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<br />r <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CWCB <br />4/4/85 <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR BIDS <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />The Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974, as <br /> <br />amended, authorized the construction of the Grand Valley sal ini ty <br /> <br />control unit, Colorado, by the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation <br /> <br />(Bureau). This salinity control unit has two primary features: <br /> <br />(1) lining of portions of the main delivery canals in the Grand <br />Valley, and (2) combining of laterals into fewer numbers of <br /> <br />laterals and placing of the combined laterals into pipe. In both <br /> <br />instances, the objective is to reduce seepage and the resultant <br /> <br />salt pick-up in order to reduce salt loading to the Colorado <br /> <br />River. <br /> <br />There are approximately 750 private laterals which are to be <br /> <br />placed into pipe. However, before this can be done, the laterals <br /> <br />must be organized into a legal entity(ies) under Colorado law <br /> <br />which can assume the obligation to operate and maintain the <br /> <br />laterals under contract with the Bureau. At the present time, <br /> <br />none of the 750 private laterals are so organized. <br /> <br />The Colorado Water Conservation Board (Board) has agreed to <br /> <br />undertake the task of organizing the laterals into the necessary <br /> <br />legal entity(ies). Funding for this effort will be provided by <br /> <br />the Bureau. <br /> <br />725 <br />rip <br />