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<br />", <br />lh J,' <br /> <br />WHERE TO NOW? 18 <br /> <br />$530 million remaining investment <br />level. the Fund can meet its up-front <br />payment obligations, assuming <br />inflation is no more than 3.8 percent <br />annually. <br /> <br />Pursue Beneficial Use of <br />Saline Waters <br /> <br />Congressional authority for joint <br />feasibility studies with industrial <br />water users allows efforts to <br />continue in the area of beneficial <br />water use. <br /> <br />Some of the current structural <br />methods of salinity control, such as <br />desalting and lined evaporation <br />ponds for point and diffuse salt <br />sources, are proving expensive <br />when compared to irrigation <br /> <br />'":"1. <br />'1"'.1 <br />( <br />..... <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />"- <br />'\\. <br /> <br /> <br />/" <br />, <br />. <br /> <br />'r <br /> <br />r' <br />'\ <br />" <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />--' <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />. I <br /> <br />The enjoyment of good quality water. <br /> <br />improvements. However, develop- <br />ment of alternative beneficial uses of <br />saline water and innovative <br />measures to produce multipurpose <br />benefits such as fresh water, power, <br />and chemicals may help reduce the <br />costs of single.purpose control <br />measures. <br /> <br />Continue Program <br />Implementation <br /> <br />Intenor and USDA agencies' <br />investigations to refine plans will <br />continue, as funding permits, on <br />irrigation salt source control units as <br />well as other units to define the <br />most cost-effective measures. Con- <br />struction on Grand Valley Stage <br />Two is continuing. dt..>ep.weU. <br />injection testing will start in late <br />1989 on Paradox Valley, and plans <br />will continue on other Reclamation <br />units. USDA onfarm implcmenta. <br />tion in Grand Valley, Uinta Basin, <br />Big Sandy River, Lower Gunnison, <br />and other units will proceed. as <br />program funding permits. <br /> <br />\ <br /> <br />The Forum, representing the <br />Basin States, has indicated it \vill <br />continue to work with Interior and <br />Agriculture on program implemen- <br />tation to be certain the quality of <br />Colorado River water is maintained <br />at the 1972 historical levels as the <br />Basin States continue to develop <br />their compact-apportioned waters. <br /> <br />For questions concerning the <br />Federal program or specific projects, <br />contact the: <br />