<br />ESTIMATES OF SALINITY CONTROL POTENTIAL-JANUARY 1983*
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<br /> Total Salt Concentralion
<br /> annual_II AllSOl:- removed reduclion at
<br /> loading from laled per yea... Imperial Dam
<br />Unit Agency study areas mglL tons mglL2 Status
<br />Paradox Valley USBR 205,000 180,000 18 Preconstruction studies
<br />Grand Valley USBR 580,000 280,000 28 Stage One under construction
<br /> SCS 130,000 13 ,lJ,'l2!'I,!<9!)~trLJmjpn
<br /> US'S'A 3,006 <."".,-- "..'.' '
<br />'erystalGeyser 0.3 Deferred
<br />Las Vegas Wash USBR 196,000 71,000 6 Being reformulated
<br />Lower Gunnison Basin, Stage 1 USBR 360,000 36 141,000 14 Planning reporVDES complete
<br /> SCS 1,000,0003 335,000 34 Planning complete
<br />Uinta Basin USBR 450,000 24,000 2.4 Planning nearly complete
<br /> SCS 76,000 8 Planning complete
<br />McElmo Creek USBR 116,000 12.7 24,000 2.4 Planning nearly complete
<br /> SCS 54,000 32,000 3 Planning complete
<br />Palo Verde Irrigation District USBR 152,000 67,400' 8 Planning nearly complete
<br />Glenwood-Dotsero Springs USBR 500,000 314,000 31 Preferred plan selected
<br />Moapa Valley SCS 19,000 2 Planning complete
<br />LaVerkin Springs USBR 109,000 11 Previous alternatives concluded
<br />Lower Virgin River USBR 97,000 10 Previous alternatives concluded
<br />Virgin Valley SCS 37,000 4 Planning complete
<br />Sinbad Valley BLM 7,000 0.7 Planning nearly complete
<br />Big Sandy River USBR 167,000 75,000 8 Planning nearly complete
<br /> sCS No recommended onfarm plan selected
<br />Price-San Rafael River USBR 430,000 180,OOOs 18 Planning underway
<br />Dirty Devil River USBR 125,000 ' 50,0005 5 Planning underway
<br />Meeker Dome' USBR 57,000 6 57,000 6 Verifying well plugging
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<br />*Most 6f the figure,S came from Progress Report No. 11, Quality of Water-Colorado ,River Basin.
<br />1 Fi,gures shown areas currently planned (rounded) and are subject to change. as more d,etal1ed investigations are made.
<br />2AIl concentration reductions were -calculated using GRSS projected 2010' flow and salt -load conditions. The
<br />concentrating, effeCt of water depletion was not considered.
<br />3Total ba,sin salt loading.
<br />4 Initial 'salt reduction. Eventual decrease to 50,200 expected in 2010 with 6 mg/L concentration reduction at Imperjal
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<br />5 Preliminary estimates.
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