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<br />, <br /> <br />Bureau of Reclamatio' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />eo<~ <br />c.. P-Cff'Sd,t! V,,).,es/. <br />/ ,/f~c~.4. cC,. <br /> <br />Upper Colorado Region <br /> <br />...... ...... <br />~ .".-:.....".-"- <br /> <br />- - - - ....... <br /> <br />News Release <br /> <br />Durango, Colorado <br />Dave Mutz (303) 565-4473 <br />For Release July 29, 1988 <br /> <br />~~PROJECT SALINITY CONTROL~ <br />CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS TO BEGIN <br /> <br /> <br />Negotiations will begin on a contract for the operation and maintenance of the <br />salinity control features of the Dolores Project, announced Max J. Stodolski, <br />Projects Manager of Reclamation's Durango Projects Office. Negotiations will <br />be conducted with the Dolores Vater Conservancy District, Montezuma Valley <br />Irrigation Company, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe and the Bureau of Reclamation. <br />The meeting will be held on Monday, August 8, 1988, at 7 p.m. at Reclamation's <br />Cortez Projects Office, 60 South Cactus. <br /> <br />The contract will provide for the construction, operation and maintenance of <br />the Towaoc Canal providing Dolores Project and non-project water to the <br />~ontezuma Valley Irrigation Company and Dolores Project water to the Ute <br />Mountain Ute Tribe. The contract will also provide for the rehabilitation, <br />operation and maintenance of some portions of the Montezuma Valley Irrigation <br />Company water delivery system for salinity control. Vater usage and water <br />right adjustments pursuant to the original 1977 contracts among the Company, <br />the District and Reclamation will also be identified in the proposed agreement. <br /> <br />The public is invited as observers and may ask questions pertaining to the <br />contract at the end of the negotiating session. Draft copies of the proposed <br />contract are available at Reclamation's Durango Projects Office, 835 Second <br />Avenue, Durango, Colorado and at Reclamation's Cortez Project Office, <br />60 S. Cactus, Cortez, Colorado. <br /> <br />II II I <br /> <br />001414 <br />