WSP01299

• File Number: 8272.300.50
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Advisory Council
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 3/1/1991
• Author: CRBSC Advisory Counc
• Title: 1990 Annual Report on the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Annual Report

steering Committee to analyze the saline watersheds in the Colorado

River drainage portion of the state of Utah.

The Phase I

inventory, cursory analyses of watersheds, have been completed and

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Phase II, reconnaissance planning, investigation of 8 of the most

promising watersheds will be completed very shortly.

Phase III

comprehensive

planning,

Phase

IV

implementation,

Phase V

maintenance, and Phase VI monitoring, are the next acti vi ties. The

Council offers the fOllowing recommendations:

1. Initiate activities on Phases III and IV in two

watersheds in Utah.

2. Organize an effort, similar to that in Utah, in Colorado

for Phase I & II activities, with members of the Utah

study team providing training assistance to other State
study teams.

Fish and Wildlife Service

The Council supports the continued coordination between the

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Reclamation, USDA and EPA in

addressing the issue of fish and wildlife habitat values foregone.

The Council expresses its appreciation for the coordination by the

FWS & SCS in addressing the Council's concerns.

U.S. Geological Survey

The Council believes that it is basically a federal obligation
to provide the hydrologic data and interpretive studies required

to carry out the objectives of the salinity control program. The

U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) role is to provide information and

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