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<br />".\ <br />',.J <br /> <br />Hater-Salt Iludget .--vlater-salt budget analyses were undertaken to <br />determine how much salt is added to the Colorado River System by <br />irrigation in the Uncompahgre Valley. A specific area for analysis <br />was determined, and inflows and outflo\-ls of water, with associated <br />salt content, were calculated. Lands east and west of the Uncompahgre <br />River are dissimilar, so they were treated independently, but results <br />were then combined in a composite east-west salt budget. Various <br />statistical verification procedures and cross-checks were used to <br />obtain the results displayed in the following table. <br /> <br />. WA1'ER SALT l\UDGF.T <br /> <br />Lower Gunnison Pro1~ct <br /> <br />1976 <br /> <br />1977 <br /> <br />East Side Budget <br /> UnaCCQunted water (acre-feet) !I +9.850 Y -13.050 <br /> Loa~inz <br /> Tons 278,920 208,860 <br /> Tons/acre 7.5 5.6 <br />West Side Budget <br /> Unaccounted water (a~re-feet) -63,250 -49,050 <br /> Loading <br /> Tons 109,220 93.710 <br /> Tons/acre 2.0 1.8 <br />Composite (East-West) <br /> Unaccounted water (acre-feet) -53.400 -62,100 <br /> Loading <br /> Tons 388,140 302.570 <br /> Tons/acre 4.3 3.3 <br />Proj eet. Budget <br /> Unaccounted water (acre-fcet) -24,450 -95,940 <br /> Loading <br /> Tons 416,320 283.190 <br /> Tons/acre 4.6 3,1 <br />!I Minus (-) dE-notes outflow as being less than inflow. <br />2/ Plus (+) denotes outflow as being greater than inflow. <br /> <br />00",866 <br /> <br />6 <br />