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.- ~. en c;:o Big Sandy River Un~ The recommel'1ded plan, ~lCn was reviewed by the State 01 WYOl'Thng would ~ saline water by COllecllon wells In the spnng and soop area of the Bg Sandy RIVer and pump the water 10 a prOPOSed Chevron fertilIZer plant near ROCk Spnngs fOf use and dl$p05al Chevron and T e)(asgulf have InfOrmed RectamatlOr'llhal ttley no lOnger need the amount Of water anglnall)' determtned because of Changing mar1o:.et condltl()rlS Studies are underway to determine feasibility 01 proylCl109 saline water 10 JIfT'I Bnoger Powerplant Advance planning IS scheduled to be ..utl8ted In FV 1965 If an acceptable al1ematJve use lor Itle saline water IS found USDA 1983 Annual Report Available TM 1983 USDA Annual Report ColOrado Arvel' Bastn Salinity Control Program. IS avall8ble by wnllng 10 Edgar H Nelson. ()!rector; BasIn and Area PlannIng DIVISIOn. Room 5232; Depar1ment 01 Agncutture: P 0 Bolt 2830: Washington. DC 20)13 Reclamation Goes 10 !he Wortd's Fair Water-that paradOXICal substance 15 Pfl'CIOUS and yet often taO(en lor granted The workl IS turning Its anen!!Qf1 to water at the LOUISIana World Exposllon, With Its theme 01 "'-ne W()(1d at Rivers Fresh Water as a Source of life" And me Bureau 01 Reclamation '5 there Padalew'heoelers ai"ld lugs. goncIOla noes 0\Ief tne MISSISSIPPI RIVe!", lagoons and preciSlOfl SWII'n snows all complement lhe theme &hlblts fai<e.ISlIOl'S from the hlStoncal mythS and ntualS surrOUnding water 10 Its currefll-day uses In IndUStry and transportation, and me POlitICS InVOlved With those uses Dunng tne cour~ollt1e Fair, Irve InternatIOnal water symPOSI8: WIt! be t'eId to adaress specifIC ~II-oellned a5DE'(:ts 01 the water Issue and Improve IntematlOnal unclerstandmg 01 one 01 the world's most preciOUS resources It IS only natural tf'lat It1e Bureau of ReclamatIOn, WI:n Its lOng hIStory of water resource conservatIOn and ~llSa part 01 thiS Wo(\(j'g F8Ir dedICated to water Assistant Secretary lor Water and Sc.ence DesIQnate RObert N Broadbent recognIZed thiS as a great ODPOI'lunlty to tell ReclamatlOl'1 slory to the 12 millIOn antiCipated VISitOrs from across the country anc::3 around the wond "In VfeW of the E!tposltlor"s theme, It IS Important !hat Ille lntenor Department agency responSlbie for water resources development and management In me 17 Westem States be represented" Broadbent sa~ ReclamatIOn S exhibit offers Insights Into the history of managing western rivers for water supply, IrngatlQl"l, flOOd control hydrOE'lectnc power generatIOn, and rt'Creatlon Ovet 80 years 01 progress and accomplishments are pottrayed 10 the 2.COJ- square-loot exhibit located In the Ex.poslhorfs Great Hall Artfully lntegrawd Into a mural 01 hlStOflCaI ReclamatIOn photographs IS a talking thf'eli"- dlmenstOrlallmage at the exhibit door ThiS lifelike, anmated Simulation of an earty ReclamatlQl"l farmer explains the exhibit while a second Image at the back 01 the exhibit directs oassersby to lhe fronl enlry VISitors-approximately 2,4(() po:>r day- enter a 48-loot wide 24-loot tall air- supparted dome whICh serves as a theater Complementing the ruStiC meme IS seating lor 49 provided by crates on a -barge" In a .....har1.jlke senlng created by special eftects hgmlng and angInal musIC VISItOrs a~ treatE'(j 10 a multl"image production prOj~ed on the dome s Inner wailS and Gelling The ShOw fells the story 01 -Hov. Wi'lter Won the Wesr' ana hlQhlight.s ~E'Clamatl()rl's prominent role In western .....ater resources ~t Narrator MIChael lanoon guIdeS l'ff!W'ers through an 8-mlnute presentatIOn Illustrated .....'m more than a thOusand shOes ShOwing how once-barren Oe5ert t'IaS been transformed Into lush farmland wt\1CI1 i"IO'N prmuces mo~ than hall 01 tne Nations vegetable crop ancl25 percent 01 the NatK)l"lS In.llt ana nut crop Benllld the scenes a comptJter- synchronll8d system o~ 36 slide protectors and a mult~hannel stereo SOUndtrack generates the multi-Image prodlJClIOn In additIOn to the mU1!I-irTlage prese!ltatlQf1 and omer displays, the Reo:;lamatt()"1 elllllblt ~_~..'" . .,.'-:'9'1:1 " ."'l~.~_ '.T"S -:-":.c;',' ........~~ Acllng Comml..lOMr Ro~r1 Ollen offlcl.lly ~ned the Reclllm.tlon e.hlblt on M.y 12_ TOUI guide Bllrb". Powell. Phy.lc.1 Science Technician 'rom the Anlon. ProJecl. Ollice. ,n.wers a young v11110r'1 que1hon_ has a human e!f'I'Tle(1l prOVided by Bureau employees serving as tour guides 'NhO talk With VlSlt~ and answer their Questions These QuestIons are a real lest 01 \t1e gUides II nQYvleljge of the Bureau, such as one asked on the first day by a Canad<an VISitor "'Nhat Share 01 Ine pooNer gener<lted by Grand Coulee Dam ana POwe1"planl IS Ownro by Canada and how is It dlstnbutedT Carol Prochaska one of the ReclamatIOn gwOes from the PacifiC Northwest Regron, could Msv.-er thal one! MUCh to the delight 01 tne VIS'tor sheellpounded upon the comple_ treaty $lgl'l(ld by lne U Sand Ca'lada In t964 which StIPUlates troe amount Of rx:;Mt€'f thaI Canada IS to reGelVelromlt1eCoIUmb18Arver system The theme of "HOW' Walt!!' Won the West" IS lunher portraye<J In a brochure 01 !he same !'lame wrllCh was prepared as a handout It IS antICIpated that COPies Will be avallaDle al a later oale to IIU omer requests So_ 11 vou and your family are unaeclde(l abOut ....t'.efe :Os.pend your summer vaQltl(lll hOw abOut tI1e N€'w Oneans World's Fall'"