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<br />B-259297 <br /> <br />W <br />'-II <br />~11 <br />W <br /> <br />Table 5: Cost-Effectiveness of BOR's Salinity Control Projects <br />Actual amount <br />of salt <br />controlled <br />through fiscal <br />year 1994 <br />(tons/year) <br /> <br />Project' <br /> <br />Meeker Dome <br />(Colorado) <br />Las Vegas, <br />Pittman Bypass <br />(Nevada) <br /> <br />Paradox Valley <br />(Colorado) <br />Grand Valley <br />(Colorado) <br />McElmo Creek <br />(Colorado) <br />Lower Gunnison Basin: <br />Winter Water <br />(Colorado) <br />Lower Gunnison Basin: <br />East Side Laterals <br />(Colorado) <br />San Juan-Hamrnond <br />(New Mexico) <br />Uintah Basin <br />(Utah) <br />Price-San Rafael <br />(Utah) <br /> <br />Potential amount <br />of salt controlled <br />(tons/year) <br /> <br />Total cost <br />(dollars In <br />millions) <br /> <br />Annual O&M <br />costs (dollars <br />In millions) <br /> <br />Cost-effectiveness <br />(dollars/ton) <br /> <br />48,000 <br /> <br />48,000 <br /> <br />$3 <br /> <br />b <br /> <br />$5 <br /> <br />3,800 <br /> <br />3,800 <br /> <br />2 $0.05 <br />67 3.50 <br />159 0.43 <br />39 0.03 <br />25 0.41 <br />53 d <br />12 d <br />29 d <br /> <br />51 <br /> <br />128,000 <br /> <br />128,000 <br /> <br />77 <br /> <br />99,900 <br /> <br />131,300 <br /> <br />102 <br /> <br />23,000 <br /> <br />23,000 <br /> <br />138 <br /> <br />38,734 <br /> <br />41,380 <br /> <br />58 <br /> <br />64,000 <br /> <br />68 <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />27,700 <br /> <br />34 <br /> <br />25,500 <br /> <br />93 <br /> <br />161,000 78 d <br /> <br />'The expected life is 50 years for all but two projects: Meeker Dome's expected life is 100 years; <br />Paradox Valley's is 25 years. <br /> <br />bNo O&M costs are incurred for this project, which entailed plugging oil wells. <br /> <br />CThese projects are still in various stages of planning. <br /> <br />clSOR does not expect to have O&M costs on these projects. <br /> <br />Source: BOR. <br /> <br />39 <br /> <br />As shown in table 5, the cost-effectiveness of BOR'S projects ranges from $5 <br />per ton to $138 per ton. The variance in cost-effectiveness, according to <br />the BOR Salinity Control Program Coordinator, stems from many things, <br />such as the number and type of activities involved (as shown in table 1), <br />the size and complexity of the project, and advances in technology (e.g., <br /> <br />Page 12 <br /> <br />GAOIRCED-9G-58 Salinity Control Projects in the Colorado River Basin <br />