WSP04572

• File Number: 8271.300
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program - General Information and Publications-Reports
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 1/1/1981
• Author: R Evans W Walker
• Title: Optimizing Salinity Control Strategies for the Upper Colorado River Basin -- Part 1 of 2 - Title page - 186 -- Abstract - Bibliography
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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on a large scale. The preliminary basis for this type of
analysis has been developed by Walker (1978) and partially
tested by Walker et al. (1978).
This project was developed in order to evaluate the
alternative strategies for controlling salinity in the Upper
Basin, and therefore, identify components of individual
salinity programs throughout the Upper Basin in the context
of how best to use available funds. At the local scale,
only the results reported by Evans et al. (1978a,b), Flug
et al. (1977), Walker (1978) and. Walker et al. (1978) have
been concerned with optimal salinity control strategies.
These studies have been completed in only one area, the
Grand Valley in western Colorado. Erlenkotter and Scherer
(1977) developed an economic optimization model for the
entire Colorado River Basin, but stopped short of an
ultimate framework for basin-wide salinity management.
This writing delineates a cost-effective salinity
control policy for future water resource development in the
Upper Colorado River Basin taking into account: (a) salin-
ity control; (b) energy development; and (c) new water
demands. The feasibility of maintaining 1972 levels of
salinity at Imperial Dam set forth by the u.s. Environmental
Protection Agency and the seven basin states has also been
evaluated. Under this criterion, it can be expected that
approximately 2 to 3 million Mgm of salt must be eliminated
from the flows passing into the Lower Basin in order to
offset the development of the remaining Upper Basin