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<br />0) <br />N <br />CO <br />CD <br /> <br />The report reveals a disturbing aspect of the overall <br /> <br />salinity control program. It is the ever-increasing slippage <br /> <br />in project completion dates. This is a matter of concern to <br /> <br />Metropolitan as it is to all other Colorado River water users <br /> <br />because of the adverse impacts of the river's salinity. The <br /> <br />latest estimate of completion dates shows that all projects have <br /> <br />slipped--some as much as eight years over the estimate made in <br /> <br />1978. Several are not scheduled to be in operation until the <br /> <br />mid-1990s. The completion dates for the feasibility studies for <br /> <br />these projects have also slipped--some as much as two years. <br /> <br />Funding is one of the main constraints causing these delays. <br /> <br />Unless Federal and State funding priorities are more favorably <br /> <br />rearranged, the salinity control program goals may not be met, <br /> <br />and may jeopardize the related national goals of our treaty <br /> <br />with Mexico. <br /> <br />The Metropolitan Water District appreciates this <br /> <br />opportunity to comment on the Forum's 1981 review report. We <br />endorse the report and its recommendations for the salinity <br />standards and the plan of implementation, and we urge their <br /> <br />adoption by each of the concerned states. <br /> <br />RESPONSE <br /> <br />The V..u.bUc.:t explte6.6ed eoneVtn ovVt :the evVt .<.nCfLI!LUl.<.ng .6.ti.ppage <br />.<.n :the .6atlni:ty ptognam. In 1979, :the Bulteau Itev..u.ed :the ov~ <br />.6ehedule 60ft :the .6atlni:ty eon:tJw.t ptognam. S.<.nee :tha:t fue, :the <br />Bulteau. hcu. e6.6 en:tLa.Uy ma.i.nX:tU.ned :tha:t .6 ehedule. <br /> <br />9 <br />