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<br />(.;:') <br />CD major conclusion of the study was that the salt loading is <br />o <br />GO induced by the disposal of waste water into wasteways or <br /> <br />basins which leach salt from the underlYing saline geologic <br /> <br />deposits. A recommended solution is to channel the waste <br /> <br />water around the saline deposits which would reduce the <br />leaching and therefore salt loading. <br />The salt pickup could be reduced by 79,000 tons per year <br />by constructing a 4.5-mile bypass channel away from the <br /> <br />saline geologic deposi ts, which with minimal seepage would <br /> <br />convey waste water and minor storm runoff along the north <br /> <br />side of the Wash flood plain. <br /> <br />Reclamation has begun a verification program of the <br /> <br />above salinity control scheme, in the Pittman area to monitor <br /> <br />the ground water response to the elimination of waste water <br /> <br />seepage from unlined ditches. The resolution of local issues <br />has delayed construction of the 3.5 miles Pittman bypass <br />pipeline; but award of the construction contract for the <br />. Pittman bypass pipeline is scheduled for February 1984, with <br />completion of the pipeline anticipated by October 1984.' <br />A Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the <br /> <br />Pittman Verification Program and Environmental Assessment <br /> <br />Report was signed by May 1983. The FaNS! also outlines the <br />concept of a vegetation test plot which could be used to <br />determine the feasibility of establishing and maintaining <br /> <br />native vegetation with available ground water. <br /> <br />An effort is being made to coordinate the proposed <br />salinity control action with County and municipal govern- <br /> <br />-8- <br /> <br />. ':0 ~ <.. <br />