood ple.:Lu soutl1wari.. <br /> <br />Water A'\laiJable for SaJ.~e <br /> <br />Arl est1lll&ted ~/-220 acres of waterlogged. J.aad 1Il W. area 1s <br />suseeptnJ.e to water aaJ:vage meuures 'Which cGUld be constructed. 1Il <br />sueh a :raShion 'that aearby 1r.r1gated bay meadows wuJ.d. l10t su:f'fer ill <br />effects. <br /> <br />J <br /> <br />It 115 est1lll&ted. that the saJ.'9a&e IHuures p;t'OpOsecl for this <br />area woul4 be 50 percent ef:l.'ective 1Il achiev.l.q the salvage potential <br />of the area. On th1a buis, Ul!1lllli'l~ that caapleteJ.y effective salvage <br />meuures 'WOuld T-le~d ~ acre-foot per acre per ;year,tlie 8lII.01mt of water <br />saJ. vaged. au.uaJ.iy w1ll e:ver&ge 15J.O acre-feet. <br /> <br />Q1II.aJ.1ty of Sal'1!B,Pd Water <br /> <br />On. t1Ite CeaeJos River aud its tributaries, quaJ.1tyof water <br />s&mpJ.es _ve been o'bta:1ned fraa 7 stations. ,J'ioau 3 of those 'stations <br />01!l the main sUe8lll above the irrigated llmd a.ud f'ran ~ station on <br />Los P1aos Creek, also above irr1gationL the total. d1sso1ved soHas <br />were all very low, rug1!lg fraa 32 to 66 p.p",One sample 1'ra!1, the <br />main stream :in the 1r.r1gated area l10rth of Arltonito had. .li2 p.P'" <br />Samples 1'ra!1 a stat10n on Sea Arlton1o River Dear Manassa, wta.e it <br />Jow the ConeJOl5, had 78 p.P'" and 155 p.P"., wB1le aam.ples :fram <br />a station 0Zl the main stream near 1ts Junction with tll.e Rio Grande lm4 <br />total. i1sso1ved solicls 1'aZlgiDg 1'ra!110!" p.P'" to ll54p.p.m. <br /> <br />;pu.t~ tll.e quality of the water saJ:va,ged 1Il this area <br />would probably be poor. By the end of tlie first ;year of Opera-UOZl, <br />quality would be Dear that of the Rio Grand.e at the Lo~1;os gage Dear <br />the Colorado-liev Mexico state lh1e. ' <br /> <br />r :~ <br />'..- '" <br /> <br />"': Fj:~ <br />'. ~ f d <br /> <br />33 <br />