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1	Economic Alternatives in Solving the U. S.-Mexico Colorado River Water Salinity Problem (invited) Martin, William E. 20 April 1974 (has links) From the Proceedings of the 1974 Meetings of the Arizona Section - American Water Resources Assn. and the Hydrology Section - Arizona Academy of Science - April 19-20, 1974, Flagstaff, Arizona / A proposed desalting plant is an engineering solution to the effects of a problem which could have been avoided and even now could be reduced on the farm. Water costing $125 per acre-foot will be delivered to Mexico to grow wheat, cotton, garden crops, alfalfa and safflower, of which the average value added per acre-foot was estimated at $80 for cotton and garden crops and $14 for wheat, alfalfa and safflower. The U.S. government, instead of building the desalting complex, could accomplish its purpose just as well by paying each farmer in the Yuma area, in return for the farmers reducing their drainage flow by whatever method they see fit, $114 per acre per year for the next 50 years. With proper management on the farm, the costs of managing salinity need not be high. Hydrology -- Arizona. Water resources development -- Arizona. Hydrology -- Southwestern states. Desalination Salinity Alternative planning Cost comparisons Colorado River Irrigation water Alternative water use Water utilization Water management (applied) Cost analysis Water rates Project planning Alternative costs Saline water Desalination plants Mexico Water quality Water pollution sources Water reuse Drainage water Irrigation programs Water policy
2	Salinity Control Planning in the Colorado River System (invited) Maletic, John T. 20 April 1974 (has links) From the Proceedings of the 1974 Meetings of the Arizona Section - American Water Resources Assn. and the Hydrology Section - Arizona Academy of Science - April 19-20, 1974, Flagstaff, Arizona / In the lower reaches of the Colorado River, damages from the increase in salinity to U.S. water users are now estimated to be about 53 million dollars per year and will increase to about 124 million dollars per year by the year 2000 if no salinity control measures are taken. Physical, legal, economic, and institutional aspects of the salinity problem and proposed actions to mesh salinity control with a total water management plan for the basin are discussed. A scheme is presented for planning under the Colorado River water quality improvement program. Recent legislative action is also discussed which provides control plans to improve the water quality delivered to Mexico as well as upper basin water users. These efforts now under study will assure the continued, full utility of Colorado River water to U.S. users and Mexico. However, more extensive development of the basin's natural resources puts new emphasis on total resources management through improved water and land use planning to conserve a most precious western resource - water. Hydrology -- Arizona. Water resources development -- Arizona. Hydrology -- Southwestern states. Colorado River Desalination Planning Mexico Water management (applied) Salinity Alternative planning Water utilization Project planning Saline water Desalination plants Water quality Water reuse Irrigation water Drainage water Costs Water sources Water policy Irrigation programs Salinity control

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Economic Alternatives in Solving the U. S.-Mexico Colorado River Water Salinity Problem (invited)

Salinity Control Planning in the Colorado River System (invited)