WSP07431

• File Number: 8273.100
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control - Federal Agencies - Bureau of Reclamation
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 1/1/1988
• Author: DOI BOR
• Title: Salinity Update - January 1988 - A Quarterly Report on the Colorado River Water Improvement Program
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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January 1988

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U.S. Department of the Interior
Bureau of Reclamation

A Quarterly Report on Ihe
Colorado River Water Qualit),
Improvement Program

Vol aNa 1

1987 JOINT EVALUATION OF SALINITY CONTROL
PROGRAMS IN TilE COLORADO RIVER BASIN

This summary report is a com.
bined Depanrnell1 of the Interior
and Department 01 Agriculture
effort 10 fully coordinate and inte.
grate the respective salinity con-
Irol programs authorized in Public
Law 98-569. amendments to the
Colorado River Basin Salinity
Conlrol Act of 1974 (Public Law
93-320) Data for all units reflects
accomplistlmenls to January 1.
1987
The triennial 1987 Review
Warer Quality Standards fOf
Salinity, Colorado River Sysrem.
contains a summary of agency
and unit activities and mosl of the
in/ormation gathered during the
1987 join! evaluation This report
does not duplicate that material
The 1987 Review was prepared by
the Colorado River Basin Salinity
Control Forum (Forum) and
copies may be obtained by writing
Jack A Barnell. Executive
Director. Colorado River Basin
Salinity Control Forum, 106 West
500 South, Suite 101 Bountiful,
Utah 84010.

BACKGROUND AND
ASSUMPTIONS

The 1987 evaluation was
prepared using updated and
adjusted data to more accurately
compare the program information
of the Department of the Interior
and the Department of Agriculture
All costs were updaled 10 January
1987 and Interest or discount rates
(8 7i8 percenH have been adusted
to the same base Repayment
analysis for lhe Lower Colorado

River Basin Development Fund
was based on Ihe current t987
rale 01 7 12 percent interest rate
for the years 1987 and beyond
The base condilion for the
CRSS (Colorado River Simulation
System) computer model evalu.
ation assumes no funds expended

on salinity control beyond those
already spent on Grand Valley,
Meeker Dome, Uinta Basin, and
Las Vegas Wash. These projects.
or portions lhereof. are currently
rE-moving appro)(imalely 141.000
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USDA Basin Coordinator Selected

Kenneth A Pitney has been
selected the USDA Basin Coordi.
nator for Ihf' Colorado RIVf~r Basin
Salinity Control Program. effective
February 1. 1988 He fills the posi.
tion vacated by Bill Evans and will
be housed in the Bureau of
Reclamalion.s salinity coordination
office
Mr Pitney currently serves as
Assistant State Conservationist
(SCSl for the U S Departmenl of
Agriculture. Denver. Colorado He
has staH responsibility for the SCS
programs in Colorado From 1977
to 1979 he was on assignment to
the Environmental Protection
Agency Regional Office in Denver
There. he provided assistance to
EPA and water Quality planning
agencies in 6 states for prepara.
lion of 208 Water Quality Manage.
ment Plans
Prior to 1977, Mr Pitney served
the Soil Conservation Service in
the states of Maryland and Nebras-
ka, and in Durango. Colorado He
served two years in lhe Armed For-
ces assigned to an Air Force
Engineer Baltalion

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Kflflflfllh A Pilm~~

Mr Pitney holds a BS degree
in Soil Conservation from the
University of Nebraska (1959) and
a Master of Public Administration
Irom Harvard University (1974)
Mr Pitney was raised on a farm
in southern Nebraska and has
been a heavy equipment operator
for a conserv-ation contractor He
is married. lives in Lakewocxi.
Colorado. and has one daughteL