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<br /> <br />United States Department of the Interior <br /> <br />MtlR 1 3 200:' <br /> <br />BUREAU OF RECLAM..HION <br />Uppu Colotwo Il.tglonaJ Offi.c~ <br />125 South St~l( $...... Room 6107 <br />SalfLaktOry.U.ah8.Un-II02 <br /> <br />I"WlYtlfU.TO <br /> <br /><::> <br />..... <br />CI:> <br />.~ <br /> <br />UC-240 <br />RES-9.00 <br /> <br />MAR 0 8 2002 <br /> <br />Mr. Larry Doner, Chairman <br />Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Advlsory Council <br />106 West, 500 South, SUite 101 <br />Bountiful UT 84010 <br /> <br />Subject <br /> <br />2001 Annual Report of the Colorado River Basm Salimty Control Advisory CouncIl <br /> <br />Dear ,\1r. DOZier: <br /> <br />On behalf orthe Secretary afme Interior, thank you for the 2001 Annual Report afthe Colorado Ri....er <br />8asm Salinity Control Advisory Council. The Advisory CouncIl contnbutes greatly to the success of our <br />shared program. We truly value your participation and recommendations. The program continues to <br />make measurable progress In controlling the salinity problem. Over the past 20 years we have made <br />great strides in protecting the benefiCial uses of the river. The USGS confmns that salmity levels are <br />significantly lower m the river. in large part because of our salinity control efforts. In other areas, we are <br />probably experiencing a new, post-reservoir. filling equilibriwn in the Basin. This has led to some of the <br />new techmcal challenges facing us. <br /> <br />Reclamation shares the Council's concerns over our technical abdity to accurately predict salimty levels <br />in the Basin and we will continue to support the development and calibration of our RJverware modeling <br />system. In the mterim. we have been working closely together vmh the Basm States looking at various <br />alternative methodologies. The BaSin States and Reclamation are now considering one of the more <br />promlsmg me,thods (offsettmg new depletions) for use in the triennial review of the standards. This IS a <br />fairly straight forward. mass-balance technique that keys directly off of depletion records and <br />projections. Usmg this method our 2020 goal for annual controls would be 1,292,000 tons. To date we <br />have completed about 8fl3.00fl tons of annual controls. This leaves" balance of 429,000 tons to <br />complete over the next two decades. At the present rate of implementation. I am confident we can <br />achIeve this goal. <br /> <br />Thank you again for your support. <br /> <br />Sincerely. <br /> <br />~;(t!fJ~ <br /> <br />~~ <br /> <br />Rick L. Gold <br />ReglOnal Duector <br /> <br />cc: Commissioner <br />Attennon: W-633~ <br />