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<br />~ <br />..J <br />..J <br />.... <br /> <br />1984 Review of Standards by the <br />Forum <br /> <br />PublIC meetings were held by the <br />ColoradO R'~er Basm Salinity Control Forum <br />to discuss Its tnennlal report. The Proposed <br />Report on the 1984 RE'V~-Waler Quality <br />StandardS tor $ahMy--GoloraClo River <br />system A meeting In ROCk Spnngs. <br />Wyoming. on June 25 and In Las Vegas <br />Nevada. on June 27 prO\ltdOO comments and <br />Input lor the Supplemerltal RepQfl that was <br />prepared 'OIIOWlng the publIC meetings <br />SectiOn 303 01 IheClean Water Act 01 19n <br />reqUires that water Quality standards be <br />reviewed from lime (0 time, but at least once <br />dunng each 3-year penod The S€"Jt>fl-Stale <br />Colorado Rrver Basm SaIlMY Contro! Forum <br />has re...,ewed the eXisting state-adoptro ana <br />Environmental PrOlec\lon Agency appr(l'oA'!<j <br />numeflC salinity Crlte-na and plan Of <br />Implementation lor salinity contrOl lor the <br />Colorado River system <br />Changes In hydrOlOgIC conditions and <br />walf'r use Within the Colorado River Basin <br />havebeenE'Ysluated This report presents the <br />recommended rE,>\.1Slons 10 me plan 01 <br />Implementahon whICh are 10 be submitted to <br />each 01 the Basin Stales for adOOtlOfl <br />The FOrlJm finds no reason to recommend <br />changes In !he numerIC salinity Cfltena at thE' <br />three lower main stem stattQOS Thl? ",alue at <br />Impenal Dam IS 879 mg 1 <br />The report states tl1efe IS no reason 10 <br />behe\le that the numenc Cnlt"na WIll be <br />exceeded dunng tne next 3-year revtew <br />period Because of the e~lremely tong lead <br />limes feQUlred to conduct sallfllty Studies. <br />complele leaslblItty reports authonze and <br />complete construction. and acnle\le full <br />Impact at 10'Nef main stem stations. It IS <br />necessary to continue efforts to ImplemE'nl <br />cost-eHectl\le sallmty control measures <br /> <br />Saltwater Crops May Relieve <br /> <br />Water Shortage <br /> <br />Researcher!; have dlSCQ\l€'red crops thaI <br />thnve on saltwater ancl y'eId allMst as much <br />food as corrventlonal crops, and t!'1ey say <br />cultl"'atfon of tl1e planlS could ease grOWing <br />shoftages of Iresh watE'( In Call1omla and the <br />Southwest <br /> <br />.,," <br /> <br />'E"'" <br /> <br />.$M__ <br />-~ ' <br /> <br /> <br />0;."0.........,,.,. <br /> <br />._.-.,..s......lk>, <br /> <br />.:AU <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />, <br />.-- <br />.-.-......,......,. <br />""...-. --,,,,, <br />...."..u- <br /> <br />J~ <br /> <br />\ <br />....,...lr.. <br /> <br />.I.'...-.~u.... <br />-_...-.....""~ <br /> <br />One 01 me salHeslStant craps, sahcomla <br />produces 011 hlQh In poIyunsalura!es at a <br />l'1lghef y'eId than soybeans. tne wor1ds <br />pnnopal source 01 ~table 011, said James <br />O'Leary, associate director ot the <br />EnwQf1rTlf'fltal ResearCh Laboratory at the <br />Unf"'~lty of Anzona <br />Two ",anetles of the CfOP atnplex yiE'ld as <br />much animal teed as alfalfa and can be <br />harvested 5e\leral times a yeaf ThecfQpS can <br />be gfU'o\tn e<ther With sea waler or With <br />bracklsn water. O'Leary said In a report <br />pres€fltflC at t~ annual meeting 01 me <br />Amencan AsscclallQn lor me Aa...ancem€'f1! <br />of SCience <br />In a study 10 be pubhshed In theJoumalol <br />lI,nd Enwonmef1tS, O'Leary and hIS <br />COlleagUE.' Edward Glen Incfeased the <br />productl""ty ot one of tne amplex spe(;teS <br />Irngated ....Ith seawater by 165 percent. <br />mailing II as productNe as allalla grown With <br />lresh water <br />He has shOw'n L>)al tr.e~ol SaIICOmIa <br />europaea lhe most promISing candlaate lor <br />proouctlQl1 01 "'egelable Q!l, al1d the 011 made <br />from tnem are Iov. In salt. meaning the 011 IS <br />SUitable lor r1uman consumphon The Oil IS <br /> <br />wv<:>.<<; <br /> <br />, <br />\. .'"'ls-.>,_UroI <br /> <br />'- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />-- <br />~. <br /> <br />.........D..........' <br /> <br />. <br />~.._.. <br />......~ <br /> <br />--............ <br /> <br />. <br />..,t.,..._", <br />. <br /> <br />.,.-~~_UroI <br />__-.<.kl <br /> <br />;0.0 <br /> <br />....1..... ............ <br /> <br />"" <br />'.0 <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />also \I€':fY hJ9h In polyunsaturated lalS, whICh <br />are thOught 10 pfOtect against hardenlng of <br />tne artE'(1€5 <br />Plants able 10 grow on salt water-known <br />to biOlOgiSts as halophytes-are found <br />naturally all oYer the world especially In <br />temperate and IrOPlCa1 climates Sahcornla IS <br />a succulent tMt ConSISts 01 thiCk green stems <br />lnal grow a ioot or two hlQh "It looks like a <br />bunch ol greef1 pencilS, 01.eary said Tne <br />alr1ple> sP'?C'e5 arf' bushes that typIcally <br />grow wa'SI f'llgn <br /> <br />McElmo Creek Unit <br /> <br />The McElmo Cree.. Unit IS belng prOjX)Sed <br />for an aovance planning start beglrmlng In <br />Fiscal Year 1986 Advance planning would <br />reQUire 2 years lor It"\€' Durango PfOJec1S <br />Office 10 comPlele II actIVitIeS began In <br />Octooor ot 1985 a tmal preconstructlOn <br />report could be completed by tl"oe tall of 1967 <br />The cost 01 tl"le Study IS estimated to be <br />S 720.COJ Aa",ance DlanfllflQ would InvOl...e <br />coHectlng oes>g'1 data lor canal constrvctlOfl <br />and comP!ellng efWlrOllmental stua.es <br />InclUQIf"Ig an archeolOgical survey <br />