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N ~ l\) (Ii 5'. All-American Canal Well Field Butler Valley Well Field Protective and Regulatory' Pumping Unit All-American Canal Relocation 6i 7. 8. Some pf the alternatives are capable of serving as complete reject stream! replacement sources, Others could supply only a part of the total ~ater requirement and, thus, would have to be combined with one or~ more of the remaining alternatives to satisfy the' total replace- ment quantity needed, The. study process which arrived at the eight alternatives pre- sented herein was conducted by a multidisciplinary, interagency Planni4g team. Water and Power Resources Service (Service) per- sonnel' served as ,the main body of. the team, but much invaluable assistance was provided by the various State, and Federal agencies j repres~nted .on the team, Public involvement meetings held during- the cQ~rse. of the study also offered helpful information which was used iithe planning process and during the final evaluations of the alternatives, A brief summary of each alternative follows; Compa~ative data are presented on Table 1 on page 7. Yuma ~esa Division Entitlement Exchange T~e Yuma Mesa Irrigation and Drainage District, located east of ; Yuma, iArizona; would release a mini:lilum of 23,000 acre-feet per year ofthetr water entitlement to the United States for 20' years in , i exch8nJeforcertain considerations. The water would be made aVail-" , , able bt limiting the irrigated acreage within the District to 20,000 ' acres, The primary consideration would be the elimination of the Distric~'s remaining repayment obligation to the United States, This alternative alone would not satisfy the' total replacement quantity needed: Alamo 'iver Desalting Facility Tli.is ,alternative would divert a portion of the Alamo River in Califorrlia's Imperial Valley, desalt the diverted flow, return the 3 ,-\. ~): ~; -/. x .:: :~- 1 /1 .;it '1