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<br />~ Table 1 <br />".0 Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program <br />-J Plan of Implementation <br />--l By 2015 <br /> (Values in Tons of Salt Load Reduction Per Year) <br /> AGENCY MEASURES POTENTIAL NEW TOTAL <br /> IN PLACE MEASURES <br /> Bureau of 375,500 480,000 855,500 <br /> Reclamation <br /> U.S. Depm:tment 212,500 320,000 532,500 <br /> of Agriculture <br /> Bureau of 33,400 55,200 88,600 <br /> Land <br /> Management <br /> TOTAL 621,400 846,200 1,476,600 <br /> <br />The plan of implementation is designed to control enough salt to maintain the numeric <br />criteria under a long-term mean water supply of 15 million acre-feet per year. It is recognized <br />that the river system is subject to highly variable flows. Consequently, salinity will vary from <br />year to year and may temporarily exceed the adopted numeric criteria in some years and remain <br />well below the criteria in others. The federal regulation provides for such temporary increases <br />above the numeric criteria. <br /> <br />Current salinity concentrations at the three criteria stations are: <br /> <br />Station <br /> <br />Numeric Criteria <br />in mg/LZ <br /> <br />1995 Salinity <br />, Concentration <br />in mg/L3 <br /> <br />Below Hoover Dam <br />Below Parker Dam <br />Imperial Dam <br /> <br />723 <br />747 <br />879 <br /> <br />654 <br />661 <br />787 <br /> <br />Based on the available data, the Forum concludes that the measured salinity will not exceed <br />the numeric criteria during the next three years. The plan of implementation adopted herein by <br /> <br />, 2F1ow-weigbted average salinity, <br /> <br />3F1ow-weighted data based upon provisional records. <br /> <br />vii <br /> <br />;~,~ <br />