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<br />ntE SOLUTION
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<br />'n 1972. 811 amendment to the FedemI Water PoIlutiOll
<br />Control Ad, Public Law 92~ and SU'-luently the
<br />Claan W_ Act of ,1977, sot!ol1h a public policy
<br />embracing the restoration and maintenance of water
<br />quality, poIlutiOIl effluent discharge limitatIOn, and
<br />_zeropoJlutiOIldischarge. TheActwasl_
<br />by the EPA (1;nvi1'Ollmental P-~l 'o,"""i,,,
<br />water quality stand_ consisting of numericaJsalinity
<br />cr1tarJa and a plan of implamenlation for the CoIQIlldo
<br />RMlr, Numericalcrilaria weresu'-luentlyestablist)adat
<br />three stations by the Forum (Colorado Rive( Basin Salinity
<br />Control Forum), adopted by each of the Basin S1atas,and
<br />approved by EPA. The criteria, set in tenns of milligrams
<br />per liter of TDS are:
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<br />
<br />-,
<br />Do.. w.aigl.'-d-
<br />_lDS,'
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<br />,723 mg/L
<br />747 I11\YL
<br />1179mgiL
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<br />Balow Hoovar Dam
<br />Below Parker Dam
<br />At Imperial Dam
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<br />To meet these Criteria, abOut 22 to 2,8-niill~ tons Per --, -
<br />year of salt. will need to be removed from the riVer's~
<br />by aboul2010, The ovilraJl approach.to meeting the
<br />stahdard9 Is to prevent'saft from entering 8lid mixing with - :
<br />the IMlt's flow, A numberof agricultural, point. and'diffuse
<br />souroes of salinity _ -. IdeIllIfIed throughoulthe
<br />Basln. Those units which contain sources that-can be
<br />lntelcepted and prevented from entering the river at least
<br />cost will be Imptementecl to oontrol the rlvel's salinity.
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<br />CokiracIo RIwr BasIn Salinity Control
<br />Forum and Coiorado RIwr Basin SlIIlnlty
<br />Control AdvisoIy Council '
<br />The Forum is composed of water resource and water
<br />quality rep_ from each of the ....., Colorado
<br />RIwr Basin _ sppoIlllsd by his raspective governor,
<br />The AdvlsoIyCOunciI mam_.... _ sppoIlllsd by the
<br />governors and serve similar but different functions.
<br />Pa a result of Publk: Law 92-500. the Forum was
<br />estabIist)ad to de\IeIop water quality standards.Sectiort
<br />303 of the CIe8l1 W_ Act of 1977 requires thol_
<br />waterqu8Jity standsrtls be I8IIieWed from time totime, but
<br />at least once Mrythree years. , .
<br />The sewn-state Forum with the aid Of an internal Work
<br />Group prepares a review of the water quality standards. ,
<br />Including numeric crtterlaand the plan of implement8tion
<br />previously developed, by the Forum, The 1981,""" '
<br />Includes the mcxIifications or revisions to the plan of
<br />Implementation that have becorr'I8 necessary as8rJlSUltof
<br />changed cOI1ditiOlls and 1110 availability of better '
<br />Information, , , '
<br />The AdvlsoIy Council recaiY8S _ from
<br />Reclamatlon 011 salinity COI1troI ectiVitles and mskes
<br />recommendations to the _ of the DeparlI1)eflts
<br />of the Interior and Agriculture and to the Administrator of
<br />the EPA 011 all_ _ng tothe_and timely
<br />planning and executIcin of salinity control measures and
<br />procedures speclfied in Public Law In-32Q, Title II,
<br />The Forum's Work Group Is the- technical or
<br />engi'-ng srm of the FOI\Jm, TheWOf1< Group COl1Sisls
<br />of at _ one rapreseI1talM> from each of the Basin
<br />States, who may or may not be a member of the Forum.
