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<br />;,<! <br /> <br />Planning Schedule.--Items under current consideration include developing <br />and refining alternatives to be evaluated on the basis of cost of <br />construction, salinity reduction, and effect at Imperial Dam. The <br />following schedule has been established. <br /> <br />July or August 1979: Public meeting, as previously described, <br />to advertise alternatives and obtain public input. <br />August 1979: Planning team meeting to consider public comments <br />and establish date for selecting recommended plan. During the rest <br />of the summer and early fall, the alternatives will be refined and <br />additional public comments will be considered. <br />Autumn 1979: Planning team meeting to select recommended plan. <br />Winter 1979: Design data-collection phase will begin, and the <br />recommended pIan will be refined. <br />Reports Dates: The draft feasibility report will be prepared by <br />June 1981; the final feasibility report, December 1981; the draft <br />environmental statement, January 1982; and the final environmental <br />statement, July 1982. <br /> <br />Progress In Field Work.--Water-quality samples are collected monthly at <br />.85 sites. Corresponding discharges are measured or estimated. These <br />data are collected for use in preparing the water and salt budget for <br />the Lower Gunnison Salinity Project. In the continuing effort to determine <br />canal and lateral seepage rates, parshall flumes were installed in April <br />1979 on four sections of three laterals. Stage recorders for each flume <br />will provide inflow-outflow data to determine seepage loss rates for these <br />lateral sections. Some additional data collection is needed on the laterals <br />cross section before seepage rates can be determined. <br /> <br />Under current plans, water-quality data on the major canals willll be <br />collected throughout the 1979 irrigation season. Samples will be taken <br />at the diversion point and at the point of waste. It may be desirable to <br />have additional measurements at points of major inflow to a particular <br />canal. <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />()0086!\ <br />