WSP03388

• File Number: 8041
• Description: 208 Clean Water Grant
• State: CO
• Date: 3/4/1982
• Author: CWCB
• Title: Quarterly Reports on the 208 Clean Water Grant for the Water Quality Control Division of the Coloradio Dept of Health
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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208 Clean Water Grant
Summary of September Through December Activities

Work under this contract was initiated in September, 1981
with the personnel selection process. Over 40 applications were
received and 23 were given an oral examination. The top five
candidates were interviewed and an offer was extended to one
individual. The individual, Dean Stindt, accepted the offer and
began working on October 5. Mr. Stindt has a Bachelors of
Science degree in Natural Resources Management and has worked for
the Office of Surface Mining for two and one-half years.

In order to get Mr. Stindt acquainted with the salinity
control program in the Colorado River Basin, a thorough review of
several different reports was required. Once this was
accomplished, work was begun on the four items listed in the
"Scope of Services" in the contract. Initial emphasis was placed
on existing projects and their cost-effectiveness and the
inventorying and review of NPDES permits. While conducting this
work, Mr. Stindt wrote several memoranda which are attached in
the order they are discussed.

The initial project involved a review of all completed
feasibility and planning studies authorized by Title II of the
Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act (Public Law 93-320).
The review focused on the cost-effectiveness of the various
salinity control proposals. Since planning on many of the
projects was initiated several years ago, cost estimates were
updated to current levels. The cost-effectiveness analysis is
presented in a memorandum, dated November 2, 1981. The
individual salinity control proposals are listed as they decrease
in cost-effectiveness. The federal agency responsible for
conducting the study is identified, and, where applicable, the
title and date of the source document is also included. The
second part of the analysis graphically depicts the cumulative
cost-effectiveness ($l,OOO/mg/l/yr.) for all proposals and the
resultant cumulative reduction in salt concentration (mg/l) at
Imperial Dam.

As a follow up to the cost-effectiveness analysis, narrative
status su~naries were prepared for each of the salinity control
units identified in Title II of PL 93-320. For each unit, the
summary identified the location, total area involved, a
description of the various salinity sources and a quantification
of salts contributed by each source. This is followed by a

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