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<br />Technical analysis during the past year indicates that <br /> <br />liquid carbon dioxide will provide a significantly greater <br />o <br />t.I:lo economic transport medium than saline water. As a result, <br />en <br />01 Aquatrain is now being formulated to use saline water as <br /> <br />conjunctive cooling water for power plants. <br />Funding - During tile fiscal year 1983, the Reclamation <br /> <br />level of funnding for the Water Quality Improvement Program <br /> <br />was $5,604,000. Funding for FY 1984 is for $4,510,000 for <br /> <br />planning activities on the above units. <br /> <br />An additional <br /> <br />$540,000 has been requested for advance planning activities. <br /> <br />!~~~!E~~ - Reclamation's research activities and <br />contracts on reservoir salt precipitation and evaporation and <br /> <br />analysls of water Chemistry data to isolate changes in basin <br /> <br />salt loading are moving forward. Research activities are <br /> <br />continuing on softening pretreatment and water characteriza- <br /> <br />tion studies and work on saline water cooling tower <br /> <br />technology as a part of' the Saline Water Use and Disposal <br /> <br />Opportuni ties Unit. <br /> <br />u.s. Department of Agriculture <br />(USDA) Other Activit~es <br /> <br />The USDA continues to be a valuable and active partici- <br /> <br />pant in the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program. <br /> <br /> <br />The Soil Conservation Service (SCS) has provided excellent <br /> <br />leadership in helping plan and implement the more cost- <br /> <br />effective onfarm salinity control activities necessary to <br /> <br />achieve the objectives identified in Title II of PL 93-320. <br /> <br />-20- <br />