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<br />w <br />c.n <br />00 <br />w <br /> <br />Unit. . A factor in this delay is attributed to considera- <br />tion of deep well injection as an alternative means of <br />brine disposal. Another factor in this delay is personnel <br />limitations and new regulatory requirements regarding dam <br />safety and waste disposal. Should deep well injection <br /> <br />prove to be a viable alternative, WPRS will be able to meet <br /> <br />the 1983 scheduled completion date. However, if the Radium <br /> <br />Reservoir brine evaporation scheme is selected as the dis- <br />posal alternative, completion will be delayed until 1987. <br />Because Paradox Valley Unit is the most cost-effective <br />salinity control measure presently identified, every effort <br />should be made to minimize delays. Preliminary well pumping <br />tests are encouraging and the continuing tests should be <br />evaluated rapidly to determine if the required volume of <br />brines extracted is of small enough magnitude to permit <br />consideration of deep well injection of the extracted <br />brines as a viable alternative. However, planning and <br />field investigation work on the Radium Reservoir alterna- <br />tive should not be delayed while awaiting evaluation of the <br />deep well injection alternative. <br />Las Vegas Wash Salinity Control Unit, Nevada - The Las <br />Vegas Wash Unit is falling behind schedule. In August 1978, <br /> <br />the Forum concurred with a WPRS recommendation to postpone <br />construction of the Unit and re-evaluate the hydrosalinity <br />system in the Wash and possibly formulate new alternative <br /> <br />-4- <br /> <br />'. <br />, <br />