Water Quality: Information on Salinity Control Projects in the Colorado
River Basin (Testimony, 05/11/95, GAO/T-RCED-95-185).

Through fiscal year 1994, the Interior and Agriculture Departments
(USDA) spent $362 million on salinity control projects in six states.
Interior's Bureau of Reclamation and USDA estimate that they will spend
about $428 million more for additional projects, while Interior's Bureau
of Land Management expects to spend $800,000 in fiscal year 1995. In
selecting salinity control methods, the agencies consider several
factors, key among them the methods' effectiveness and cost. According
to Interior's measurements of the salinity control program's
effectiveness, salinity levels in the Colorado River since 1974 have
been below limits set by the Clean Water Act. With completion of the
projects under construction or planned, salinity levels should stay
within the established limits beyond 2010. GAO summarized this report in
testimony before Congress; see: Water Quality: Information on Salinity
Control Projects in the Colorado River Basin, by James Duffus III,
Director of Natural Resources Management Issues, before the Subcommittee
on Water and Power Resources, House Committee on Resources.
GAO/T-RCED-95-185, May 11, 1995 (8 pages).

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 REPORTNUM:  T-RCED-95-185
     TITLE:  Water Quality: Information on Salinity Control Projects in 
             the Colorado River Basin
      DATE:  05/11/95
   SUBJECT:  Water conservation
             Water supply management
             Water quality
             Land management
             Water resources development
             Environmental monitoring
             Cost effectiveness analysis
             Inland waterways
             Environmental legislation
             Soil conservation
IDENTIFIER:  Colorado River Basin
             Mexico
             Imperial Dam (AZ)
             Colorado
             Utah
             Wyoming
             USDA Colorado River Salinity Control Program
             Arizona
             Nevada
             
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