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<br />OCT 2 Ii 1986 Departmenl of ,I he Inleri:r
<br />au of Reclamation
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<br />COLORADO WATER uarterly Report on Ihe
<br />UpdaCO.lS~ATION BOA/l(:olorado RIver Water Qualily
<br />,,~ Ymprovement Program
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<br />Salinity
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<br />First Beep Brine.lnjeclion Well
<br />for Salinil) Control in Ihe
<br />Colorado Rh'er Basin
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<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.
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<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.
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<br />Sune)o Work Done in Grand
<br />Valle)'
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<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
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<br />Price-San Rafael Rinfs Unit.
<br />Ulah
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<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
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<br />l.as Vegas Wash
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<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
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