WSP03933

• File Number: 8273.600
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control - Federal Agency Reports - USDA
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 1/1/1991
• Title: Colorado SCS Salinity Projects - Part 3 of 3 - McElmo Project
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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McEImo Cre2K Salinity Unit

PFoject Impiementation Plan

I. pBJECTIVES

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To reduce annual ~~~~'
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load de; lvered annua.

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:HI :,ji it\? vaiues forgone and
;art;c~?ants t~a~ address ~2~:
lowep; acement ~

II. PLANNING ACTIVITIES

A. On-farm and Off-far~

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~?rcojatjon by 3,000 acre-feet, and seepage
~,~~~e5 ty 6,000 acre-feet, a~d to reduce
~~ t~E Colorado River by 38,000 tons.

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p~-act.i ces .)n

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;_~'d~ p~allni;'"IS a.iter.nativea. to CRSC proSt-am
~~d ~iid: if~ habitat enhance~2nt and/or

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Adv"anced p:arlli~'.5 2,.;,d ev"a:,uatioi"ls wi: I locate wetla.;-pj a:-.d
Fe ~abitat with ~~e~t~~: fbr ~eve:opment or i~provement to

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proJE~ted habitat aDd

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planning ct~~,vit;es conductEj
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areas affectad ~Y. ~he Bure~~
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~-~;2S are bei~8 coor~inated wfth the
t~e B~reau of Reclamatio~ (~SBR) to jnSUY2
~y ~s ~ejng g~ven to p;&nn~n8 cn-farm
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.-:;"/ c.)ri't:,..ol P"~o3t-a.m '.-li../ J ;)e co(.r(jjr:atec
_. ::;f ::~ie USE:R sa: Jnity'.p;.-ograjr..

8. The canals of ~~e ~o~~ezu~a Va: :ey Irrisat~on CGm~any (MVIC)
in t~~s area ~ave been Stu~i0C t~e Bureau of Rec:amat~on a~~ need2d
improvements for sal inity c~~~~-.:' ~ave been ident~fied and w~:: ~e
instal led t)y the U8BR. The L~::::J.~;. S2SijiEfl't (If the i=.ro,ject cC1flsists (IF' pipi"S
on-farm di~Ch25 ~nd farm latEr~ ~ from t~e MVrC systam to ceve:op 9r~vity
p~essu~e for spr;nkler irri~~_ ~0~ t~ insta: other improvements needed
~o improve on-far~ irrigation ~, ~c;e~cjes.

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