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<br /> <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- ... <br /> <br />.... <br />...J <br />~ <br />0';. <br /> <br />Salinity <br /> <br />~ <br />~l <br />'" <br /> <br />, <br />" <br />. . <br />'-~ <br />,'"\ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />l ;.' <br />-~ <br />~'., "'I <br />';"';'; <br />- . <br /> <br />no... .- <br />- -' <br /> <br />~~.~'-~~ <br /> <br />:t;< <br />. l.j~ ..' <br />'\~c <br /> <br />Gler>-Dot Recommended Plan <br />SeIecled <br /> <br />A recommended plan tOf !easl0l1lty SluOy <br />haS bt-'fln selected lOr !he Gll?nW()()(1-Dot~o <br />Spnngs Unit 01 tl"E' Colorado AI..ef Water <br />Ouahty ImprOvement Program The pian IS <br />e..pected 10 ctecrease the saltlOadmg 10 the <br />Colorado AM!!" by an a~rageof 314.0c0tonS <br />annually The saline sprIngs are lOCated In <br />....estern Cok>rado. In Gart~!d a1"ld Eagle <br />Countes and he In a narrow slnp In <br />GIenWOOd canyon alQl'19 the Coloraoo Arve., <br />betWeefllhe lown 01 Glerlwood Spnngs and <br />the unlf1COrJXlrated communtty 01 Dot.sero <br />GlenWOOd-Dotsero SprIngS constitute the <br />second largest point source 01 salinity to trle <br />CoIomdo Alvef The comblned QIsct'larges <br />annually conlnwe apprO)(lmal~y 25 CO) <br /> <br />~ <br />,,~' <br />) ", <br /> <br />". <br /> <br /> <br />""'\ <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />t:: <br />. .~ <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />(lcre-It..., Of water cont.'J,nll'lg 44O.(XX) tons 01 <br />sail, aboull'lall 01 wtllch comes from 18 <br />IdenM>ed spnngs <br />The rocomrneoded plan. call€d "Nest Satt <br />CfFoE'i<.-QG would conSIst Of COllecting <br />Dnne tram GIenWOOd arx3 Dotsero Spnngs <br />ana PlPlrlg me bone 10 contour ponds lor <br />QtSDOSal near West Sail Cret-o on the <br />Coiofado--Utah bordei' The COllection <br />system would capture a taLil 01 about 21 J cis <br />(cubic ll"et ~ second) Of bflne trom spnng <br />surface flOWS ana some SUbSurface l:lnne In <br />lhe allUVIum adjCKlef1t 10 the Sprlngs at both <br />GIenWOOd and Dotsero <br />The plpehne woulO tle 131 ml!eslOng ana <br />would c:t,;InS(St 01 steel cylinder pressure pipe, <br />prol~ed 'n5Jde and outSIde by a Ia~r 01 <br />concrete Ete-.en pI'eSSU/'E!'-ff'(]UClng statlOf'1S <br />.....OUld tie reqUlrOO alQng tne ppeln"le route <br />The ppellrlf' would carl)' ~ , cts flQv. from <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />U.S. Department of the Interior <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br /> <br />A Ouarterly Report on the <br />Colorado River Water Ouality <br />Improvement Program <br /> <br />Apnl 1962 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br />~:-'. <br />." ,-. <br />.' .. .J <br /> <br />Ilk- <br />.....0;;;, <br />.....~ -.. ",- <br /> <br /> <br />.c_ <br /> <br />'-- <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />-....,.. <br />...... .. <br />~ '<.~~~ <br /> <br />~-'~ <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />, <br /> <br /> <br />- <br />- <br /> <br />... <br />. <br />. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Dotsero to Glt>nwc.xx:l Spmgs Al GlerIwooc:I <br />5Dnngs. anolhfJr 143 c15 woulcJ ~ added 10 <br />the ppehne 1m lor transport to the <br />evaporation SIte at :he COOrado-Ulah state <br />line near Mac... CoIoraOo <br />The contour ponos would consist 01 a senes <br />01 small la...es aes'9ned to retain t!'le bnne <br />bo?h,na CClmDdC'led earthen drk.es .....hlCtl <br />.....ould conform to e~lstlng topography Alter <br />deanng me Sile. me Mancos shaleo-defTved <br />SOIls WlU bf' scanfred al"ld m()IStened Wlttl a <br />Ia;lef recompacted to achl€'Ve seepage <br />control T!'le lal<.es'NOl.Jld be abol;t 4OCl!eetto <br />more tl'\an 6C() leet wlOe varymg In deptl'1 up <br />to 20 It"':''- and In some Instal'\03S ~ a mile <br />lOng The SUrfac2 area of me lal<.es would be <br />Ovef 5.(0) <lC1llS. and me lakes' COllective <br />storage YOIume WOUld hOld 1l1flUt"r'!t brine and <br />salt for 100 years If needed The contour <br />panas would seM! to no'd the bnne untIl a <br />