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<br />.reau of Reclamation considers Etnti-salinity alternatives . ~:
<br />\It,,,ichael'''q,, taJ q Tf1-lsat 7:30 tonight at the Clifton Com-. . -- , the hureau plans to prepare on hlherentin thepresentca~al-.tiJ\i:
<br />:SendMh~f"writer': '- munity Hall-he~d to solicit. con- d " . Stage II. The agency has already ture. , ,_', '_'\~
<br />",'-""" '-' ',' I"' structive criticism ofthe bure~u's Opene to comment, the plans raised these sifted ~rO-ugh to find.fourlikely aI- -A need.toliinitgove~~e,n~;,'
<br />,-_,~e};,.~~_ Valleys network of plans.., concerns-: The loss of mail-made wildlife te.rnat1ves. Next sprmg on~.plan v.ol~emeDt 10 rural afl'8.1I'4',a:n4"~
<br />;qpe,D' 1:Q'IgB.bqn-cartals would_be Otllc[alsw~recarefultodrawat. h b' h... .' -. Wll1bechosen.AdraftstudYIs.ex~ hmltthelossoferoplandail.~_c,~
<br />:J~lIoU_date~:into a ,web of sunken tenti,on away from its canal lining a Itat w en .~rlgatlon leakage IS dried up; the pected in the summer ofl~, with during reconstruction. '-"~:-{:,J
<br />jjlpe,: u.n. ~...'-'i:... ." :.... :.1'. la. n:by the' federal efforts o.qW under way in a small extra administrative and Ie. gal cosfs of altering thelina.l d. .DCumeot ou. t by 198.7. . A que'tio. n al,.o was rai~.,. '.. bOlt
<br />~~au,ot'~lamation( part of the valley between Mack . 'h . h' ' -, ,Companng the four alternatIves whether the valley's agncUl-ttll@:l
<br />c'-:~ th~::'4anals an~ their ,smaller 'and Lorna: water rig ts In erent rn the pre~ent canal is difl'1cuJt, warned bureau spoke~. rOQts are worth saving, given The
<br />l~~J:'8ls:;~U,lcl be lined WIth co~- _,,"We're,~ell aware of the presen~ structure; and a need lo'Umit government ma~ Ken Oletl The agency's cost state ofagriculture here.
<br />~te ~~,j8'pl41ted by sunken barrl~ concerns, about the bureau s CUf-. It' . Iff" estimates Are very rough, useful "That' a $64 question and mighty
<br />~m", , -~'~:'~i -- -' rent program~said spokesman -Don Invo yemen -In rura a airs. ' only for comparison, The alterna~ rtb s 'd" " 'd C -1
<br />Or ' o~l1:': the canals woul4 be Clay~ "Wh,at \\ie, want tonight, is to tives overlap. And the;ir expected ~o ncon~ ,er:r:' b' s:~fe Gar
<br />Up.e4.,.whU~*be laterals would be tal~aJ>out'StageII," -, efTectivenessvaries, ~anso ,w 0 w ,_IS ,un-
<br />~place4 w~_th:,pipe. , ' That phase would expand the bu. Only the Redlands c~nals' are not prevent the irrigation system itself. But rough cost estimates, which hlld have bee!! farmmg a section of
<br />~:"Th~e;~b.oices! along wlt,h a "no r~au'!i, canal-reconditioning 'pro- included, which unlike the rest of ' from li;!aking ,water through the ~ight l)e combined for a, truer cost la~d rou~ rr:s s~uth ~~: tour
<br />,cttptl." :al~attve, are bemg con- gram throughout the Grand Valley, the valley are not underlain by shale. picture, are these: bning the ml es wes 0 ma SiDce .
<br />Idd~'by the ,~ureau in Us contin- from the, Colorado River intake at Mancos shale, other, non-structural approach-' canals, $278 million; improving the Bureau 'officials, including proj-
<br />ulng b'out to ~duce,~he salt,poll.u- Cameo to Mack ' es-educating farmers to ,alter laterals, $60..9 million;, 'replacing ects manager J, F. Rinckel; said
<br />Jion;,1b' the C.;4or~dp' ~iver caused' '. ,Targeted are: the Government That subsurface geologic strata is their irrigation practices and, sup- some, canals with a network of they were. disappointed _ by. th~
<br />W:(;,ratuI"VI!:lley faniIers. " ' Higbline' Canal ~nd its'spurs; the laced with minerals commonly plying them, with, efficient sprin- pipes, $274 mil,lion; No action, of meeting's attendance,. hoping for
<br />W<A. . b., 9Qt a d. o.~~n of. tqose .irrigat~)I:s; Price and StUh'. canals" runn. iog' called salts_,' When', irrigation water klers---have been tried- with varying course, would carry no price tag. ' five times the turnout .
<br />.~d b I th t led Ie "". rcola,tes through the shale, it car- 0 d to t th I 1 h h
<br />,~ ,)':,severa 0 ers In eres along the val y1,s north edge ~ success by otber agencies, includ- pene commen, e pans A thoug commending t eagen-
<br />peoPle"~ met,in Fr4ita- this'we.ek _to ' against the BOOkcliffs d,esert; the' ries salts into 'the yolorado River, ing the federal Soil Conservation raised these concerns:, cy for adverti~ing tpe meeijog: in
<br />~.-'~'.I\lll... :~. eir c.oncern,s abollt ~e bu- ce.ntr. .Uy lo.cated Grand, Valley the bureau theorizes, damaging Service and .the Colorado SUite _ The Il>s. s of111an-made wildlife news. pape. rs, one speaker SWe.'14.<1
<br />.. 1 downriver water users, 'h b' h -. . I Ita . ~.ri""
<br />r$l)'s,P an. ' "Highline',Canal'with its associated University-EXtension Service, _a -Itat w en Irrigation ea ge IS the next attempt include a ~__u,_:
<br />,~'l1tey ow-ere joined. by D,1ore than 'a Mainline, HInchman's and Keifer To stem part, of the salt leak the This wee~s meetings are re- dried up. ,'.., to the farm~rs, enjoying itr~t~
<br />. offiCials In the first canals; and the two Orchard Mesa bureau is proposing to Une or otb- qu1red, b7 te:derallaw as an ingred- . ~ The extra, admlDlstrative and pr(lject SubSidies through tij~h4.i!ii.\.. .
<br />' meetillRS-the second canals, erwise improve the canll .,.... to iot to tbe environmental studies legal costs of altering wate,r rights Conservation Service. '.' ":,~..:
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