WSP07589

• File Number: 8271.300
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program - General Information and Publications-Reports
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 6/1/1978
• Title: Salinity Management Options for the Colorado River -- Part 2 of 2 -- Page 169 - End
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Table 3.83. Elfece. offncreasmg .alinity of Centrol Arizona Project water when it .. blended into the Salt River
Project water (aBBUming an allotment of the 160,000 ac ft reque.ted).

850,000 ac ft t .050,000 ac ft 150,000 ac.ft 1,200,000 aeft
Salt and Verde 200,000 ac ft Salt River Central Arizona Blended Central
Rivers Water Groundwater Project Water Project Water Arizona Project
TDS (mg/!) TOO (mg/I) TDS (mg/l) TDS (mg/!) and Salt River
Project
TDS (mg/I)
467 980 565 775 591
467 980 565 900 607
467 980 565 1000 619
467 980 565 1100 632
467 980 565 1200 644
467 980 565 1300 657
467 980 565 1400 669

Table 3-8/,. Number of acre. available for Bingle and
double cropping by land claB', Salt River
Project.

Table 3-86. Selected crop. and double cropping
po.BibiAtie., Salt River Project.

Single Double Total Crops Double Cropping Possibilities8
Cropped Cropped
(Acres) (Acres) (Acres) Wheat Barley Lettuce Sorghum
Land 1 73,815 17,441 91,256 Alfalfa
(Well Drained) Cotton x
Land 2 48,325 11,417 59,742 Barley
(Moderately Drained) Wheat
Land 3 12,085 2,859 14,944 Sorghum x x x x
(poorly Drained) Lettuce x x x x
Total 134,225 31,717 165,942 Onion x x
Grapefruit
Oranges/Tangerines
Sugar Beets
Carrots
"Crops under these columns are those assumed to lead
in the double cropping rotation.

Table 3.86. YieldB of 1n4frw crop. in the Salt River Project, 1964.1973 (t01l8/acre).
95 Percent
1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 Confidence
Interval
Alfalfa 5.40 5.30 5.90 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 5.86 :!: 0.19
Upland Cotton 2.25 2.30 !.SO 1.75 2.50 2.25 2.00 2.25 2.43 2.55 2.18 :!: 0.24a
Upland Cotton Seed 1.00 1.00 0.60 0.80 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.10 1.10 0.96 :!: 0.11
Barley 2.04 1.92 1.80 1.99 1.97 1.70 1.99 2.04 2.14 2.21 1.98 :!: 0.11
Wheat 2.25 2.55 2.70 2.82 2.58 :!: 0.39
Sorghum 1.85 2.13 2.13 2.38 2.24 2.18 2.24 1.82 2.18 2.35 2.15 :!: 0.13
Carrots 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.50 13.50 13.50 10.50 12.00 13.00 10.00 12.50 :!: 0.91
Lettuce 10.45 11.85 13.15 10.00 9.45 10.25 10.23 12.80 11.83 13.13 11.31 :!: 1.00
OnIons (Dry) 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 18.75 18.00 18.75 22.50 22.50 17.55 :!: 2.20
Grapefruit 10.15 7.95 9.60 6.15 18.00 12.40 22.00 10.45 9.90 10.80 11.74 :!: 3.40
Oranges/Tangerines 6.85 5.90 10.05 13.75 6.70 8.40 10.30 8.85 :!: 2.54
Sugar Beets 18.00 20.00 19.00 15.00 21.40 22.50 23.00 19.80:!: 2.80
a480-pound bales per acre.
Source: Yields taken from annual crop reports of the Salt River Project, full and supplemental irrigation service.

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