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<br />N <br />..c. <br />Q <br />(J1 <br /> <br />as an ex-officio member of the Forum Work Group, along with <br />representatives of the Bureau of Reclamation and. the Environ- <br />mental Protection Agency. <br />Implementation of the USDA on-farm irrigation improvement <br />program in the Grand Valley Unit, Colorado, was initiated in <br />F.Y. 1979. Cost share assistance for installation of salinity <br />control practices was provided through the Agricultural Con- <br />servation Program (ACP) of USDA's Agricultural Stabilization <br />and Conservation Service (ASCS), for F.Y. 1979. In addition, <br />$170,000 of SCS's Conservation Operations funds were made <br />available to provide technical assistance for the planning <br />and installation of needed practices in Grand Valley. The <br />on-farm measures include ditch lining, installation of gated <br />pipe, land leveling, water measuring and control structures, <br />installation of sprinklers in selected areas and irrigation <br /> <br />water management. In order to fully implement the on-farm <br />program, some off-farm laterals need to be improved, SCS <br />estimates a ten-year period will be required to complete <br />installation of the proposed $24 million on-farm program. <br />This will reduce the current salt loading to the Colorado <br />i <br />River by an estimated 130,000 tons per year. Total salinity <br />reduction from both the on-farm program and the off-farm <br />conveyance system improvements is estimated to be 410,000 <br />tons per year. <br />The USDA draft report on salinity control for the Uintah <br />Basin Unit, Utah, has been reviewed and commented on by the <br />Forum. The final report is scheduled for release in late 1979. <br />14 <br />