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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I NTRODUCTI ON <br /> <br />The Palo Verde Irrigation District Unit (PVID) investigation in <br /> <br /> <br />southern California adjacent to the Colorado River is part of the <br /> <br /> <br />comprehensive Colorado River Water Quality Improvement Program <br /> <br />(CRWQIP) which is designed to identify and implement programs to <br /> <br /> <br />improve the water quality of the Colorada River. This special report <br /> <br /> <br />is to inform concerned interests of the costs, impacts, and benefits <br /> <br />associated with plan components being considered for the unit. The <br /> <br /> <br />report also describes the setting, explains the public involvement <br /> <br /> <br />process and outlines problems and needs of the area, The planning <br /> <br /> <br />process is described, including alternatives being considered and <br /> <br /> <br />criteria and standards used. Environmental impacts are explored and <br /> <br />future activities are discussed. <br /> <br />Authori za t ion <br /> <br /> <br />The Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974 (P,L. 93-320) <br /> <br /> <br />provides for the construction, operation, and maintenance of certain <br /> <br />works in the Colorado River Basin to control the salinity of water <br /> <br /> <br />delivered to users in the Unites States and Mexico, Under that act, <br /> <br />the Secretary of the Interior was directed to expedite planning studies <br /> <br /> <br />on 12 salinity control units of a basinwide program for the control of <br /> <br />the salinity of Colorado River water including the PVID Unit. <br /> <br />Title I of the act authorizes the construction of facilities to enable <br />the United States to comply with its obligations under the agreement <br />with Mexico of August 30, 1973, Minute No. 242 of the International <br />Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico. <br /> <br />In brrJo.28 [) 7 <br />