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<br /> 2tlE <br /> Table 4. - Colorado River Basin saline water sources <br /> Annual average discharge Effect at <br /> acre-ft TDS salt Imperi al Dan <br /> Sources ft3/s per year mg/L 1,000 tons mg/L <br /> 1. Bi g Sandy Ri ver 27.5 19,900 5,015 110 12 <br /> 2. Meeker Dome 1.5 1,090 19,300 29 3 <br /> 3. Glenwood-Dotsero Sprin9s 34.5 y 25,000 14,200 500 50 <br /> 4. Grand Valley 3/ 60.1 43,500 3,300 195 20 <br /> 5. Lower Gunnison 3/ 23.8 17,200 2,900 68 7 <br /> 6. Paradox Valley 0.8 568 265,000 205 18 <br /> 7, McElmo Creek 45.0 32,500 2,700 119 12 <br /> 8. Uinta Basin 3/ 18.8 13 ,600 4,500 83 8 <br /> 9. Price River 6/ 34.4 24,900 4,000 136 14 <br />- 10. San Rafael River 6/ 30.7 22,200 3,600 109 11 <br /><: 11. Crystal Geyser 0.2 150 14,000 3 <br />I <br />+> 12. Dirty Devil River 95.0 68,800 1,703 159 11 <br /> 13. LaVerkin Springs 11.5 8,300 10,000 109 11 <br /> 14. Lower Virgin 1/ 9.9 7,200 2,800 27 3 <br /> 15. Las Vegas Wash 99.8 72 ,000 2,000 196 20 <br /> 16. Palo Verde Irrigation District 2/ 349.0 253,000 1,700 585 58 <br /> Total 842 .7 609,908 5/ 3,173 2,633 258 <br /> <br />1/ Tentative pending completion of analysis. <br />2/ Approximate minimum flow of Palo Verde outfall drain. <br />3/ Remaining flow after implementation of irrigation systems improvements. <br />4/ Total discharge. Only 12,500 acre-feet susceptible to collection. <br />S/ Weighted average. <br />6/ Price and San Rael Rivers in this study are considered separate sources. Public Law 96-375 <br />authorizes feasibility studies for the Price-San Rafael Rivers Unit. Consequently, other <br />report references to the "unit" wi 11 be the combined Price-San Rafael Rivers Unit. <br />