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Grand Valley Unit. Stage One Project Coordinator , ..... 0> 00 ..... Coordinator for Stage One of the Grand Valley Unit IS Paul H. Calder.Chlelollhe Water and Land OperatIons DIvISIon, Grand Junction PrOjects Olllce 5tage One olthe Grand Valley UnIt IS currently under construction In west-central Colorado as part of the Colorado River Basin Salmlty Control PrOjeCl As coordinator Calder IS responslDle for directing and e...ecutlng pre- construction activities for Stage One Calder IS also In charge of directing the pre-prOject and post-prOject monitOring program to delermlne the efleCllveness of salinity control measures ......h,Ch comprise Grand Valley Stage One development Born and raised IT'I Vernal. Utah, Calder anended the University of Utah and Brigham Young UniverSity and graduated from Utah State University With a degree m cml engmeeflng Calder's employment With the Water and Power Resources Service began In 1956 at the Central Utah PrOjects Office In Provo. Utah Calder became Chief of Lands and Recreation Branch there In 1960 and In 197J was apPOlT'lted the Acting Chief of the Water and Land Operations DIVISion. a pOSition he held until 1978 when he came to the Grand Junction PrOjects Olflce as Chief of Water and Land Operations Active In church and scouting aCllvitles. Calder was honored With the coveted Silver Beaver award In 1969 for out- standing service to scouting Rationale for Cost Effectiveness Criteria- CRWQIP The Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, PubliC Law 92-500, reqUires the adoption 01 water quality standards applicable to In- lerstate waters Consequently. the seven states adopted salinity standards for the Colorado River In 1975 These stand- ards Include numeriC crllena and an Implementation plan which covers the Colorado River Water Quality Improve- ment Program (CRWQIP) PublIC Law 92-500 sets forth a public polley of nondegraClatlon of water quality which IS not governed by the usual methods of economiC evaluation ThIS evaluation IS based upon achlelllng the water quality aDjectives at leas! cost, I e cost effec- tiveness Therefore. the CRWOIP has been di>slgned as a baSinWide salln,ty control plan that will evaluale all potentIal salinity control mechanisms, both management and struClurallechnlques and recommend those that WIll maintain salinIty standards In the most COSl ellectlve manner The Water and Power Resources Service has proceeded In Its salinity p!anmng process by evaluatmg each prOject In terms of cost per milligram per liter (mg L) of sallmty reduction at Imperial Dam and com- paling that cost 10 thaI of other prOleCls Those shOWing the best cost effec- tiveness (while also meeting other cfltena) w1I1 then be recommendeCl !Ol construction aulhorlzatlon Those With less !avOfable cost ellectlveness WIll be deferred until lhey are deemed necessary EPA Agricultural Nonpoint Source Control Strategy Completed EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) Region VIII which InCludes the Upper Basm Slates of Wyoming Colorado. and Ulah has just completed a tlnal strategy document that focuses on development at elfectlve agrrcultural nonpOlT'lt source controJ programs Under Section 208 01 tt'le Clean Water Act. nonpOlT'lt source control programs are to be developed bv slate and areaWIde planning agenCies and Implemented by management agen- Cies deSIgnated by each Go.'ernor The purpose of lhe EPA strategy IS 10 assess ongOing agflcultural nonpoml source control programs and to focus on speCltlC EPA and state actions needed 10 make tne programs more ellecllve The strategy IS mtl"nded not only as a framewolO for development 01 eHecllve stale programs au! also as a gUide 10 prOVide Internal conSistency lor EPA fundmg deCISIons development of Slate EPA agreements and other func- tional taSks The strategy addresses primarily triose programs deSigned to encourage Im- plementation ot Bes! II..lanagement Prac- !LCeS on pll~ate land PUbIlCly.o....ned rangeland ....nlcn 's 01 concern from a salmlly-control standpOlT'I1 ....111 oe coveted IT'I a separate rangeland strategy To obtam caples at tne AgriCUltural NonpOlT'lt Source Contlol Stralegy conlact DaVid ShankS or Sheryl Millard at 1303) 837-4831 lFTS 327-4831). or write In€, Plann'ng and Management BranCh 8W.PM EPA RegIOn VIII 1860 Lmcoln 51 Denver Colorado 80295