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<br />TOTAL PVID SYSTEM REHABILITATION <br /> <br />The salinity control program appears justified in only the Palo Verde <br />subarea which comprises about 10 percent or 20 miles of the PVID area. <br />The District has expressed a desire and need to rehabilitate the remainder <br />of the district's distribution system, about 275 miles of canals and <br />laterals, to reduce operation, maintenance and replacement costs, conserve <br />water, and eliminate seepage losses. The District, working with the <br />Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum, will seek special legislation <br />to pursue this work under a program similar to Reclamation's Small Reclama- <br />tion Projects Act. <br /> <br />As part of this effort, the District has indicated that repayment could be <br />accomplished under provisions similar to those provided for loans under <br />the Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956. Federal funds, less considera- <br />tion of credit for incremental salinity benefits, would be fully reimburs- <br />able within no more than 40 years. The District would enter into a <br />contract with the United States which would provide for the repayment, <br />with interest at the current rate when contract is signed, for funding <br />related to the remainder of their irrigation facilities. <br /> <br />Preliminary costs for rehabilitating the remaining 275 miles are estimated <br />to be approximately $198,000,000 based on extrapolating the estimated <br />lengths of canal in the Palo Verde subarea to the remainder of the District. <br /> <br />., <br />';""()4" <br />..... ... G.t.J . <br />... <br /> <br />16 <br />