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<br />" <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />~ <br />-J <br />C) <br />-J <br /> <br />Salinity <br /> <br />Advisory Council Meets October <br />10,1984 <br /> <br />The Colorado River BaSin Salmlty Control <br />Advisory Council, ropresenlmg the seven <br />river basin stales concerned With maintaining <br />Woller Quality In the Basin. will moot Oc1obef <br />10 In Jackson Hole Wyomtng, to discuss <br />salinity problems In the Colorado River <br />Bas,n <br />At the meeting. the CouncIl will hear <br />reports from the Department 01 me Intenor, <br />lhe Department 01 Agnculture. and the <br />EnVIronmental ProtectIOn Agency <br />Preparation of the Council's annual report to <br />these agencIeS Will also be diSCUssed <br />The publIC and those people or <br />Organizations interested In the fIVer'S quality <br />are Invited to anend Those wlstung 10 do so <br />may request the opportUnity to present an <br />oral statement at the meeting To the ell;lent <br />time permits. the Council chairman may <br />allow such statements to be made <br />Written statements Will also beaccepted by <br />the CounCil before. dunng, and after the <br />meetmg ThOse unable to attend but stili <br />Wishing to SUbmit a wntten statement should <br />send II to Bureau of Reclamation, AttentiOn. <br />D-10C(), PO Bo~ 25OCI7. Denller. CO 00225 <br />The- Council was established by the- <br />Colorado RIVeI" Basin Salil1fty Control Act Of <br />1974 (PublIC Law 93-320) to act as liaison <br />among the !hrt'e Federal agenclE!S and the <br />Basin states The goal 01 theact IS to maintain <br />salinity leoveis at or belOw !he 1972 levels. <br />while- the Basin states conlinue to devt'lop <br />!helf compact apportiOned water supplies <br />The Bureau 01 Reclamation. through the <br />Department 01 tne Imenor, nas been <br />designated the lead agency charged WI!t1 <br />e~pedltlng the planning and Implementation <br />of the salil1lty control program <br />For further Inlormat~n regarding the time <br />and place 01 the mt'etlng, please wnte to the <br />Waler Ouallty Ofjlce Bureau 01 RedamatlQn. <br />AnentlOn D-1O;XJ, PO Bo~ 25007. Denller. <br />CO 60225--or call (XC} 234-7196 <br />The Colorado RIVeI" Basln Salinity Control <br />FQfl.Jm also Will meet In Jackson Hole on <br />October 10 Delalls Will bea....a'lable ata later <br />date <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />o~ <br />r/ '!i5j~717fri:! <br />JUt J!}. '--1jf7. <br />CO '38" 11:' <br /> <br />U.S. Department of the Interior <br />BureauofRecla~ <br /> <br />A Quarteo1y Report on the <br />Colorado River Water Quality <br />Improvement Program <br /> <br />July 1984 <br /> <br />-'*' " <br /> <br />_ '><....A..-:.':. <br />. . ,'-'"', .,....-':.:;.' ~..~ <br />.~. .~.~......;.., ,~~. <br />.~..)""'r~~..l-, '. ',. <br />~ ". -. . <br /> <br />Advl.ory COUI'lCIl 10 mt't't In Jack.on Hole. <br />Wyoming, wllh malt""c Tt'Ion Mounlllln. <br />n@arby <br /> <br />San Juan River <br /> <br />Reclamation IS consldenng Initiating a <br />study of the San Juan ArverUnlt beginning In <br />Fiscal Year 1986 The purpose 01 the unit <br />would be to Identity alternatives and to select <br />a beSt plan to control salt Inflow to the San <br />Juan An/er StudYing the n~er from Its <br />headwate-rs In the- San Juan Mountains of <br />Colorado to Its mouth at Lake Powell In Utah <br />Preliminary reconnaIssance 01 the- San Juan <br />River belWf>en ShlprOCI< N MeXICO. and the <br />Four COmE'l1i indICates SIQl1Ihc.ant <br />contribUtions <br />The sources of the sat! load are not we!! <br />defined at thiS time Pomt sources are lI...e1y to <br />be found as well as diffuse sources derived <br />Irom !lows across and mrough Mancos <br />Shale- Initial jle!d InvestlgatlQOS Wilt locus on <br />dellnlng controllable- sources <br />ConS€Quent1y the oppQ(tunrtles to contrOl <br />salinity cIepeOd on the SOU~ or sources <br />POSSible altematl\ieS could Include lining <br />canals II IrrigatlO{l along the nver were <br /> <br />"' <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />contrrbutlng ~gnlflcant amounts 01 salt. <br />Pllmpmg lrom saline reservOIl1i under the <br />n....er to lower the fresh water-sahne watel <br />Interlace Intercepting saline Springs. or <br />COllecting saline water and USing It lor <br />mdustrlal purposes The alternative o! no <br />action would also be evaluated <br />A publIC In....ol....ement program. already <br />underway would ICl€'ntlty F€'deral State <br />prlllate. and loc.al governmental Inte-f1;!!$!S <br />ThiS program would Inform the publIC 01 the <br />study and gauge the acceptabIlity of tt'le <br />alteornatlVes <br />Early In the- In....est'gatlon, a preliminary <br />Ilndu"lgS report WOUld IndICate the eXistence <br />01 alternatives The r€'PO" would also <br />recommend either conllnUlng planning or <br />concluding me- In\le5l1gallon t! the <br />InvestJgatiO/1 were- to continUE'. a planmng <br />reQOft el'Wlronmental statement would men <br />be wnl1eof1 three years afteor the beginning 01 <br />the study <br />