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WHERE TO NOW? 18 $530 million remaining investment level, the Fund can meet its up-front payment obligations, assuming inflation is no more than 3.8 percent annually. Pursue Beneficial Use of Saline Waters improvements. However, develop- ment of alternative beneficial uses of sa.line water and innovative measures to produce multipurpose benefits such as fresh water, power, and chemicals may help reduce the costs of single-purpose control measures. Congressional authority for joint feasibility studies with industrial water users allows efforts to continue in the area of beneficial water use. Some of the current structural methods of salinity control, such as desalting and lined evaporation ponds for point and diffuse salt sources, are proving expensive when compared to irrigation t Continue Program Implementation Interior and USDA agencies' investigations to refine plans will continue, as funding permits, on irrigation salt source control units as well as other units to define the most cost-effective measures. Con- struction on Grand Valley Stage Two is continuing, deep-well- injection testing will start in late 1989 on Paradox Valley, and plans will continue on other Reclamation units. USDA onfarm implementa- tion in Grand Valley, Uinta Basin, Big Sandy River, Lower Gunnison, and other units will proceed as program funding permits. The Forum, representing the Basin States, has indicated it will continue to work with Interior and Agriculture on program implemen- tation to be certain the quality of Colorado River water is maintained at the 1972 historical levels as the Basin States continue to develop their compact-apportioned waters. For questions concerning the Federal program or specific projects, contact the: The enjoyment of good quality water.