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<br />MAY 1982 <br /> <br />In addition to the onfarm salinity control program several proposals for <br /> <br />off-farm salinity control have been examined by the U.S. Bureau of <br /> <br />Reclamation. Those proposals include: <br /> <br />Canal Lining: Reaches of canals having high seepage losses in highly saline <br /> <br />soils would be lined. This proposal includes combining <br /> <br />canals where possible. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Collection and Storage: Saline water would be collected and stored in solar <br /> <br />evaporation ponds, or exported for power plant <br /> <br />cooling, or ~xported in coal slurry pipelines. <br /> <br />Desalting: Construct a desalting plant to remove salts from the water out <br /> <br />of the basin. <br /> <br />Public Participation <br /> <br />Public participation in the HcElmo Creek Salinity Study began in <br /> <br />December 1976 when the Bureau of Reclamation issued an invitation tor <br /> <br />interested agencies, groups and individuals to participate in formulating an <br /> <br />interagency, interdisCiplinary, multi-objective planning (HOP) team. The <br /> <br />organizational meeting ~as held in Cortez, Colorado in February 197ti. Soil <br /> <br />Conservation Service personnel are participating members of the MOP Team and <br /> <br />some of its sub-units. These sub-units conduct evaluations and analyses <br /> <br />related to each discipline and then meet together as a full MOP Team to <br /> <br />present results, to resolve interdisciplinary problems and to set the <br /> <br />direction for the overall study. <br /> <br />~. ~~'?, <br />(J \.) )- <br /> <br />V-15 <br />