<br />The basic function is to proWle _nical review and
<br />analysis for the FOI\Jm, the poIlcy-making group, The
<br />Work Group aJso serves the AcMsory Council in the
<br />capocity of a _nical review and study 1eam"
<br />
<br />In June 1974, Congress enacted the CoJomdo River
<br />Basin SaJilllly Control Ad, Public Law In-32Q, whlcl1
<br />directed the SecretaJy of the Interlor to expeditllthe
<br />completion of plarming _01112 salinityCOl1trol UIlIIs
<br />and to procaed with 00IlStruclI0n of the Panidox Valley,
<br />Gmnd Valley, Crys1aI Geysar, and Las Vagas Wosh Unila
<br />
<br />Interagen(:y Approach
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<br />All issue ss alf-emcompssslng ss salinity control
<br />touchesmsnyporspactNes. VaIiousgoYOmmentalOlllilies
<br />- divenle capat;litles that C8Il be ITI8JlIhaIed to most
<br />effectjyoIylmplamentCOl1trol measures.lnaddltlOll, public
<br />participation plays a key role In salinity COI1troI,
<br />At the state level, all S8Yen Colorado River B8s1n States
<br />_jolned efforts to adoptstandsrtlsand to Implament a
<br />plan to meet those standards while water suppfles
<br />corrtillUO to be developed, Tosccomplish .- ,
<br />, ci;qroin8tion,the'Govemors of each of tho llssIn staies
<br />',' sppoIlllsd representatives to the 'Forum (CoIora<to RMlr
<br />, BilSJn Salinity CoQ1rQI Forum) and !lie Council (CoIor8dO "
<br />, River lia$in Salinity Control AdvlsoIy Council). groups
<br />,whichCoon:Jii1ale~_and_the _
<br />G""""ment of the stata views 011 issues affaclIng water
<br />. quality_ and ways 10,_ thOse standards.'
<br />,. l'tl8se grQllps were-established foIlow1ng- ElIlaCbneld: of
<br />,Publlc\.aWS gMOOand ~~,
<br />, 'AltllO _ _.salinityCOl1trol,",,"lres
<br />. CilQrdinatlot1 efforts of ,the DeportmeI1t of thO 1_. '
<br />, ,., iridiiding FWS (Ash and Wlldlite -l, USGS (U,S,
<br />, GiioJcgical'Surveyl,BLM(8u...uofLandM~),
<br />, andUSBR (BurOsu of RecismatIon): the EPA
<br />(Erivil'Ollmentai ProlecIJcn Agency): and the DeportmeI1t
<br />of Agriculture, Including SCS (SolIConselvation -l,
<br />ASCS (Agricultural Stablliza1lOlland Conselvation
<br />
<br />The pIaIl of implamentatlon, ss set lOnh in each of the
<br />1975, 1978, and 1981 Forum repor1S includes the _
<br />salinity -ccintroI units dlsciJssed In another section of this
<br />dOcumerrt.ll_includeseffluentlimllsllonsforil1dustrlal
<br />point source dlschsrgas with theobjecllYe of 110 sallrelum
<br />_ pnlC!IcabIe. In 1977, the Forum adopted the ,
<br />"PolIcY for ImplOmenlatiOll of Colorado RIwr Salinity
<br />S18ndsrdsThrough the NPDES (NatIOIlaI PoIluti01l
<br />DISch8rg9 Elimlnatlot1 SysIom) P81inft Program,' Thls
<br />poIicyviasadopted byall of the _Stalasand provides
<br />-1<Ic! guidance I~ tho sppIicatIoo) of salinity ~ ' '
<br />deYeIopod pUrsuant tosecliOll303oftllO CIe8l1 W_ Act
<br />'lIrid thitiugh, the N~ES psnnilli"g authority In the "
<br />rogul8tion of municipal and industrial point source
<br />djsch8rgOs. , ,', ,
<br />In Soptember198li the Forum adopted a "PoIicyiorthe
<br />Use Of Bflicklsh sndIor Saline W.... for Industrial
<br />Puipc>oes" wheia ft is arwiroomerrtaJly sound and
<br />""""""'ically leoslble and where lis use would not
<br />siliniflcintly,lncrellS"COIlSUfllptl\le use of Colorado, RIwr
<br />system:water, Further, the use of _ _ tor
<br />'1I1dustrlaIpurposes'is 811 addillOllal measure In reducing
<br />sail corrtrIbu1ioI)s to the _ system, , ,
<br />Mr: Jack A Barnett serves as the ExecutiYe DirectOr of
<br />tho FOOlm, He provides a focaJ point ofcontacl for the
<br />FOI\Jm 11\ dOaIing with saliniiy problems of ,_
<br />, signillcanoe. Mr, _s address is 108 W, 500 South,
<br />Suitll101: BountIful, Utah 84010,
<br />FORm Members
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<br />Dr. RonaJd Miller, Chief, au..... ofW_OualityCorrtnll
<br />WfJSle! E. S1oIner, Director, DeportmeI1t of W_
<br />. Resources .
