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<br />~~~~~ilg~. BUdgeting and funding for multiple USDA <br />agencies participation has been another program administra- <br />tion and coordination problem. It has been difficult to get <br />full interagency - interdepartmental coordination and coor- <br />dinated Congressional funding under present funding <br />structures. USDA is now considering single line item funding <br />in each agency or a consolidated USDA account for Colorado <br />River salinity control. <br /> <br />Bureau of Land Management <br />In 1982 the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) major <br />efforts in salinity control have been to develop a feasibili- <br />ty report for the interception and disposal of saline water <br />in the Salt Creek drainage of Sinbad Valley, Colorado. The <br />report identifies six alternatives with varying levels of <br />cost effectiveness. The total construction costs range from <br />$4 to $l5 million. The cost of salt reduction as measured at <br />Imperial Dam for the most cost effective alternative is <br />approximately $750,000 per milligram per liter for a total <br />salt removal of 0.5 milligrams per liter. Copies of this <br />report are available from the Colorado state Office of the <br />Bureau of Land Management. <br />BLM has identified a potential watershed rehabilitation <br />project, the Sagers Wash Basin of eastern Utah. Sager Wash <br />is located in an area with highly saline soils. Preliminary <br />studies suggest that land treatments could be a very cost <br />effective salinity control technique. <br />-20- <br />