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<br />Table 2-2 <br />Summary of Projected Water Depletions <br /> <br />o <br />l\,) <br />W <br />OJ <br /> <br /> 0,000 acre-feet) <br /> 2005 2010 2015 2020 <br />Upper BasinlO 5,019 5,278 5,341 5,429 <br />Lower Basinll 7,500 7,500 7,500 7,500 <br />Total 12,519 12,728 12,741 12,929 <br /> <br />Salinity Control Targets <br /> <br />The goal of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program is to maintain the flow- <br />weighted average annual salinity at or below the numeric criteria listed below in Table 2-3. The <br />effort is not intended to counteract the salinity fluctuations that are a result of the highly variable <br />flows caused by short-term climatic variations in temperature, precipitation, and snowmelt. <br /> <br />Table 2-3 <br />Comparison of Numeric Criteria to Observed Salinity (2001) <br /> <br />Station Numeric Criteria Observed Salinity!2 <br /> (ml!!L) (ml!!L ) <br />Colorado River below Hoover Dam 723 587 <br />Colorado River below Parker Dam 747 589 <br />Colorado River at Imperial Dam 879 681 <br /> <br />The Forum develops a Plan of Implementation that will maintain salinity at or below the <br />numeric criteria identified in Table 2-3. The Plan of Implementation provided in this Review <br /> <br />lODep1etions include Colorado River Storage Project reservoir evaporation estimated by Reclamation to average <br />574,000 acre-feet per year under full development. <br /> <br />llLower Colorado River mainstem only. Diversions from the mainstem less returns. Data do not include <br />mainstem reservoir evaporation, stream losses, and surplus water deliveries. <br /> <br />12 Flow-weighted average data based on 2001 provisional records. <br /> <br />2-7 <br />