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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8210.140.20
Description
Colorado River Basin Organizations and Entities - Colorado River Basin States Forum - California
State
CA
Basin
Western Slope
Date
1/1/1977
Author
Myron B Holburt
Title
Annual Report for the Calendar Year 1976
Water Supply Pro - Doc Type
Annual Report
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<br />. n,' <br /> <br />l.V.) <br /> <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Warer lovers setlhelr own pace <br />along Colorado River, <br /> <br />J. A study to identify diffuse <br />...ourcf'S of ...all and to invE'<;.tigate the <br />role of ...ediment in ...alt loading in the <br />Uppt'r Colorado RivN Basin. <br /> <br />Basin Developments <br /> <br />The Board.... stait continued to <br />review plans for Wolter imd energy <br />development project... in the Colorado <br />River Basin to determine their effect <br />on California's Colorado RivN water <br />rights and interestS. and. if necesyry, <br />attempt to obtain changE'<;. in the <br />projects. A trend that appeared during <br />1975 and continued through 1976 was <br />a slowdown in earlier plans for <br />d(>velopment of the Colorado Rh'er <br />Basin's coal and oil shale re'>Ourct>S, <br />which will reduce projection... of <br />future water u..e. Also. the Bureau of <br />Reclamation had plannt.>d to dela... for <br />another year construction on the <br />Dalla... Creek, Fruitland 'viesa, Dolort>S, <br />and Saver...-Pot Hool. Project.... but <br />later changed its plans .liter <;trt>nuous <br />objections and threats of laws..uits <br />from Colorado State officials. <br /> <br />.... '."<1...' <br />- <br />';"t' ".t~..,'!,:?;.:~::r <br />~-:~~."....;^rkw 't ';"'.:;'-'~'-"- <br />_....::~.~_;:__ .:.....~.~ . c <br />__. _.,-<,..I.,~"..t:._ - "", <br />"-._0:- ~ 'j .",-.-~.~ i~.., -......._ <br />. .-. ":' .,.'~~.-'Y__ h <br />_. ~... <br /> <br />Upper Basin OeH?lopments <br /> <br />Environmental impaCl statements <br />(EIS) on several Upper Basin proj{"(ts <br />were draftt.>d by the federal <br />government during 1976 and the <br />Board's staif reviewed and <br />commented on these Slatements. The <br />projects and '>Ome highlights of the <br />comment... are pre-...ented in the <br />following paragraph...: <br />1 . The proposed Foothills Project. <br />near Denver, Colorado, will divt'rt <br />watt'r from the Colorado River Basin <br />to the Mis<'ouri River Ba...in. This <br />diversion would produce a small <br />increa...e in salinit~, in the Colorado <br />River Ba...in. There were- no significant <br />comments on this draft E15. <br />2. The final El5 of the WeKo COJI <br />G.lSific.Jt;on Project in New Mexico <br />indicates that there- would be no <br />return of di...sohed salts to the river <br />system. Thi... project would have a <br />consumptive u...e of about 35,000 <br />acre~feet per... ear and would increase <br />salinitv in the lower Basin by about 3 <br />milligram... per Iite-r at Imperial Dam. <br />J. The- staff comments on thl:' <br />"Drait ,-\...sessmenl of Environmental <br />Impact, Oper.Jt;an 'Of Glen CJnlon <br /> <br />Dam and La~e Pa~'ell" were that, <br />under the prese-nt operation of Glen <br />Canyon and Hoover Dam..., it did not <br />appear that an EIS wa... required. <br />Unless the Bureau of Reclamation <br />intends to consider changing the <br />operation of these rf'Ser.'oirs to <br />enhance environme-ntal values, there <br />rioes not appear to be any rea'>On to <br />prepare an EIS. If ...uch a statement <br />should be prepared, it should include <br />the effects of the change in <br />hydroelectric power production on <br />the power de-mands of the- area and <br />tht' effects of additional fossil fuel <br />plant... in the area, as well a... other <br />relevant factors. <br />4. Comments on the final EIS <br />covering the proposed Calanyail <br />shale de~'elapment in the Parachute- <br />Creek area near Grand Junction, <br />Colorado. indicated the staff'... <br />concurrence- with the plans to keep <br />dis...olved ...alts out of the riwr ...y...tem. <br />The Company had previou...ly <br />announced an indefinite <br />po...tponement of the proposed <br />de-velopment due to inflation and the <br />lack of a federal energy policy. <br />S. Comments on the draft El5 for <br />the {\,',H'dio Indian 1ff/8dtion Projtv:t. <br />New Mexico, were thot the salt load <br />indicated in the report was 100 low <br />,md ...hould be investigated in greater <br />depth and that the salinity effects at <br />Hoover and lmpt'rial Dams should be <br />evaluated. <br />6_ The- Fruitland M('.~a Praject. <br />Colorado. would develop irrigation <br />water for lands in west central <br />Colorado. The- stait commented on <br />the draft EI5 for this project that there <br />should be an explanation of the- <br />.1dditional salt loading that would <br />re-...ult from the developmt'nt and <br />operation of the Project and that <br />measures ...hould be included that <br />would minimize the salinity impacts <br />from both new and supplemt'ntal <br />irrigation areas. <br />7. The principal comme-nts on the <br />EIS for the- proposE'd ex.pansion of the <br />San Juan POI\erpMnt in north....estern <br />!\:.e.... !\1exico was that mea...urf'S be <br /> <br />" <br />
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