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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />o <br />~'" <br />O"J <br />-J <br /> <br />Summary Data <br />Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program <br /> <br />Salinity Program Repayment <br /> <br />Table I lists the construction status of units (or separable portions of each unit) for Reclamation <br />Salinity Control Program. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) also has completed <br />individual onfarm contracts. too numerous to list. The repayment for the USDA program is <br />summarized in table 2. <br /> <br />Table 2 includes a summary of the basin fund repayment for fiscal year 1997. The Advisory <br />Council discussed the allocafion between the basin funds last year and retained the 85/15 <br />allocation between the lower and upper basin funds. Reclamation used this allocation for its <br />fiscal year 1997 repayment computations under section 205 of the Salinity Control Act. <br /> <br />Cost Effectiveness <br /> <br />Cost effectiveness ($Iton) is computed by annualizing capital expenditures at 8.0 percent interest <br />rate over the life of the project. Annual O&M costs (if any) are added to the annualized capital <br />cost and divided by the annual tons reduction. For Reclamation projects, project life for <br />irrigation improvements is 50 years. Test results indicate that the project life for Paradox will <br />exceed 10 years. A 25-year life was assumed for this report. For USDA improvements, a 25- <br />year life was assumed. <br /> <br />Tables 3, 4, and 5 list expenditures, salt load reductions, and cost effectiveness for the Salinity <br />Program. For Reclamation units nearing completion, cost effectiveness was based on past <br />expenditures and the balance to complete. For the USDA program, cost effectiveness is <br />computed based on past expenditures and salt load reductions. <br /> <br />19 <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />~ < ' <br /> <br />k. ._...,,~"" . .", Alt",lili <br />