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<br />--- - <br /> <br />~~~~~:--==: J'!:: <br />.. , "''!.~~~ ~~ <br />""'-'~ .::. ~~"__"c~ <br />... ;:-- ~-'!':i.._ <br />~, ~J11 <br /> <br />~ <br />-~.. ... <br />......- - -..... <br />!?' ~ .... -...,..~ .. .- <br />~~ ~ "i;."2i!~~._ - ~ <br />. - ." <br />' ~ A _~ . _ , <br />..... ~.,... .....~- ..>;. <br />.~ 'r"!~ ~..;...tJ '. <br /> <br />~~., li .. <br />.,:.. .,,- " ,- <br /> <br />P' <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />:l:) <br />:> <br /> <br />. , <br />-' <br /> <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Yuma OU.lUng Compl.. unCleot conlltucllon, <br /> <br />Contract Awarded for O&M of <br />Yuma Desalting Plant <br />Secretary 01 the lntenor Don HOdel <br />recently said llla! the Bureau 01 Aeclamatl()l"I <br />has awarded a contractlOf the operatlon and <br />maintenance of the Yuma Desalting Plant <br />near Yuma. Anzona <br />The contract was awarded to Bums ana <br />Roe ServICeS CorporatIOn 01 Oradell New <br />Je""Y <br />Hodel said this contract 15 fOf 1 year, Dlus4 <br />OPtion years at tile convemenoe of the <br />Federal Government The first year value 01 <br />the contract IS $1,040.104 <br />Uncler the contract the hrm Will ProVI(}e all <br />the necessary personnel and 5elVIces <br />reQUired to operate and maintain the <br />C1esaltmg plant The contractor Will Operate <br />all lhe eqUipment and tactlmes, run lest <br />programs, and operate Rec!amallQns local <br />wa~smg syste.>m Bums and Roe bega'l <br />wor\<; on Octo<<>r 1, 1965 <br />The contractor's staff willu1cluoe qualil100 <br />SUperviSOry, aQm1nlstrall'le, technical, <br />ODerallonS, and mamtenance personnel <br />Among the jobs to be fllled are 5eCrolanes <br />boc>lIkeepers, CIer1<-typlSts. engineers, <br />:ompuler <;pe(:.allsts. chemISts, Ian <br />:echnlClans, plant mectlanlcs and opt>ralors <br />:ustOd.ans, truck dnvers, and waretlQuse <br />>en;on"" <br />ApprOlomatety 00 DOSI!lonS WlII be <br />sqUired alttle planl Wflen II ~ tully <br />operatIOnal In 199J Dunng 11'le next 5 years, <br />OSItons will be C~ted and fllled as needed <br />Located on a ro-acre tract 5 rTules west Of <br />uma, lhe plant WIll be the woncfs largest <br /> <br />- <br />.. <br /> <br />re\fer.>e OSrTlOSlS membrane desalting faCIlity <br />The plant IS the map' feature 01 Title 101 the <br />Coloraao RIVer Basin Salinity ConIt'OI <br />Program authOfl2ed by Congress In 1974 to <br />rec:lLlCe the sallMy oltl16 ColOfado Rf"'9r <br />The Yuma Desalting Planl WIll save the <br />United SlateS aoaut 8O.tXXl acre-leel 01 <br />Irngallon rerum !lows per year from <br />farmlands easl 01 Yuma The drainage water <br />Presently flOWS Into the Sanla Clara Slough <br />above the Gull Of CaJi1011"la ReclamaIJoo Wlt! <br />salvage tile waler. desalt II. and pump II mto <br />tne Colorado River 10 become part Of lhe U S <br />treaty-reqU<l'OO water aellvenes to Me",1CO <br /> <br />TItie f UPOA TE (Salinity Control <br /> <br />Activities below Imperial Dam) <br /> <br />Editor. note: The WafBt'" Ouallfy Office has <br />COOrdmatlon 'lJSpoI1SIbllltl8$ for salinity <br />control acrmtl8S abol1'8 Impenal Dam ThiS <br />summary IS prr)YIOOO at thtJ r9QU6St of the <br />re809rs For fUr1f'/er mformatlCYl about Tlfle I <br />actIVities or tf'/e Yuma Desalting Comp/ell, <br />below Impenaf Dam. contact (he Pu{)JIC <br />Affairs Officer, LOWsr Colorado RegIonal <br />Offl(;6, Boulder City N9\lada <br /> <br />To satISfy the reQUIrements 01 Minute 242 <br />of the International Boundary and Water <br />CommiSSIon. Tille I of PUl:)jIC lav. 93---320 <br />authonzes tne construction 01 several <br />permanent measures downstream from <br />Imper;al Dam ana rnaic.es ft'le replacement of <br />bypass and reject wa:ers a Fedefal <br />obllgallOn <br />The 5ev€'r1 measures Implemenled unoer <br />Title r arE <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />1 conStl\.lCtlon 01 the Yuma DesaltIng <br />Plant (under conSIrt.tct1on) <br /> <br />2 conslructlon 01 the Bypass Dram m <br />the United States and MeXICO: <br />(completed In 19n) <br /> <br />3 Implementation 01 measures lor <br />Welllon-Mohawk Imgatlon effioency <br />Improvement f1mgallon Management <br />Sel'Vlces, Onfarm Syslems Improvement. <br />Research ana DemonSlratlOOs. <br />EducallQfl Program. Technical Field <br />Commltloo): (measures bemg <br />Implemenled) <br /> <br />4 Wefltoo-Moha.....k acreage reductJoo: <br />(completed In 1979) <br /> <br />5 Painted ROCk Resef\'Olr land <br />acqUISItIon and Qp€'f'atlDn schedule <br />mCI(McatJoo. (acqUiSition penc\;ng <br />Federal COw, actIon 10 deterrrune <br />whelt1er the Corps 01 Engineers has legal <br />authonty) <br /> <br />6 conSln.x:tJon Of lhe MODE (mam <br />outlet araln extenSIon) Siphon: <br />(construction compleled In 1976) <br /> <br />7. flsh and WIldlife m(tlgallOf1 measures, <br />(mitIgation measures are onQOlng) <br /> <br /> <br />In addltlOO. TItle I authonzed replacement <br />01 the h~t 4.9 miles of tne eX!Shng earthllned <br />Coachella Canal WIth a COncrete-lined canal <br />to reduce seepage and to salvage about <br />132,COJ acre-leel Of water annually <br />ConsIn.JCllon IS essentIally complete lor lhe <br />canal Dut Pl'nphefaJ conlractS aTe In eNect <br />~ated fo Ine PUrchase and mstallalion Of <br />control eQUlPffier!t fQ( !he canal. TItle r also <br />auttIQI1zed tne Prolectrve and Regulatory <br />Pumptng Unrl WhICh ODnSlstS 01 'Nell fleldS <br />and a latera! COllection system fa enal:)je lhe <br />United Stales 10 pump up 10 100.COJ acre- <br />!eel annually Wllnln 5 mll€6 01 me Soutnerty <br />International Boundary <br />ConslructJon was 6SSentl.8l1y completed In <br />1983 Most 01 the Pumpll1g (140.tXXl acre- <br />leet) WIll be (lejlvered to MexICO across the <br />land OOundary a: San LUIS 10saflsIy the 1S4-t <br />'ceaty <br />In Marcn 1965. Reclamallon awarded tt'le <br />last 01 three major contracts 'Of the <br />