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<br />determine irrigation efficiencies and amounts of deep perco- <br />lation. The monitoring program has been initiated on several <br /> <br />o <br />~ <br />0') <br />~. <br /> <br />farms and will be expanded to approximately 30 farms per year <br /> <br /> <br />for each project as funding levels increase in future years. <br /> <br />An effective onfarm monitoring program 1S necessary to <br /> <br />measure the salinity impacts of the USDA program. <br />Budgeting - USDA and the Admin1stration Suoffi1tted a FY <br />1984 budget request for $12.5 million for planning, imple- <br /> <br />mentation, and monitoring. The request increases funding for <br /> <br /> <br />Colorado River salinity control and proposes the creation of <br /> <br />a singular consolidated account for the program. At this <br /> <br />point, the Congressional Agriculture Subcommittees have not <br /> <br />supported the Administration's proposal. Without new au- <br /> <br />thor i ties and separate fundi ng, the rrcgram can only be <br /> <br />supported through existing programs. <br /> <br />Bureau of Land Managem~~ <br />In FY 1983 the Bureau of Land ~anageillent's salinity <br /> <br />control efforts Wel"e concentrated on tt,e Sinbad Valley <br /> <br />Project, and the identification of highly erosive saline <br /> <br />areas whel'e water"hed rehabilitation measures could be <br /> <br />implemented. <br /> <br />The Sinbad Valley Salinity Report was completed in April <br /> <br />1983. <br /> <br />The report identifies two alternatives with very <br /> <br />similar cost effectiveness. The total cost of each of the <br /> <br />two alternatives is approximately 7.5 million dollars, with a <br /> <br />cost per milligram per liter at Imperial Dam for each of the <br /> <br />-2l.~- <br /> <br />J;. <br />