WSP00818

• File Number: 8273.100.50
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control - Federal Agency Reports - BOR
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 12/1/1980
• Title: Colorado River Salinity - Economic Impacts on Agricultural, Municipal, and Industrial Users
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

CONTENTS

Preface ....................................................

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Table

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II.
III.

Introduction ..........................................
Th.e problem setti ng ...................................
Physical impacts of salinity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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S.
C.
D.

Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Municipal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Industrial ......................................
User alternatives ................................

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2.
3.

Agriculture ...............................
Municipal ................................
Industrial .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

E.

Evaluation procedures ............................

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2.
3.

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Municipal ................................
Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

IV.

Estimation of damages

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B.
C.
D.
E.

Direct agricultural damages ........................
Indirect agricultural damages ................ . . . . . . .
Municipal damages ..............................
Industrial damages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total economic impacts due to changes in
salinity levels ..................................

V.

ApPlication in project analysis ....

TABLES

Annual agricultural damages at selected levels of
TDS for various sites in California and Arizona ..............
Station projections of TDS at various points on the
COlorado River ............... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total annual agricultural damages per mg/L for
sel.ected levels of TDS at Imperial Dam-Lower Main
Stem of the Colorado River. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Test for significantly different sample means-Los
Angeles area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Test for significantly different sample means-Las
Vegas-Phoen1x-Tucson ................................

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