<br />Stewart Udall, Attomey at Law
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<br />~,ARS(Agricultural~_"CSRS
<br />(CooperatIva Slate Resesroh SeMcel, and ES (ExIenslon
<br />_), The cspsbIlltIaa of the _ agencIaa are
<br />coor<Iil1ll1ed through 8l11~SaJlnity CorrtnlI
<br />Comm_to Improva ~ of Irrigated
<br />agricultu", through resesrch SI1d onfam1 improyaments
<br />and to implemen' selected S1JucIural and flOIlSlJUdUI1lI
<br />corrtroI measures.
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<br />The Stales
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<br />The Colorado RIwr Basin Stalas support tho salinity
<br />corrtroI program through water quality ~
<br />plsns, effIUlll1' discharge corrtroI, SI1d educslIon in the
<br />control of salinity.
<br />The Basin S1atas indivlduaJly developed water quality
<br />~ plans to cot1form with the ,",,"I~of
<br />section 2CII of the Clean Water Ac:l These requirements
<br />: inclUda: public I~ jlfObiem ,_d.
<br />'idei1tIlicationof'bOSl~practIces,_isI>-
<br />men! of corrtroI Ptogllll11S; and dasigrl8lIon of
<br />,msriagomerrt -- " ' ,
<br />~ progmms _ includa the corrtroI of_
<br />, dlsso/wljj solids liom po;nt dischalges through tho
<br />NPDES psnnftptogram,FIsh_lumber~
<br />mllis,sewsgetnlatJtlarrtplan1s,and__....
<br />some Of the munICIpal and IndUstriaI' effluent sources-
<br />u'-oorrtrol, ROtJilo oftreatsd_isencouraged
<br />ss a,ge""raJ'pnncipla, .
<br />Education SI1d public !nvo/vementareem~, The
<br />b8sfi1wlde nature of salinity requires an awareness of
<br />sallnity-oOuroes, Im_ and __ melhods 01
<br />COI1troI, The Basin _ corrtinUllto"""'- with '
<br />COlI08h IeJ agencies to Il"IQ"eaSe public undenlIandlng of
<br />salinity and to coordInate this effort through the Forum.
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<br />W_ G, PaltIt;Chief;TechnicalSeMoaaDivislOll, ~
<br />W_ Resouroes CorrtnlI Boe1d
<br />Myron B, HOIburt, Chief Engl.-, Colorado Riwr Boe1d
<br />of California
<br />CoIor8do ,
<br />D, Monte Psscoe, ~ Director, DeportmeI1t of
<br />NaJuraI Resouroes
<br />Dr, RotiertA Arnoti. AsSt. DlrOctor, Depsrtmeo 4 ofoHeaIth
<br />DavId Robbins, Attomey at Law
<br />NMdo
<br />DU8l1ll ii, Sudweaks, Dlrectpi. CoIor8dO RIwr
<br />CommisslOll of NeVada
<br />LawisH, Dodglon" Adlnln_, DiY, of I;nvironmental
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<br />Rois11d D, WllllIaIgaId, DIrector, DeportmeI1t of
<br />COIlseMitlon and Nalural Resouroes
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<br />Staphen E. Reynoids,:Slala Engr-
<br />UlIIh'
<br />CaMn Sudweeks. Di_, au..... ofW_ PoIIutiOIl
<br />CorrtnlI' .
<br />Dsnlal F, Lawlenca, Director, DMslor1ofWa1lirRaaoorces
<br />Wycrrq
<br />Wlllism L Galtand. MTlin_. DeportmeI1t of
<br />Elivtl'Ollmental Ouality
<br />Geolgli Chrlstopulos, Slala Engi.-
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