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<br />~ . 3 u r <br /> <br />-.Jcz II) CS <.D iL <br />? <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Salinity Update <br /> <br />Special Edition <br />February 1989 <br /> <br />by <br />Colorado River Salinity Program Coordinator <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br /> <br />) T)A Salinity Control Coordinating Committee <br />.S. Department of Agriculture <br /> <br />Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum <br /> <br />in cooperation with <br /> <br />Bureau of Land Management <br />Geological Survey <br />Fish and Wildlife Service <br />Environmental Protection Agency <br /> <br />.- <br /> <br />CONTROLliNG SALINITY <br />IN THE <br />COLORADO RIVER BASIN <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />.The beautiful, rugged Colorado <br />River provides water for life to over <br />18 million people in parts of seven <br />states and Mexico. The river, <br />however, carries about 9 million tons <br />of salt annually past Hoover Dam. <br />This salt load causes millions of <br />dollars in damages to agriculture and <br />cities in the Lower Basin States. <br />Management of the quality of water~. -r;. -:: <br />in the Colorado is being pursuc9i ~~ :. <br />,jointly by state and Federal agencie~ -, ~ <br />to protect this ~ndangered 'wateF~'.: <br />resOurce. :. ,/.~ <br />:: . ~..? .....~. <br />.~ .: ~- . <br />. "". <br />-~ !. :~.. j(!' <br />~:., - <br />..... ., <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />,.~ <br />.h <br /> <br />" <br />. <br />