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• Board Meeting Date: 12/4/1974
• Description: Agenda or Table of Contents, Minutes, Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

presented to two conservancy districts. A Draft .
Environmental Statement was circulated and is being
revised on basis of comments received.

b. Excess flows of Little Snake River, Slater and Savery
Creeks would be impounded by potential Savery and
Pot Hook Reservoirs.

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c. 51,000 acre-feet of water would be delivered to
32,000 acres of land in the two states.

d. General

(1)

Increase in salinity concentration at Imperial
Dam is estimated at 3.9 mg/l.

Minimum flows for fisheries and inactive storage
would be maintained as required.

Current costs total about $56 million.

Benefit-cost ratio is 1.7:1.

(2)

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7. West Divide Proiect

a. Advance planning studies of this project are currently
under way. Definite Plan Report and Draft Environ-
mental Statement are scheduled for completion in June
1978.

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b. Public meetings will be held at an early date to
solicit input on project alternatives.

c. Need for somewhat extensive reformulation studies was
brought about largely because of known opposition to
potential Placita Reservoir even though local and
state support has been generally good. The plan on
which project was authorized will be reformulated to
include all of the authorized purposes but on a some-
what different scope and scale of development.

8. Colorado River Water Quality Improvement Pro~ram

a. Public Law 93-320 Colorado River Basin Salinity Control
Act authorized four units as initial stage of salinity
control program. lncluded were Grand Valley system
improvements unit and Paradox Valley unit. Funds
totaling $1,300,000 were approved on October 18, 1974,
to conduct definite plan studies in FY 1975 with
$600,000 for Grand Valley and $700,000 for the
Paradox Unit.

b. Grand Valley Systems Improvements
(1) Salinity Act authorized improvements of 700 miles

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