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<br />.... . <br /> <br />t.:.; <br /> <br />then ExK:utlvf:' Din-Clor of the <br />\Vestern States VV.llt"r Council, \'oas <br />chosen for the PO~L H,~ offict' is In <br />Salt lake Citv, Utah, and he will <br />coordinate and promote ~alinltv <br />control activities undpf the direction <br />of the Forum. Thl" initial year\ <br />funding ior the hecuti\(' DlreGor and <br />his activitiP'> wa~ obtained from grdnts <br />from EPA dnd thf:' Four Corners <br />Commission, <br /> <br />Colorado Rin>r B.Hin <br />Salin/tv Control Pro~r.lm <br /> <br />The Uniled State.. Water .md PmH'f <br />Resources Service dnd tht" <br />Depdrtmpnt of Agnculturf' continued <br />thf'ir effom nn <,alinll~ control <br />medsures in dccnrddnct" with tht- <br />Colorado River B,lsin Salin it), COnlrol <br />Act, P.l. 93-320. <br /> <br />Lining of d b.8-mile ..t><tion of the <br />Covernmpnt Highline Candl as pMt of <br />Ihe SldgP I <,alinil)' control program lor <br />the Grdnd Vdllf'\' Unll in Colorado <br />was undertaken undt'r a $7,~ million, <br />three-Yf>dr contract tWlween the <br />Water dnd POWPf Re..ourcl:'S Servin- <br />and Peter Kiewit Son., Compan\'. Thl" <br />contractor pldns to complt.te the <br />canal lining in t"adv 1981, two vears <br />aht'ad oi schroule. An oper,Uion.. ,md <br />maintenance contrdCl for the Stagp I <br />Mea between the Unitt-d Stales dnd <br />Ihe Grand Vallev Watt'r U..ers <br />Association was .,ignro in 1980. <br />The Oppartment of Agriculture <br />continued its participation in salinitv <br />conlrol activities In Grand Vallp\', <br />which bpgan in 1979. Onp million si... <br />hundred thousand dollars was made <br />availdblf' through thl" Agricultural <br />Stabilization and Conserv,uion Service <br />for cost-share assi..tance to local <br />farmers for on-farm s.llinit}' control <br />practices. Full implemt"ntation oi the <br />on-farm program in Grand Vallev will <br />require tpn ...ears to complete at an <br />annual rate of exrwnditure oi $3.2 <br />million. When complt-'tt"(l. Ihf' <br />combined Water and Power <br />Resources Servicl" and Department of <br />Agriculture programs are t"~tlmaled 10 <br />reduce the salt Io.lding irom thp <br />Vallev bv ~1O,(X)() tons per 'edr dt d <br />tOlal cost of $298,8 million. <br /> <br />The Department oi Awiculture <br />on-farm salimty COnlrol co~t-..hare <br /> <br />T <br /> <br /> <br />,\1arblf:' Cdm'on, Color.ldo Ri\'ef <br />be/rm - l.JJ.(< POItP//' <br /> <br />program in Ih(> Uinta Sa..in, Utah, has <br />bt'en imtlalt-'Cl with e...pendltures of <br />$1.9 million. InstaUro improvemenl~ <br />include land If'vellin~, use of mobile <br />sprinklers, and lining of on-f,um water <br />deli...t'rv systems. <br /> <br />The Parada). Valley Unit well field <br />in Colorado. which will be used for <br />brine e...traction, i.. undergoing final <br />testing 10 determine thp volume of <br />f'xtractro brine rt"Quiring disposal. The <br />hi~h cost of constructinFt a reservoir <br />to serve .IS an evaporation pond lor <br />the brine, ,md the long pipt'linf' and <br />high lift rf'Quired to pump the bone to <br />the '>f"lt'Cted site, has led the Servin' <br />10 investigdlt' the ft>asibilitv of <br />disposin~ oi tht' brine bv deep ,\ell <br />injpction. Accordmgl\'. Ihe Service <br />t'ntered IOta an engiOl>ering sf'f'vices <br />contract in December 1900 10 mdke <br />the nt'Cl"..sar\ studie~ of this <br />alternallve. <br /> <br />In order to expedite its planning <br />studies. the Sf'rvice .marded a <br />contract for ff'dSibilitv If'vel studit... on <br />the Glenwood-Dotsf'ro Spring~ UOIt, <br />COlorddo, 10 URS Corporation. <br /> <br />15 <br /> <br />Df'nver. Thp Sf'rvice also awarded the <br />second phase of its fedsibility level <br />studies for the Meeker Dome Unit, <br />Colorado, to CH1M-Hill, which had <br />rf'{"ein.>d a contract for the first phase <br />in 1 <J79. <br />Bee-auSt' of the rapidly increasing <br />costs of conventional structural <br />salinilY conlrol measures which <br />fl"Quire Iinro evaporation ponds or <br />desalination pldnts to dispose of saline <br />brines, the \Vater and Power <br />R(~ourcf'S St'rvice initiated in May <br />1980 an apprais,lllevel studv to look <br />at alternative means of reducing the <br />cosls of salinity control measures. The <br />stud,"s emphasis is placed on the <br />concepl of cotlt><ting sdline waters <br />and comeving Ihem to sites for U'>f" in <br />support oj energy developmt"nts. This <br />concept would Sf'f've as .In alternative <br />10 S>Qmp of the current schemes of <br />on.site brine dispoSdI associdled with <br />proposed '><Ilinitv control units. The <br />sludv has Iwo mdjor thrusts: (1) <br />imf";ligating the use of saline water <br />for energy development. and OJ <br />studving thp fpasibilitv of .I pipeline <br />collection and disposal s...stem for <br /><,allne water dnd other collpctablf' <br />