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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />823 Stafe Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Streef <br />Denver. Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303)866-3441 <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />- <br /> <br />M E M 0 RAN DUM <br /> <br />Richard O. lamm <br />Governor <br /> <br />I. William McDonald <br />Director <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Members, CWCB <br /> <br />David W. Walker <br />Deputy Director <br /> <br />FROM: Bill McDonald <br /> <br />DATE: April 29, 1983 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Agenda Item 13, May 5, 1983, Board Meeting-- <br />Colorado River Basin salinity control program, <br />Paradox Valley Unit <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />The Paradox Valley salinity control project will involve <br />the pumping of approximately 2 cfs from a series of wells located <br />along the Dolores River in Paradox Valley. This will draw down <br />the interface between the underlying salt dome and the bed of the <br />river, thus reducing salt loading to the river. The brine so <br />pumped will be disposed of by deep well injection. <br /> <br />Discussion <br /> <br />The Bureau of Reclamation received conditional decrees for <br />19 wells in Case No. W-3549 (Division 4). They have now filed <br />for a plan of augmentation/change of water right (Division 7, <br />Case No. 83CW45) for those 19 wells plus 5 more. The Bureau has <br />taken this step after discussions with the State Engineer and me. <br /> <br />The plan of augmentation will cover the out of priority <br />diversion by the 19 wells previously mentioned. The replacement <br />water will come from the water rights which have been <br />historically used to irrigate lands to be inundated by McPhee <br />Reservoir. These ten water rights are the subject of the change <br />of water right proceeding also mentioned above. <br /> <br />307 <br />ag/ i/ 13 <br /> <br />(, (II 620 <br />\) --.; <br /> <br />John R. Fetcher. Chairman - He~rt H. Vandemoer. Vie!!! Chairman <br />C.M. FurneaulC. Floyd l. Getz, Dale F. Grant, Robert A. Jackson. Richard W. Johnston, Jr., Frederick V. Kroeger, David W. Robbins <br />