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<br />/-- <br />, ' <br /> <br />'''~''.' <br /> <br />N. <br />.tla <br />o <br />0> <br /> <br />The on-farm cost-share program for the Uintah Basin includes <br /> <br /> <br />treatment on 122,000 acres, with an estimated reduction in <br /> <br />salinity of 77,000 tons annually, Total cost of the on-farm <br />treatment is estimated to be $52.4 million; $39 million to be <br />borne by the Federal Government, and $13,4 million by the <br />local farmers at the recommended cost-share rate. the lag in <br />the Bureau of Reclamation's schedule for off-farm conveyance <br />system improvements could result in delays in portions of the <br />USDA on-farm program. <br /> <br />The SCS currently has salinity control studies underway <br /> <br /> <br />in six separate irrigation source areas in the Basin, encom- <br /> <br /> <br />passing some 360,000 acres. The areas under st dy and <br /> <br /> <br />scheduled completion dates of the studies are as follows: <br /> <br /> Estimated Irrigated <br /> Completion Area <br />Area Date (1,000 acres) <br />- <br />Lower Gunnison, CO. 9/80 182 <br />Big Sandy River, WY 4/80 16 <br />McElmo Creek, CO 4/81 44 <br />Price-San Rafael, DT 5/$1 6$ <br />Dirty Devil, UT* 5/$3 26 <br />Virgin River, NV, AZ, & UT 7/$0 24 <br />Total 360,000 <br /> <br />* Study will in:l.Mate in 7/80. <br />15 <br />