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<br />/c-""O/!""o., <br />/<~.~~: ~:)~':;~~~:~..\ <br />cl( /'oJ~'~ <br />~ ." 0 <br />'\"\"...-F-~ ~ <br />:;:t.... ..... <br />'\.~; <br />'-:I;~J:l\"'l <br /> <br />United Stales Dep,;r(/TJent of the Interior <br /> <br />lJlIRr,\U OF RLCLA\L\TIO\ <br />UPPER COLOR,\IJO KlLIO.\.-\L un ICE <br />P.O. BOX 115G8 <br />S.-\LT L,AKE CITY, LT.-\Jf $lHi' <br /> <br />o <br />(\.;;, <br />1\:' <br />... <br /> <br />", f:II'IY UC-733 <br />p fTJ.~ llJ <br />500.2 <br /> <br />APR 25 W84 <br /> <br />Mr. Jack A. Barnett <br />Executive Director <br />Colorado River Basin Salinity <br />Control Forum <br />106 West 500 South, Suite 101 <br />Bountiful, Utah 84010 <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Barnett: <br /> <br />Enclosed for your:- use and dissemination to the Forum are 30 copies of the <br />final Preliminary Findings Repore, Colorado River Waeer Quality Improvement <br />Program, Meeker Dome Unit, Colorado, February 1984. <br /> <br />A.s you may be a'.-lare, planning studies to date indicate the. plugging of the <br />abandoned oil wells on Meeker Dome has significantly reduced sale loading <br />into the White River in northwestern Colorado. First year monitoring <br />activities instituted after the well plugging (July 1981 through June <br />1982) indicate that salt loading in the White River resulting from Meeker <br />Dome seepage has been reduced 74 percent from prep lugging levels. The <br />potential salinity concentration reduction at Imperial Dam from the well <br />plugging is conservatively esLimated at 1.6 mg/L at a cost-effectiveness <br />of $149,000 per mg/L. The cost-effectiveness is expected eO improve since <br />salt loading is continuing to decline and the 1.6 mg/L reduction is <br />expected to increase. <br /> <br />We have prepared this final Preliminary Findings Report for use as a <br />public document so that Forum members, the public, and interest"ed entities <br />may become aware of the current status on this proj~ct. It is our <br />intention to continue the monitoring program at Meeker Dome until October <br />1984. If, in face, the plugging has significantly reduced the salt <br />loading, a final planning report on the Heeker Dome Unit will be prepared <br />concluding the studies. <br /> <br />Sincerely yours, <br /> <br />.:.:.... <br /> <br />.....:?"~)f~..~: <br /> <br />Cl~~ord I. Barrett <br />Regional Director <br /> <br />Enclosure (30) <br />