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<br />.. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />N <br />o <br />U1 <br />~ <br /> <br />, <br /> <br /> <br />-2- <br /> <br />The report reveals a disturbing aspect of the overall <br /> <br />salinity control program. It is the ever-increasing slippage <br /> <br />in project completion dates. This is a matter of concern to <br /> <br />Metropolitan as it is to all other Colorado River water users <br /> <br />because of the adverse impacts of the river's salinity. The <br /> <br />latest estimate of completion dates shows that all 'projects have <br /> <br />slipped--some as much as eight years over the estimate made in <br /> <br />1978. Several are not scheduled to be in operation until the <br />mid-1990s. The completion dates for the feasibility studies for <br /> <br />these projects have also slipped--some as much as two years. <br /> <br />Funding is one of the main constraints causing these delays. <br /> <br />Unless Federal and State funding priorities are more favorably <br /> <br />rearranged, the salinity control program goals may not be met, <br /> <br />and may jeopardize the related national goals of our treaty <br /> <br />with Mexico. <br /> <br />The Metropolitan Water District appreciates this <br /> <br />opportunity to comment on the Forum's 19'81 review report. We <br /> <br />endorse the report and its recommendations for the salinity <br /> <br /> <br />standards and the plan of implementation, and we urge their <br /> <br />adoption by each of the concerned states. <br /> <br />.,.,. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />· ..~"J <br /> <br />^. ~" " -~- ,,' . <br />