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<br />WHERE TO NOW? 18
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<br />$530 million remaining investment
<br />level, the Fund can meet its up-front
<br />payment obligations, assuming
<br />inflation is no more than 3,8 percent
<br />annually,
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<br />Pursue Beneficial Use of
<br />Saline Waters
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<br />Congressional authority for joint
<br />feasibility studies with industrial
<br />water users allows efforts to
<br />continue in the area of beneficial
<br />water use,
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<br />Some of the current structural
<br />methods of salinity control, such as
<br />desalting and lined evaporation
<br />ponds for point and diffuse salt
<br />sources, are proving expensive
<br />when compared to irrigation
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<br />The enjoyment of good quality water.
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<br />improvements, However, develop~
<br />ment of alternative beneficial uses of
<br />saline water and innovative
<br />measures to produce multipurpose
<br />benefits such as fresh water, power,
<br />and chemicals may help reduce the
<br />costs of single-purpose control
<br />measures.
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<br />Continue Program
<br />Implementation
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<br />Interior and USDA agencies'
<br />investigations to refine plans will
<br />continue, as funding permits, on
<br />irrigation salt source control units as
<br />well as other units to define the
<br />most cost-effective measures, Con~
<br />struction on Grand Valley Stage
<br />Two is continuing, deep~well~
<br />injection testing will start in late
<br />1989 on Paradox Valley, and plans
<br />will continue on other Reclamation
<br />units, USDA onfarm implementa-
<br />tion in Grand Valley, Uinta Basin,
<br />Big Sandy River, Lower Gunnison,
<br />and other units will proceed as
<br />program funding penn its,
<br />
<br />The Forum, representing the
<br />Basin States, has indicated it will
<br />continue to work with Interior and
<br />Agriculture on program implemen-
<br />tation to be certain the quality of
<br />Colorado River water is maintained
<br />at the 1972 historical levels as the
<br />Basin States continue to develop
<br />their compact-apportioned waters,
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<br />For questions concerning the
<br />Federal program or specific projects,
<br />contact the:
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