WSP11734

• File Number: 8273.100
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control - Federal Agencies - Bureau of Reclamation
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 4/1/1983
• Author: DOI BOR
• Title: Salinity Update - April 1983 - A Quarterly Report on the Colorado River Water Improvement Program
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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Don't Forgellntemalional
Meeting

The InternatIOnal SymposlI"m on Stale-ol-
tne--Ar1 Control 01 $alinIty "",11 be held In $all
Lake City. Ulatl, July 13, 14. and 15. 1983 A
keynote speaker w,1I be Robfon N Broaclb(>nt
CommlSSKY1el' 01 Reclamation The three
days ....,It be packed W,!n presentatlQf'\S on
stals-oHhe-at1 sahf'llty control grven tly
pro1es5lOnals from western stales
unrverslties. stale and Jederal govE'mmenl
organizations. and from lore.gn counlnes
The proceedings from the symposium Will be
bound and pubhSh9d al a laler date
The facllrllElS al the Maroon Holel are
e;w;ceIlenl for both partiCIpants and their
famIlies The Maman IS Within easy walking
dlStanee 01 many 01 Sall Lake Cll"{S '.-ISltor
attractIOnS and a large lhr~tory s/"loOplng
mall IS attactled 10 the hOtel
RegiStratIOn lee lor the sympo&um IS only
S60 With room ~atJQnS lor par1IClpanlS,
al $.50 pel' nIQht II you have not r8Celved a
program and rese.....ahon form. please call
(3D3)234--7196or (7021798-888210 fKtuftS! a
copy

McElmo Creek Unit

Tr-.e l-ekj draft of lh€ plannrng report'draft
erlV1ronmenlal statement haS ~
completed and IS being 1ll'w'1E!\IW.'d In ttle $alt
Lake City regIOnal ~oee The best plan 15 the
"line and comblne- plan. wtllch calls for hnlng
three canal Sl:'9ments tOlallng 92 mIles In
lengtl'l and comblnlng t'NO Other canals Into
oneneYw228mll~canal Thlsac1lOnwlU
redlJCt> seepage IOSSElS by atlOut litt,; percent
and salt lOadIng or about 24.(0) tons
annually ThoS corresponds to a sahnlty
roouctlOn at Impenal Dam 01 approK,malely
24 IT'Ig,t
The esllmalAd lotal cao<'.al cost l$ S23 2
million, gl\llng a cost~"octNeneSS ot
$801.0:0 per mgt. Tile- environmental and
socIal ImpactS of me plan are minimal The
only Ottlef VIaDIe altemalrve IS tOle .plpe anc:l
line- plan whICh dl~er5lrom the bast plan In
mat me combll'lOO S€9ment wOtlk:l be Piped
~ rattlef tI"l8n hfl€(j It achlE'Vl?JS a greater sallnll)-
[ :uctoo_ 26 mgl at Imperial Dam. but IS
~ 00S1~ec1""''' $14 m,lI"" ""'"'91.

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Lower Gunnison
Basin Unit

The teas.btllty report"draft en...uonmental
statement was tiled "",!h EPA January 4
1963 II was dlstnbulecl tor 1'E"'o'~ anc:l publIC
nearlngs were held February '6. 198J, In
'Jontrose anc:l Olathe, Colorado The
document IS now betng rp,,15f'(l 10
accommo:1ale comments recerv€'ll:J and 15 10
be filed ...,In EPA as theteas,bt1lty report final
eflvlronmemal statement late In 1983 A

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preconstructK)(1 p!an 01 study lor tt1e WINer
...-aler Increment nas ~ Drepaffld

Grand Valley Unij Stage Two
A prellrTUnal)' findings report has ~
tmlParOO ThIS reporlllenhes tnal tnere IS al
least one vta,ble plan and n:ocommer"lOS mal
the In-..e5t.gatlOOS conllnue
A best plarI has bf<t-on Sf'iect€'ll:J and a draft
Plan forrnula!1Qn Wonting dCX:ument IS tletng
prepared and !'PVoewed by RedarnatlCWl titS
~ulOO to be complete In May 1983