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<br />w <br />00 <br />-..J salinity by 14.2 mg/L. Plan formulation investigations are continuing on <br />0: the North Fork portion of the study area. <br /> <br />The SCS onfarm report is 'compatible with and focuses on the same priority <br />salt load problem areas on the east side of the Uncompahgre River as.the <br />Reclamation plan. Implementation of the onfarm program is scheduled to <br />begin in'FY 1986. <br /> <br />McE1mo C~eek Unit <br /> <br />The most .economica1 plan identified incorporates at least a part. of the <br />McE1mo CI"'.eek Unit with the Dolores Project which is now under construction. . <br />The High1iine Canal of the Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company, apart of the <br />McElmo Creek Unit, will be combined with the Towaoc Canal of the Dolores' <br />Project fllr reduced seepage and more effi c i ent water de 1 i very, savi ng about <br />$9.6 million over previous plans. The remaining laterals and canals will be. <br />1 i ned as a reduced-scal e McEl mo Creek Uni t. A Regi ona1 Director I s P1 anni ng <br />Report/Draft Environmental Statement is expected to be completed in March <br />1985. Enactment of the pending legislation would incorporate the features <br />of the unit as a part of the Dolores Participating Project. <br /> <br />Advance planning is proposed to begin in FY 1986 on the remaining laterals <br />and sections of canals in the McE1mo Creek Unit. <br /> <br />USDA's and Reclamation's water and salt budgets for the estimated values <br />of total ~a1t load and potential salt load reduction are within acceptable <br />1 imits. Although the Forum recommended that the USDA program be accelerated, <br />implementation of the onfarm program depends on construction of the off-farm <br />1 atera 1 system. <br /> <br />Continuing Evaluation <br /> <br />Big Sandy River Unit <br /> <br />The recommended plan, which was reviewed by the State of Wyoming, would <br />remove saline water by collection wells in the spring and seep area of the <br />Big Sandy River and would pump the water through a pipeline to a proposed <br />Chevron fettilizer plant near Rock Springs for use and disposal. Chevron and <br />Texasgulf have informed Reclamation that they no longer need the amount of <br />water originally determined because of changing market conditions. Studili!s <br />are underway with the State of Wyoming to determine the feasibility of piping <br />saline water to Jim Bridger Powerp1ant for powerplant cooling in conjunction <br />with Chevron-Texasgu1f use. <br /> <br />Advance planning is proposed for initiation in FY 1985 if an acceptable use <br />can be found for the water supply. <br /> <br />The USDA onfarm program, as outlined in their Big Sandy Report, is being <br />reevaluated: to see if low pressure sprinkler irrigation is a viable project <br />plan. <br /> <br />>{, <br /> <br />" <br />i <br />-:-1 <br /> <br />>. <br />O'er <br />,-,; <br />, <br /> <br />\1 <br />-~ <br />1 <br /> <br />)1 <br /> <br /> <br />13 <br />