BOARD00043

• Board Meeting Date: 7/13/1998
• Description: WSP Section - Colorado River Basin Issues - Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program - Status Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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STATE OF COLORADO

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Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
721 Centennial Building
1313 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone],3441
FAX: [phone]

Roy Romer
Governor

MEMORANDUM

James S. Lochhead
Executive Director, DNR

DariesC. ute, RE.
Director, ewes

Peter H. Evans
Acting Director, eWeB

TO:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

FROM:

Steve Miller
Interstate Streams and Hydrologic Investigations Section

DATE: July 6, 1998

SUBJECT: Agenda Item 26.m., July 13-14, 1998 Board Meeting -
Colorado River Basin issues -
Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program - Status Report

INTRODUCTION

This memo briefly updates the Board on several items of continuing interest
regarding the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program (CRBSCP) which
held a semi-annual meeting in Cheyenne, Wyoming on June 17, 1998, This
agenda item is informational only and no Board action is required at this time.
Comments and questions can be discussed during the Board meeting or
addressed directly to staff at any time, Background information on the CRBSCP
was provided in staffs Board memo for the May 1998 meeting [agenda item
26,h,J,

DISCUSSION

A. Triennial Review,
The Forum will be conducting its triennial review of the water quality standards
for Colorado River Basin salinity over the next 18 months, The last review was
done in 1996, The review will examine: current salinity and hydrologic
conditions, future anticipated depletions of the basin water supply, projected
salinity levels at the three numeric criteria stations, the amount of salt load which
must be controlled to remain below the numeric criteria under average hydrologic
conditions, the economic benefits of controlling salinity, and revisions to the plan
of implementation to remove the necessary amount of salt in a cost-effective
manner. Staff will be participating in the analysis, writing of the report, and public
review over the next 18 months,