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<br />Theestllnates of thedil'eet costs of \'6medlal measures should be colldltlolled with the same <br />kinds of remarka. Hereagilln, the specific remedial measures to be Implemented In the upper <br />basin were not Identified at the time of the study, nor were accurate estlmatss available <br />concernillg the effectlvelless of each mell8ure; Rather thall \g'IIore Illlport..,t direct east <br />componellts in the total economies of saliDlty colltrol, the investigators considered ,It profitsble <br />to incorporate a representative analysis. Agilln,'inadequate fUllds were available to do more <br />thall this, <br /> <br />C) <br />? <br />N <br />-l <br />o <br />too"' <br /> <br />Much the same reasolling aIao pertains to the damageestllnates. The prilleipal thrust of <br />this project is to examine damages due to addltlolls of dissolved salts in the water of the <br />Colorado River. The focus is therefore 011 agricultural and mulliclpal/industrlal water users III <br />the lower hasin. The major effort was invested inestlmatloll of crop Yield reductloll in irrigated <br />agriculture BIld of the mUl1lclpal/industrlaldamagesassoelated wltll sll1ts in the water. Tile <br />availability BIldwillingaess topartlelpate of veteranscielltlsts with prevlousexperlellce 111 <br />studies of this type in the 'lower basin states was a major factor III mailing it possible for this <br />study toachleve as much as It did. <br /> <br />U1I <br />