Record Details
page I-75
Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page I-75 Final environmental statement : authorized Jensen Unit, Central Utah Project, Utah, page I-75 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | I-75 text/PDF |
| Rights | Brigham Young University; http://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/generic.php Public Domain Public |
| Language | English; eng; en |
| Relation | Central Utah Project; Western Waters Digital Library; comment the environmental statement should acknowledge different estimates of the contribution of irrigated agriculture to the salinity problem droblem of the colorado river and explainthe explain the differences response opinions vary as to the amount of salt contributed to the river system by irrigated agriculture the environmental protection agency made studies to indicate the contribution of salt by irrigation is about 41 percent 0 of M W the total salt load contributed by the upper colorado river basin BasL LL v the US geological survey in their profes probes sional dional paper 441 estimated approximately 40 percent of the salt load at percent lees ferry was contributed by irrigation irrigation62 62 in the march 1965 issue of the proceedings of the american society of civil engineers journal of the irrigation and drainage division mr raymond A hill concluded that future salt loading from irrigation in the upper colorado river basin would be negligible the utah state university in 1970 issued a report concerning simulation model of salinity conditions of the colorado river which showed an estimated 17 percent of the total salt load at w 64 this is the source for lees ferry being contributed by irrigation the figures shown on page B 71 of the draft environmental statement the bureau of reclamation feels this estimate is somewhat more realistic than the others basedon baledon based on investigation and comparisons with other records 175 1 75 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/5051 |
