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<br />proposed Phosphate Fertilizer Plant near Rock Springs, <br /> <br />o <br />~ <br />l'\j <br />en <br /> <br />Wyoming. Other industries in the area are seriously consi- <br /> <br />dering the 'use of such water, and. negotiations are <br /> <br />continuing. The water obtained from the Big Sandy Unit can <br /> <br />be used in conjunction with good quality water purchased from <br /> <br />Wyoming's nearby Fontenelle Reservoir storage when necessary <br /> <br />to meet either quality or quantity conditions. <br /> <br />The Wyoming state Legislature authorized the expenditure <br /> <br /> <br />of up to $1,278,000"...to utilize and reduce the saline <br /> <br /> <br />waters of the Big Sandy River", in Chapter 60 of the 1982 <br /> <br />Session Laws of Wyoming, which included a number of other <br /> <br />water development projects. <br /> <br />The Wyoming Water Development <br /> <br />Commission (WWDC) administers the projects and the funds. <br /> <br />The State, through the WWDC, pot up $300,000 as "front end <br /> <br />money" to expedi te studies to deli ver water to the proposed <br /> <br />Chevron plant. <br /> <br />The jOint effort between the State of Wyoming, Reclama- <br /> <br /> <br />tion and the SCS is expected to reduce the TDS concentration <br /> <br />at Imperial Dam by 7-9 mg/l upon implementation of the full <br /> <br />project. Based on the current estimate of economic damages <br /> <br />of $500,000 per mg/l of TDS at Imperial Dam, the Big Sandy <br />Unit would prevent damages of $3.5 - $4.5 million annually. <br /> <br />-36- <br />