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'C"") . c.o <'>.1 .-/ c..." c:: Bureau of ReClamation- .,. Upper Colorado Region Salt Lake City, Utah Loveless (801) 524-5403 For Release February 2, m~ n ['~I([} 1/ 1984 ,:1/ C, -, . i.!J!.l. L{) 1 i) IN],! 1 :-,~-~. '{If i 1":'1'1)'__ J I ('.....: '--.-,-.'-','1,',.~n"'JTIi-'~:; ~.- -" oj. " '-'1. .I:" (-~:_, 'L ~ '~\If:,f' {---. -. 'I It~''\1 ,r...'!~:j.~_~i\ News Release Cooperative Agreement Change Advances Aquatrain Project A modification to a Cooperative Agreement between private industry and the Federal government signifies progress for the proposed $2-3 billion Aquatrain pipeline system, the Bureau of Reclamation's Upper Colorado Regional Director Clifford Barrett announced today. The Bureau of Reclamation and Aquatrain, Inc. (a company representing private industry) executed the original agreement on November 2, 1982. The modification, which Reclamation agreed to January 30, 1984, approves ownership transfer of Aquatrain, Inc., from W. R. Grace & Co. to Western Water Reserves, Inc., of Boulder, Colorado. In addition, the modification further defines the roles of the private and public sectors in this unique cooperative effort. In November 1983, Reclamation was asked to release W. R. Grace from the Cooperative Agreement established to jointly study the Aquatrain concept and to consider approval of Western Water Reserves as the new private sector partner. Western Water Reserves -- a Colorado corporation backed by T. P. Clark of Boulder and David Willliams, Jr., of Tulsa, Oklahoma -- then submitted a letter of intent describing anticipated actions to bring the project to the "proof-of-concept" stage. The Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum is interested in the project for its salinity control objective. The forum has reviewed -more-