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<br />CF <br /> <br />~ CqI", e S<//MrY <br /> <br />OCT 2 Ii 1986 Departmenl of ,I he Inleri:r <br />au of Reclamation <br /> <br />COLORADO WATER uarterly Report on Ihe <br />UpdaCO.lS~ATION BOA/l(:olorado RIver Water Qualily <br />,,~ Ymprovement Program <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- - <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />l- <br />ce <br />1\:. <br /> <br />,. <br />-. <br /> <br />Salinity <br /> <br />\01. 6, '0. ~ <br /> <br />First Beep Brine.lnjeclion Well <br />for Salinil) Control in Ihe <br />Colorado Rh'er Basin <br /> <br />Injection Te~l Well No_ I, located <br />about 55 mile\ "(}U[h....e~l of Grand <br />Junction, Colorado, i, bc'ing con\tru([cd <br />a\ a feature 01 lhe Paradm Valle) Unit <br />of lhe Colorado River Basm Salinity <br />Control ProJc(1. It j, the fif'l deep tmne- <br />inJITlion ....ell bein~ deq~]oped for salimt} <br />control in the Colorado Ri\cr 8a'ln and <br />the ,....(',1. 111(' Parado, project is <br />dl,'signed 10 rcdun" the' 10110,," of ,al! Into <br />the Dolon:, RIH~f by appro~irnalcJy <br />IlIO,OOO 10m of 'all annually. It will <br />benerit both Colorado Ri\cr Ha,in ....au..r <br />UM,'n dITeelly do....nstn:am from the <br />Parado, Valley and the waler u~er\ in the <br />Lo....er Colorado Rj~er B3\in. <br />The Dolores River pil'k\ up <br />appro"mately ~05,OOO lon\ of ,alt from <br />the Parado~ Valley, a collapsed salt <br />antidine. The salmlly of I'aradm Valley <br />....aler is sesen tlme\ a\ con..:entrated as <br />that of \e3 ....ater Underground ....ater <br />picks up the ~11 before \<<"ping into the <br />Dolor~ Ris'er, The concept bemg applied <br />in thiS dl.'ep ....ell injectIOn te\t inloh'('<, <br />using shallo.... ....dh bordermg !he Dolores <br />Riler to lIlter..:ept the brine before II <br />enters the riser Then the un....amed brine <br />.....ill be coD\e)'ed to Injection Tes! Well <br />~o, I ....hefe II ....ill be inJe..:ted into a <br />15,500-fool IimeslOne formation, ....hil-h <br />....Ill be used for J'lt'rmanent dl..posal. <br />Feni., and Sm\on of Tuha, Oklahoma, <br />....a\ a.....arded the contra..:t for appro"ma, <br />Iely SI4.~ million for constfuction of the <br />lest ....ell, ....hich ....ill be one of the det'pe\l <br />....ells in the area i1nd ....ill take appro\- <br />imately ~ I month\ 10 ..:omplete The <br />Injection ....ell projl'ct is lhe mo\! COst <br />effective and ens'lronmrntally \afe <br />melhod for rrduclOg salinity m this <br />regIOn. <br />John Bro....n, a Cl\'il Enginttr ....1Ih the <br />Bureau of Reclamation', .\1ontro~e <br />Projects Offi..:e. ....a\ recenlly honored <br />....lth a Sustamed Supenor Performan.:e <br />.'ward fOf his ollt'tandin,!1 work on <br />Injection TC'st Well ....0 I He lC'd prel-an. <br />stru..:tion effor1~ in Ihe ....ell's drsl,!1n and <br />in de\elopin,!1the delJ.ikd \oli.:ilalion. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />i <br /> <br />, <br />, <br /> <br />r, <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~~ ~--_. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />()elo~r 1986 <br /> <br /> <br /> Ii <br /> , I <br />l ~ <br />., <br />~ +:. <br /> <br />'-- <br /> <br />John J. 8,""n, ds;l..ngin....r, \1"nlrnse Projl'<"h CUrin', rn:..;'~ an .,..,d fo' hi, r\("I'U..nl ..or!. on <br />lh.. P.nd", \.II..~ '.nil. '>,.......nhng Ih.. ."I,d is 'll' J. ~loduls!.i III righl.. Proj<<l ("onsuucliun <br />~nginf't"r. <br /> <br />Sune)o Work Done in Grand <br />Valle)' <br /> <br />Datacolle.-tion surH';.\ in rheGrand <br />Valley ....ere condu..:ted bet....een Penigo <br />Wa~h and Ea~t Pa]j~ade on land ~ened <br />b;. the GO\ernment HlghlineCanal. <br />Grand Valle} Canal. Stub DitC"h, and <br />Pri..:e Onch The wrlcy\ ..:onstltule the <br />Inllial pha~e of desi,!1n data wllection <br />prior 10 preparation of de~lgns and <br />I~\uan..:e of constru.,;tion contract~ on the <br />\liddle Go\ernment Ifighline lateral\ <br />Thl.';. "'rre pc:rformed b;. Rrdamalion', <br />\lontrose Proje.-t, OffICe ThIS salt <br />reduc-tion plan IndudC', repla.:mg e'lstlnjl <br />oren laterals ....Ilh buried pIpe laterall and <br />lining the Go\ernment HI~lJnC' Canal. <br />Qllc~tions rcgardmg'the sune) work <br />.:an be an~"'ered by Geor,!1r \1aki, ..:hiC'f <br />01 the ~Uf\CY' branch of \lonlro'e <br />ProJcct.; Office, ~4l).6~no or Dale <br />RO~Tl~ of the Grand \'alley Field Olll,'e <br />at ~41-Qrl <br /> <br />Price-San Rafael Rinfs Unit. <br />Ulah <br /> <br />Public in\ohement ntCt'lIngs ...ere held <br />July 15 and 16 ...ith the San Rafael and <br />Plice Risers' Soil Conser\'a!ion Districts <br />The propmed combined Reclamation/Soil <br />Con,er\'ation Seni..:e plan "'a\ mtro- <br />duced, and concerns and issue~ includin,!1 <br />.-o~t sharing. water right\, sy,tem <br />rC'tiabLlity. and <.edimentation "'C're <br />dlSCU'iScd <br /> <br />l.as Vegas Wash <br /> <br />The f'indm,!1 of ....0 SI,!1nifi..:anl Impa..'t <br />If-O'S!l for the Whitney \'erification <br />PlOpam "'a", \lgned by the Regional <br />[)ire,;tor on Julv 15, 1986, The En~'iron- <br />rno:mal .-\~"C\sment and FO~SI ....ere <br />rele<l,ed to the publl": dnd for....arded to <br />the CommJSslon;:r', OHi..:.: for <br />mlormati(>n <br />