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<br />~ <br />00 <br />.::. <br />.... <br /> <br />LTA"s have done so through pool_ <br />ing arrangements whereby [wo <br />at more participants develop <br />mutually beneficial plans Par- <br />ticipants are assisted in im. <br />p1ementing a well.balanced im- <br />provernefll program of structural <br />and management practices that <br />address salinity reduclion and <br />wildlife habitat enhancement <br />In calendar year 1986,39 <br />Long Term Agreements (LTA's) <br />covering 2,885 acres were <br />developed and 37 individual prac- <br />tices completed These LTA's <br />and annual practices obligated <br />$1,176.359 During the year <br />siderotl and cenler pivot sprinkler <br />systems were installed 10 irrigate <br />1.840 acres. land level 207 acres. <br />and install 291,076 feet of per- <br />manenl and gated pipelines Ir- <br />rigation water managemenl was <br />obtained on 5.972 acres provid- <br />ing lor an average annual reduc- <br />tion in deep percolation of 1,744 <br />acre-feet These accomplish- <br />ments will provide an average an- <br />nual salt load reduction to the <br />Colorado River of 3,547 Ions <br />At the end 01 calendar year <br />1986, $11,249,021 have been <br />obligated In 424 lTA's and 264 in- <br />dlvidufll practices providing assis- <br />tance 10 install 330 miles of <br />pipelines, 1107 acres of land <br />leveling. approximately 7,500 <br />acres with sprinkler systems and <br />29.265 acres of Irrigation water <br />management Almost 21,000 <br />aciff of cleep percolation have <br />been reduced as a result of these <br />accomplishments reducing the <br />salt load contribution by 22,674 <br />tons Approximately 18 percent <br />01 the project funds have been <br />obligated achieving 23 percent of <br />the projected salt load reduction <br /> <br />Virgin Valley (USDA) <br /> <br />The area consists of about <br />5,000 acres of irrigated land <br />owned by about 50 individuals in <br /> <br />UTAH <br /> <br />NEWl' <br /> <br />-_.......~,- <br />--- <br /> <br />\-. "-,' <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />'--\~ <br /> <br />. "'... <br /> <br />r <br /> <br />CAlF <br /> <br />1...,." <br /> <br />- <br />n_ '" <br />\ <br /> <br /> <br />_lIoo-_",R__ <br />s.o......c.:-""'........ <br />0=_ <br />.lllM <br /> <br />southwestern Nevada Four ir- <br />rigalion companies or districts <br />would also be involved with im- <br />provements of about 6 miles of <br />off-farm canal and lateral improve- <br />ment Deep perco/alion reduc- <br />tion for the planned actions is es- <br />timated to be 190.000 acre-feet <br />per year and salt load reductions <br />would be 37.200 tons per year <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />.~ <br />, . <br /> <br />W"roOoNl <br /> <br />\~ <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />........c.. <br />, <br /> <br />... ..;.,~:;"... .. <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />-. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />= ~ .. "...~ -- <br />.,.........,,~ <br />,.... "....~_COI..O. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'.. .-. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />....,,_. <br /> <br />'",". v,,~. <br /> <br />.H'lrc:..t, <br /> <br />"I'W <br />"",x <br /> <br />j~ <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />While fhe Virgin Valley is inde. <br />pendent of any Reclamation <br />salinity control project. the <br />downstream impacts on Reclama- <br />tion's lower Virgin River Unit are <br />10 be evaluated by Reclamation <br />and SCS collectively Othervvise. <br />this unit has met the prerequisite <br />for construction and is awaiting <br />lunding The Virgin Valley report <br />was publiShed in March 1982 <br />