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<br /> <br /> Contents <br />.;.. <br />~ <br />t.4:.-') Foreword by Max Linn and William K. Reilly ix <br />Q Acknowledgements xi <br /> Executive Summary xiii <br /> 1. What Is the Salt Problem? 1 <br /> What Are the Causes of Salinity in the Colorado? 3 <br /> Natural Sources 4 <br /> Irrigation 6 <br /> Reservoir Evaporation 6 <br /> Exports 7 <br /> What Are the Damages? 8 <br /> Public Health 8 <br /> Other Domestic, Municipal, and Industrial Uses 8 <br /> Agriculture 9 <br /> Fish and Wildlife 9 <br /> Interstate and International Relations 10 <br /> Monetary Damage 10 <br /> Energy Development in the Upper Basin: A Special <br /> Case of Municipal and Industrial Salinity 11 <br /> The Colorado River in Context 13 <br /> 2. What Has Been Done So Far? 23 <br /> How Did the Salt Problem Become Recognized? 24 <br /> What Is the Salinity Control Program? 31 <br /> Who Are the Players? 31 <br /> What Are the Projects? 35 <br /> On-farm Measures within the Well ton-Mohawk <br /> Water Irrigation and Drainage District 38 <br /> Yuma Desalting Plant 38 ": <br /> On-farm and Structural Measures Undertaken in the <br /> Grand Valley Area of Colorado and Uinta Basin <br /> of Utah 39 <br /> Groundwater Pumping in Paradox Valley, Colorado 40 <br /> Other Projects 40 <br />