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<br />program because of budgetary restrictions. <br /> <br />USDA has also initiated a more comprehensive on farm <br /> <br />o monitoring and evaluation program in the Uinta Basin. For <br />,.j;;:" <br />en 1982, SCS personnel estimate the average annual salt load <br />~ <br />reduction to be 12,800 tons as a result of their efforts, <br /> <br />with a resulting 1.3 mg/l decrease in salinity concentration <br /> <br />at Imperial Dam. <br /> <br />l"icElmo Creek Uni t ., The Forum found through a special <br />----------------- <br /> <br />consultant's study that the proposed Reclamation report and <br /> <br />the completed USDA onfarm report complement each other rather <br />well. While the water and salt budgets prepared by the two <br /> <br />agencies vary, the estimated values fOl' total salt load and <br /> <br />for potential salt load reduction are within acceptable <br /> <br />limits. The Forum has recommended that the USDA program be <br /> <br />accelerated. <br /> <br />The Reclamation study plan formulation working document <br /> <br />was completed. <br /> <br />The Planning Report/Draft Environmental <br /> <br />statement is scneduled for February 1984. The recommended <br />plan was to line 28.5 miles of the i'lontezuma Valley Irriga- <br />tion Company (MVIC) system. The possibility of combining the <br />Towaoc Canal with canals in the MVIC distribution system has <br /> <br />been discussed. A decision was made to construct much of the <br /> <br />McElmo Creek Unit's recommended plan under the Dolores Pro- <br /> <br />ject and to combine the Towaoc-MVIC canals as part of the <br /> <br />plan. <br /> <br />Analyses indicate that there is not only a cost <br /> <br />savings in rerouting the Towaoc Canal from the west side to <br /> <br />the east side of the City of Cortez, but substantial savings <br /> <br />-16- <br /> <br />, ," -~ <br />