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<br />standpoint if there are other solutions. <br />dams to alleviate this salt downstream. <br />pointed where the salt is coming in. <br /> <br />other than creating two <br />We have pretty well pin- <br /> <br />This is what the project is all about. Present conditions. 200.000 <br />tons of salt going into the river. Point source. a good possibility <br />of reducing it by 90 percent. This could be a significant factor in <br />the development in the Upper Colorado River. <br /> <br />Two methods are presently under investigation. Two dam methods that <br />we depicted on the map and the hydraulic method in reducing the <br />hydrostatic pressure and pumping the saline water some place for <br />evaporation. <br /> <br />Mr. Feast: This dam water would be diverted into another area for <br />evaporation? <br /> <br />Mr. Wiscombe: It is my feeling the water would be diverted into an- <br />other area for evaporation. <br /> <br />The timetable on this one is a little earlier than Mc Elmo Creek. <br />We started a little earlier in 1972. in some of our investigations. <br />We plan to complete them in 1975. <br /> <br />This is briefly what we are doing in our area to follow through on <br />the presentation that was given by Mr. Maletic. <br /> <br />As Robie mentioned. we have the Dolores project. the Animas-La Plata. <br />and SanMiguel. Their authorization came through the Colorado Basin <br />Project Act. These three and the two that he mentioned became <br />participating projects of the Colorado River storage' Act of April 11. <br />1966. A part of that act was that the construction was to be con- <br />current with the Central Arizona project. <br /> <br />Mr. Sparks indicated that it looks like sometimes it is a long. long. <br />slow process to get a project built. Well. here for the Dolores <br />project. y.ou can find records of work back in 1914. It was a mile- <br />stone that you people have gone through to develop the project to <br />its present stage. Primarily. one milestone was the Colorado River <br />Storage Act which gives us financial feasibility. In 1971 advance <br />planning started. It does take a long time and it does take a con- <br />certed effort on everybody's part, That same story could be depicted <br />on all three projects. They all have about the same kind of history. <br />Even though we had authorization in 1968. there were no expenditures <br /> <br />-15- <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />