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<br />'" ~33o..7, 39 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Summary Data <br />Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program <br /> <br />Salinity Program Repayment <br /> <br />Reclamation has been delegated the management of the basin funds to repay the States' share <br />of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program, Public Law 93-320, as amended, <br />requires repayment of the Reclamation and the USDA programs, <br /> <br />Table I lists the construction status of units (or separable portions of each unit) for <br />Reclamation Salinity Control Program, Table 1 shows the Stubb Ditch of the Grand Valley <br />Unit was completed in 1993 and started repayment in 1994, The U.S, Department of <br />Agriculture (USDA) also has completed individual onfarm contracts, too numerous to list. <br />The repayment for the USDA program is summarized in table 2. <br /> <br />Table 2 includes a summary of the basin fund repayment for fiscal year 1994, The Advisory <br />Council discussed the allocation between the basin funds last year and retained the 85/15 <br />allocation bet~n the lower and upper basin funds, Reclamation used this allocation for its <br />fiscal year 1993 repayment computations under section 205 of the Salinity Control Act. <br /> <br />Table 3 summarizes the basin fund transfers for repayment of the program through fiscal year <br />1993, You will note that due to lack of funds, the Upper Basin Fund has not been able to <br />make any payments toward repayment of the program since 1990, . <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Cost Effectiveness <br /> <br />Cost effectiveness ($/ton) is computed by annualizing capital expenditures at 8,0 percent <br />interest rate over the life of the project. Annual O&M costs (if any) are added to the <br />annualized capital cost and divided by the annual tons reduction, For Reclamation projects, <br />project life for irrigation improvements is 50 years, Project life for Paradox has not yet been <br />determined, but a 25-year life was assumed for this report. For USDA improvements, a 25- <br />year life was assumed, <br /> <br />Table 4 - 6 list expenditures, salt load reductions, and cost effectiveness for the Salinity <br />Program, For Reclamation units nearing completion, cost effectiveness was based on past <br />expenditl!J',es and the balance to complete, For the USDA program, cost effectiveness is <br />computed 'base on expenditures and salt load reductions through fiscal year 1993, Note that <br />total capital costs are estimated based on past cost effectiveness. Actual costs may be <br />different. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />29 <br />