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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />N <br />~ <br />l\:> <br />-,' <br />'-' \ <br /> <br />siphon ~rill enhance the esthetics of this historical area. Clearance for <br /> <br />construction within an established historic area has already been obtained <br /> <br />from the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation in accordance with <br /> <br />Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. <br /> <br />The size of the desalting plant is mainly dependent on the quantity and <br />quality of the drainage return flows from the Well ton-Mohawk Division of <br /> <br />the G'ila Project. The amount of irrigated acreage and the irrigation <br /> <br />effiC'iency of the cultivated crops are the major factors influencing the <br /> <br />quantity and quality of return flows. <br /> <br />Included as a part of the legis'lation was a pi"lwision for the reduction of <br />Wellton-11ohawk Division lands by approximately 10,000 acres, leaving about <br />65,000 acres, which is equivalent to the present state of development. In <br />,'(,Cmlt :11.1<11'5, drainage from the irrigated l/mds has approached 220,000 acre- <br /> <br />fel"t dllil'Ji111y. Stud;!):; 1ndlclliG:: 'i;rFjt a cnmb'lnation of improved irrigation <br /> <br /> <br />efficJ;;l1ch;s through impt'ovement of onfi'lrm irrigat"jon systems and management <br /> <br />and the limitation of irrigated ilt'ea will reduce the drainage to about <br /> <br />l7S,O{)() aCf'e-feet or less per Yl!ar. <br /> <br />Anothel" factor which influences the quality of the water pumped from the <br /> <br />~,]nij ton-MolHlwk District is the floGdflowsin the Gila River downstream <br /> <br />fi'om Painted Rock Dam. Painted Rock Dam, which is owned and operated <br /> <br />hy the Corps of Engineers was comp'ieted in 1959 as a flood control facility, <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />