WSP11314

• File Number: 8273.100
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control - Federal Agencies - Bureau of Reclamation
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 7/1/1984
• Author: DOI BOR
• Title: Salinity Update - July 1984 - A Quarterly Report on the Colorado River Water Improvement Program
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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Realignment of Aquatrain
Schedules
The government and prfVate sector
partner'3 In the AQualraln PrOf'E'Ct nave
developed coordinated schedules lor pro;ecl
evaluation. Upper Coiorado RegIOnal
DIrector Clifford BarTen ff'C{>fllty announced
Aqualraln IS a COOperalrve efforl between
ReclamatIOn and Weslern Water Reserves
Inc. 01 BouIder.CoIoraoo Under the !ennsol
a cooperatIVe agreement the two groups are
JOIntly studYing me COO<:epI for an
undefgrOUnd. multiple plPl"'hne SyStem
wtllch would carry salin(> wafer coal and
Pl)SSlbly Olh€'f commodities from sources In
the west to domestic and ~port mano.ets In
me soutr'1west and on the PacrhC Coasl
'The reahgnment 01 schedules will al!<No
both the government ana pmat'" sector to
assure that aVl'lllable resources are betng
used In the most PnJOenl fashIOn." Barren
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In ttle next lew months. AoclamatlOnsstatf
will focus on conligunng the saline waler
lacihtes 10 tal<.e lull actvantage 01 the
benefICial use OPJX)rtunII,es thaI are belng
identified with Western Water Reserves IrlC
Concurrenlty, Western Water Reserves Will
. Evaluate mar'o;elS tor Aquatra,n-5hlppe(l
COmmodities
. Prepare preliminary engineering
designs. cost estImates. and fmanclal
analyses on a pipeline al.gnmentlrom
YIyomlng to Calrlorma
. Pursue concMIOfla! contracts lor USl' of
the system. ana
. Continue efforts 10 commerCialiZe IWO
technolo;:ll€:S associated WltI'l
AQuatraln--liqwd cartx>n dl()1(1(je coal
Slurry ana a process to make
ChemCoal a clean oumw.g prOOUC1
made from coal
These studl6S ana contracts .....,11 De US€(] to
detemllne the Pfo,ec1 conhgurallOn and
subseQuef1lty to 5e'i'l< f'IE'oC:eSSary
~lOpmenl capital Current schedules
antICIpate that eOVlfonmenlal SCOPlng
actrvltes lor the 1.4{O-m11e-long system wll,
De Inltlateo<J In Septem~ 1984
In aoc:lItlOf'l. MorgaI'"! A G~ 01
Tulsa. Ok.latloma has been 5e'Iec1ed as
;)rBSIdef'11 of AQuatra1n Inc
. As the leaO goo.emment agency In the
"-Quatrain PrOfElCt. ReclamatIOn W€'Icomes

the OPPOrtuMy 10 wOf'o; '",-,th "'~r
Greenwood s.a.a Barret'. "In addl\lon 10
OUSlness managemenl €1(p('rtl5e Morgan
has many ',.ear5 at e.peneoce In planning,
constructing and managing p'pellne
pfOtOCtS He w,11 De a ValtlllbleaaOillon to the
prOjeCt
Gr~'N<XXl replaces Ira ~kKt'l:~ wt\O
ht:!edf>d AQuatraln. Inc lor 3 year5
McKfoI:'ver returned to W R GriJCE> & Co In
Denver _ ColoradO, at the c:oncIUSlOn 01 hiS
el(ec:utlYe detaIl 10 ft"le pfOteCl. Grt."-.mwOOd
will be dIY'd,ng hiS lime be~ T utsa and
()(.'rwer and I/Vhllt> In Denver can be
contacted \t1rough Roclamatl()f)'S Saline
Waler Transport ana US€' OHa PO 80_
250:)7 ERC.19J Denyer Cola f0225
telephone [phone]
MlCt1ael J Clinton contlnUHS as
ReclamatIOn's PrOject Man~r ()YE>IT,l"-"ng
FedPfal actlVlhes relating 10 the prOjKt

Saline Water Cooling System
Verifk:ation

Reclamation procur~ tf"le prOfes5lOl'1al
eng,neenng Stc'f\IiCeS to determine the
tpchnlCal and e<'....onom1C swtablhty 01
Instalhng and Ooeraling a saltne water
cooling tCMo'ef veflhcatlOn Unit at Utah POwer
ana Ll9nls HUl'"!tE'!' Station
OUting Phase I of me contract study tn€'
contrltCtor d"'terml~ lhat :~ omary
COOling 1()INer IBCTI was nol the most cost-
etioctlVE! way 10 use saline wa!er In
powerplants hOw'i'ver he dOCl Iden\lfy other
processes and f'qUlpmeIlt that can
economICally De U5>:'O RoclamatlOfl is
st.'"="" Lng a prOC'l:!f sae for 'oft.'"flCall()("l 01 a
saline wa!er- COOlong syslem al IIn e.,stlng
DQlNerplant
lnstallatlQfl 01 a saline .....ater COOling
s~'Stem at an el(l$tlng powerplant appe8r'S to
t>e the most COSt--E'l'lectlV€ Na~ 10 ~I).' the
use 01 saline water 10 PfD\o'lQe salonlty control
benefits and adcr0:5S ,nduslfles: concerns
reg3rClng eqUipment f't"rlOfmanc:e
Cost-st>.anng agr€ef1"'lf!nlS, f.'QUIprner1t
deS'9n. and an aperanonal plan fOf
Installation and operatlQn of !he 'o'€'flflC.aton
un't arE' e.;:<<1ro to ~ completOO Dy PI'
1985 'A'tn If'lStallahon oltne..e"tlCatlOf'l
lacll'tiElS propo$E'(l tOf ,nltlat,on In ~y 1965

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Tour Plr1lc:lpanl, ...1.. USGS mortllorlng Ind
r.cordlng gage (und.rwaler).

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The ....toeit)' probe meature,lh. flo.. ....loclty
0111"11 ..a'e, in 11"1. canal.

Monitoring and Evaluation T epic
01 Interagency Meeting and Tour

A mf"E'tlng 01 the Colorado River
Interagency Sahnlty Control CommlMee was
held 00 June 5 and 6 In Grand JunctK)ll to
address tne mon'tanng and evaluatiOl'1
aspectS of the Pfo;:lram The group 01 about
60 also "'l$Iled Reclamation. Solt
ConS/2'f\'atlQn Sef\'lCe and FiSh and Wildhfe
ServICe (FVlfSf monitoring ana evaluatK)ll
Sl!es In ttle Grand Valley Stage One area
EvaluallQ{l 01 the Stage One area has
S!'1Owfl a rf'ductlon In salt loading OYer the
PP.flOd 1981 1983 01 15.60) tons annually
The FWS has the Cok:lfado Dl\Ilsion of
WIKlIile under contract to morlltor me Stage
One area lar el1ect:s 01 constructlon on
_-...getatlon and ....Ildlife Prelifnlnary fl:'SUtts
show aDf\.lp{ Changes In Wildlife JX)pUlatlOOS
alOng laterals and canals and In maf'SheS
adlacef1! :0 the lined canal Outslde of thIS
zone Overall stgnlficant Changes nal/@ not
l)t1>f"l detected
The results 01 the mQl'1ltonng and
E'V8luallOn--whelt"oer It IS tor salimty
reduct'Cln Of lor hsn and w'ldl11e eflects-w,H
beneM t~ plannIng of addltlOflal sahn,ty
control prOfE'Cts In the Colorado RIVef Basm