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35 Uintah Basin The following table summarizes salt loading from the 12 subareas used in the uintah Basin to define the USDA program and the effects in water and salt budgets, Subareas salini tv Concentration Stream Drain Salt Inflow Outflow Loadino mg/L mg/L Tons/AF 130 500 0,46 170 600 0.56 320 840 0.70 40 600 0.75 80 1200 1.57 40 1500 1. 99 260 1900 2.22 230 2000 2.35 360 2300 2,58 80 2200 2,92 30 2400 3.19 150 2600 3.28 Tabiona, Hanna Upper Duchesne Fruitland, Strawberry Upper Lake Fork Ashley Valley Pelican Lake Arcadia Green River Lower Duchesne Dry Gulch White Rocks Brush Creek The uintah unit encompasses 205,000 acres of irrigated land of which 137,000 acres are scheduled to be treated. In this area the program focuses on assisting farmers convert inefficient flood irrigation systems to sprinklers and replacing earthen ditches with pipeline. Installations are also being made on about 15 % of the area with improved surface irrigation systems. Subareas Irrigated To Be Salt Reduction Area Treated Acres Acres Tons/YR Tons/Ac 6,800 4,100 2900 .7 5,400 2,600 800 . 3 4,200 2,300 1900 ,8 31,100 23,600 7100 ,3 21,000 16,700 13400 ,8 8,800 3,500 3200 .9 11,400 5,500 2200 .4 5,800 2,500 3800 1.5 20,400 17,400 13900 ,8 61,400 48,700 29200 .6 18,700 7,700 85CI) 1.1 4.200 2.400 2900 1.2 199,200 137,000 89,700 ,65 5.800 205,000 Tabiona, Hanna Upper Duchesne Fruitland; Strawberry Upper Lake Fork Ashley Valley Pelican Lake Arcadia Green River Lower Duchesne Dry Gulch White Rocks Brush Creek Total Idle TOTAL