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<br />,- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Salton Sea Restoration <br /> <br />Also included within the FY 03/04 appropriations for Reclamation were funds in the amount <br />of $4,000,000 for the Salton Sea Research Project in California, including $1,000,000 to continue <br />environmental restoration efforts at the New and Alamo Rivers, including efforts in and around <br />Calexico, California. Also, $1,000,000 has been appropriated to continue the Imperial Valley <br />groundwater assessment in cooperation with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and <br />$1,000,000 for additional work needed to prepare for the construction of pilot desalination and <br />demonstration facilities. <br /> <br />California's Colorado River Water Use Plan <br /> <br />Status of the Colorado River Water Use Plan, QSA, and Related Activities <br /> <br />Board staff are in the process ofrevising the May 2000 version of California's Colorado <br />River Water Use Plan (Plan), The intent is to update the document to reflect the recent execution <br />of the Quantification Settlement Agreement (QSA) and related agreements, Board staff are working <br />to have a review draft available for agency review and comment by the end of the year, <br /> <br />lBWC Technical Work Groups <br /> <br />The International Boundary and Water Commission (fBWC) has formed several technical <br />working groups to study and share information regarding issues along the border with Mexico, Most <br />of these technical groups are composed of only federal members and include: Work Group 1 - <br />Salinity; Work Group 2 - Sediment; Work Group 3 - Limitrophe Reach; Work Group 4 - Delta; <br />Work Group 5 - All-American Canal Lining; and the Advisory Group - Colorado River Delta, At <br />this time only Work Group 5 and the Advisory Group for the Colorado River Delta have non-federal <br />representatives participating in the meetings, <br /> <br />Work Group 5 met on November 4th to discuss with Mexico the status of the All-American <br />Canal lining project and to determine Mexico's interest in receiving a portion of its Treaty water <br />deliveries through the All-American Canal at a turnout at drop three, During the meeting. Mexico <br />focused the discussions on the impacts that Mexico believes will occur as a result oflining the AII- <br />American Canal, It is Mexico's position that this is a modification to the Project that results in a 10 <br />percent reduction in the flow to drains in Mexico, a drop in the groundwater elevation of up 15 <br />meters, a 26 percent increase in the cost of pumping, 1,200 hectares of land being immediately <br />impacted by a lack of water and over time 16,000 hectares being impacted. Also, there would be an <br />increase of the salinity of the water in the entire region and certain wetlands would disappear. <br /> <br />During the discussions at the meeting, representatives from Mexico agreed to reactivate <br />Work Group 5 and to develop an agenda for the issues that it wants to discuss, This information will <br />be shared with the member of this group prior to the next meeting, which is scheduled to be held by <br />December 5th, <br /> <br />4 <br />