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The general concluSion 'Nas that det'P well Injectron IS technically en- vHonmentally and economically amac- tlve Pnase 11 ""Ill De completed by August 1981 and WIlt Include detailed designs and cost estimates lor test disposal tacilll'es The COnlractOr Will also prOVide aSSISlance to the Bureau on OOta,nlng Ihe 'eQulfed permIts Subse- Quently construction 01 an '"lechon well, !i1trallon plant and pipeline 'NIl! be necessary to lesltne lnJ€ctlon formation lor disposal capacity With lhatlnlorma- lion horn Ihe Inlecllon lest, a deCISion Will be made on ""hemer to use deep well Inlectlon as a p€rmilnpnlld,sposal methOd Welll,eld testing and ve..l,cahon will continue. although stud,as on evapora- tion pond diSPosal w,ll be suspended until more Inlormatlon IS available on deep well injection Paradox Valley Technical Team Rege leach. ErrOl Jensen Ronald Pierce and Donald HubbS 01 the Durango PrOWCIS OU,ce's Water Resources BranCh are th", nucleus olthe Pafado~ Valley ol;mnmg studieS The team IS ....Orklng on coordmahng engll'leerll'lg and construction contracts publiC and IntEragr>ncy II'lvolvement hydrologiC studies numerous data collection programs as ....ell as opera- tion and mall'ltenance 01 lacllltles In, and assOCiated wlll'1 the well tleld Headll'lg tht' team IS Rege leach A1ter graduallng horn Pennsylvania State UniverSity In 1973 w'ln a OlC'qree II'l water reSources engmel'rlng Rege began hiS career as slall e"lglneef With a public ....ater Ullllty II'l Harflsburg Pennsylvania He starleO worklnl; w'll'1 ReclamallOI1 In :he Durango Water Resources Bral1ch In t975 Water Resources BranCh Ch,el ErrOl Jensel1 gradualed from Utah State JnlverSlty m 1969 With a CIVil engll'leef- ng degree and m 1971. completed a nasters CIVil engll'leenng program ma- ormg II'l water Quallt" Irom the same ,chaol He begal1 hiS Reclamation :arE.'er at the Cel1tral Uta" PrOjeC1S )tI,ce In Pro~o, Ulan II1 1970 ErrOl ral1sferred 10 thE' Dural1goottlce In 1972 ,l'1ere he wori<.ed In the Water Resources IranCh. prmClpally on tl'le Parado~ IJ ~ , __,1 Valley proJE'ct He spent two years workmg il1 the Colorado RlvE'r Water Qua lit)' Glflce at the E&R Center and moved back to the Durango Prolects GHice In 1979 to assume hiS present pOSl1lon ErrOl IS a Registered ProfeSSional Engll'leer m Colorado Ron PIerce began working lor ReClamatiOn In 1959 on the Central Utan PrOject tlrst m the Water Resources Brancn and then m the land Class.llca- tlon BranCh In 1973, Ron moveo to Durango Projects Otllce and began wOfk With the ParadO~ Valley Unit Ron has been workmg wltn the prOject smce 1973 and has been mvolved 10 most 01 the data collection and planning ac- llvltles He IS currently respOnS.ble tor I,el(l actiVIties and data collectiOn In the prOlect area Don HubbS started hiS Reclamation career as a surveyor m the Montrose Construction Ofllce II'l 1972 worl(lng mainly on Crystal Dam In 1977 Don transferred to the DUChesne Construc- tIon Glllce as a surveyor and InspeClor on the Central Utah PrOject Don. born and ralsed In the P;Hado~ Valley area returned home In 1979 to work as a hydrologiC techniCian on !he Parado~ prOject He workS lul111me at the pro/ecl site and lS responSible lor collectIon 01 hydrologiC data and operation and mall'ltenance 01 the well Ileld laCllltles Reports Prepared For Forum The ColoradO River BaSin Salmity Control Forum constantly lOOkS lOr ways to e~ped'te completion 01 the salinity contrOl units Dunng a recent review 01 tI'1e status 01 the overall prOgram they realized trlat the plan tormulallon process .s neMly completed on tour units currently under Investlgatlon- Lo....er GunniSOn Basll'l Unit IStage I), Uinta BaSin Un1\ (Stage 1l McElmo Creek Un I!. ana Palo Verde Irngatlon Dlstr'Cl Unll ConseQuen11y. the Forum requested R~lamatlon to prepare reports on the lour prOjects presenllng the status and Ihe estimated construC- tiOn costs olthe tentatl~e plans Dratts Of these repQfts h8\e been levlewed and afe CUffently bell'lg completed The lo.....er Gunnison Unll Stalus Report addressed lhe Uncompal'1gre Valley portion 01 the lower Gunnison O......,d ....bb. """.'d ~.~ ("01_ ...d d~ t~",,~ BaSin The balance 01 the baSin would be stud lea later The recommended plan calls for hnll'lg about 254 mIles 01 canals and !aterals whiCh would reduce the salmlty at Impenal Dam abOut 122 mgl Based on January 1981 pnces. total construchOn costs are estimated at 51367 million ThiS results m a cost- ellectlveness 01 about $846,000 for each mg l 01 salinity reduction at Imperial Dam The tentatIve plan descnbed In the UlI'lta Basin Ul'l1t SlatuS ReOOr1 mvolves selectIVely Itnmg those portions of the canal and lateral distribution syslem whiCh are mailll'lg Ihe largest con- trlbullOnS to Ihe salinity levels II'l the area Reclamation IS workmg closely With SCS II'l developing a coordll'lated program In thiS area The plan currently calls lor lining about 204 miles Of canals and laterals. which would reduce the salinity at Imperial Dam by about 67 mgl The most cost-ellectlve Im- pro~ements will be Identified as the stua.es progress Total construction COSIS are estimated at 5888 million. h.a<;eCf on January 1981 prices exclUSIVe 01 the wildlife plan ThiS resulls In a cost- ef1ectlveness 01 about 51.092.000 lor each mg L 01 salinity reduction at Imperial Dam Salinity control ellorts are oomg ClOSely coord mated with ongOlOg Central Utah PrOlE'ct actiVities under the Ulntah. BonneVille. and Upalco Units The McElmo Creek Unit Status Report outhnes three COnceplual plans In- volv,ng canal and lateral lining In com- bmatlon wllh onfarm ImprOvements An additional alternative under study IS the saline water collection, storage. lransportatlon. and reuse component invOlVing transportll'lg saline ....aters to ItIe Four Corners Area lor power plant use The tOlal construct'on costs oltne canallll1lng (Stage I) portion Ise~pected to be apprO~lmately 553 million With a sal,nlly reduCllon 01 about 53 mg 'L at lmpeftal Dam Linked With the SCS onlarm program, McElmo Creek Unit could result In a 10taJ reduction of 10 mg L WI!t'I an overall cost-etlect!veness 01 apprO~lmalely S490.000 per mg l The saline ....ater collectIon, storage. and transportation component is e~pe.cted to cost aDQut $67 million With a sallOity reduction 01 about 6 mgl at Impeflal Dam and a cosl-elleCtlveness ot about