2002

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 2002
• Author: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
• Title: Final Environmental Impact Statement
• USFW Year: 1986.
• USFW - Doc Type: Grand Valley Unit, Stage Two, Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Project, Mesa County, Colorado.
• Copyright Material: NO

CONTENTS (Continued)
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Chapter III Alternatives (continued)
Recommended plan (alternative B) (continued)
Conditions precedent to construction 34
Relocation of property 35
Estimated costs. 35
Alternative A 37
Plan concepts and estimated accomplishments 37
Plan features. 37
Canal improvements, cross-drainage facil-
ities, and moss and debris removal
structures . 37
Lateral improvements. 40
Fish and wildlife measures 41
Construction facilities. 41
Construction materials 42
Rights-of-way 42
Administration 42
Conditions precedent to construction 42
Relocation of property 42
Estimated costs. 43
No-action alternative 43
Comparison of alternatives and selection of
recommended plan. 44
Other alternatives considered 44
Options for combining systems. 47
Barrier cutoff wall options. 47
Additional increments to alternatives A and B. 48
Chapter IV Affected environment and environmental
consequences 49
Introduction. 49
Lands 50
Present conditions 50
Land use. 50
Land ownership. 50
Impacts. 50
Land use. 50
Land ownership. 51
Agricultural practices. 54
Present conditions 54
Impacts, 54
Operation of irrigation systems 56
Present conditions 56
Impacts. 56
Relationship of on-farm program . 58
Soils 59
Present conditions 59
Impacts . 59
Water supply . 60
Present conditions . 60
Surface water 60
Ground water. 61
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