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<br />~ controls or conceptual plans outlined in this report, will be necessary <br />~ to meet the basic program objectives. <br />Cil <br />C) Problems and Needs <br /> <br />Sixteen saline water sources, as identified in table 1, were evaluated <br />in the study in various collection configurations for local use or <br />export, The source sites are located on the frontispiece map. The <br />total ~ater volume considered as potential sources for use or disposal is <br />610,000 acre-feet of saline water averaging about 3,200 milligrams per <br />liter (mg/L) of TDS (total dissolved solids) and carries 2.6 million tons <br />of salt per year. <br /> <br />Table 1. - Saline water sources <br /> <br />Units <br /> <br />Annual average discharge <br />Salt <br />acre-ft/yr TDS mgll 1,000 tons <br /> <br />I. Big Sandy River 19,900 5,015 110 <br />2. Meeker Dome 1,090 19,300 29 <br />3. Glenwood-Dotsero Springs 25,000 14,200 500 <br />4. Grand Valley 1/ 43,500 3,300 195 <br />5. Lower Gunnison II 17,200 2,900 68 <br />6. Paradox Valley 568 265,000 205 <br />7. MCElmo Creek 32,500 2,700 119 <br />8. Uinta Basin II 13 ,600 4,500 83 <br />9. Price River 21 24,900 4,000 136 <br />10. San Raf ae 1 RTver 21 22,200 3,600 109 <br />II. Cryst a 1 Geyser 150 14,000 3 <br />12. Dirty Devil River 68,800 1,703 159 <br />13. La Verkin Springs 8,300 10,000 109 <br />14. Lower Virgin 7,200 2,800 27 <br />15. Las Vegas Wash 72 ,000 2,000 196 <br />16. Palo Verde Irrigation District 253,000 1,700 585 <br /> Totals 609,908 y 3,173 2,633 <br /> <br />II Remaining flow after implementation of irrigation systems and onfarm <br />Tmprovements. <br />21 Price and San Rafael Rivers in this study are considered separate <br />source$. Public Law 96-375 authorizes feasibility studies for the <br />Price-San Rafael Rivers Unit. Consequently, other report references to <br />the "unit" will be the combined Price-San Rafael Rivers Unit. <br />11 Weighted average. <br /> <br />'( <br /> <br />"1 <br />, <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />