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<br />I <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />.11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />"49 <br />50 <br />51 <br />52 <br />53 <br />54 <br /> <br />for reducing salt loading through improvements in irrigation systems and <br /> <br />practices, and reducing erosion and sediment delivery from the privately <br /> <br />owned upland areas. <br /> <br /> <br />USDA activities include determining the contribution 0 <br /> <br />and water into and through the irrigated area from <br /> <br />upland watershed (diffuse area); and also focus <br /> <br />present condition of on-farm irrigation sys " <br /> <br />to determine what could be done to improve ". <br />. <br /> <br />and prac- <br /> <br />tices to reduce salt loading. These <br /> <br />toward <br /> <br />finding answers to three questio <br /> <br />1. What is the <br /> <br /> <br />On-farm irriga- <br /> <br />tion improvements include <br /> <br />with appropriate <br /> <br />r measuring devices, land <br /> <br />leveling, <br /> <br />igation management. Revegeta- <br /> <br />f" grazing livestock will be needed to <br /> <br />to erosion of salt laden soils. <br /> <br />imated "installation cos~s, the level of funding <br /> <br />ram implementation, and the magnitude of benefits to <br /> <br />'imp1eme-ntiag necdcd imprevcmcnta? Bcacfit;s will <br /> <br />as well as natianally and internationally. Local <br /> <br />benefi ts include <br /> <br />National and <br /> <br />international benefits accrue through improved quality of water <br /> <br />available for downstream users. <br /> <br />II-3 <br /> <br />001114 <br />