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<br />Meeker Dome Un i t area: Several a bandon gas and 0 il <br /> <br />exploration wells were cleaned and plugged. In October 1981, <br /> <br />o <br />~ <br />o <br />'.il <br /> <br />the contractor began a one-year monitoring program to test <br /> <br />results. So far the monitoring of the observation wells has <br /> <br />shown favorable results with the water levels dropping, and <br /> <br />seep measurement stations showing that saline inflow into the <br /> <br />White River appears to be decreasing. Reclamation has de- <br /> <br />cided to monitor for an additional two years to confirm <br /> <br />results. <br /> <br />LaVerkin Springs and Lower Virgin River units: <br />Concluding reports were issued in December 1981 and March <br />1982, respectively, for the two units. No satisfactory basis <br /> <br />was found to formulate a project to control salinity in these <br /> <br />areas at this time. <br /> <br />Glenwood-Dotsero Springs Unit: <br /> <br />A recommended plan for <br /> <br />study was selected. The plan, called "West Salt Creek-DG", <br />is expected to decrease the salt loading to the Colorado <br />River by an average of 314,000 tons annually. Brine would be <br /> <br />collected from Glenwood and Dotsero Springs and delivered via <br /> <br />140-mile pipeline to contour evaporation ponds for disposal <br /> <br /> <br />near West Salt Creek on the Colorado-Utah border. Phase I of <br /> <br />the investigations was conducted by URS Corporation 'of Denver <br />and planning for Phase II feasibility study is underway. <br /> <br />An alternative to disposal in evaporation ponds is the <br /> <br />proposed "Aquatrain" project. The "Aquatrain" project is a <br /> <br />coal capsule pipeline system which would carry plastic cap- <br /> <br />sules of dry, clean coal using saline water as a transport <br /> <br />-14- <br />