Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program

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The Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program was a federal initiative aimed at reducing salt loading in the Colorado River to protect water quality for agricultural, municipal, and environmental uses across the basin.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf environmental protection program ⓘ
federal water quality program ⓘ
addresses water quality standards for salinity ⓘ
administeredBy Bureau of Land Management ⓘ
Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
Natural Resources Conservation Service ⓘ
aimsTo comply with international salinity obligations to Mexico ⓘ
maintain agricultural productivity in the Colorado River Basin ⓘ
reduce economic damages from saline irrigation water ⓘ
appliesTo Colorado River ⓘ
Colorado River Basin ⓘ
authorizedBy United States Congress ⓘ
benefits Mexico under the 1944 Water Treaty ⓘ
downstream agricultural users ⓘ
downstream municipal water users ⓘ
coordinatedBy Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
focusesOn irrigation-induced salinity ⓘ
nonpoint source pollution control ⓘ
salt loading reduction ⓘ
geographicScope Lower Colorado River Basin ⓘ
Upper Colorado River Basin ⓘ
hasMainGoal protect water quality for agricultural uses ⓘ
protect water quality for environmental uses ⓘ
protect water quality for municipal uses ⓘ
reduce salinity in the Colorado River ⓘ
hasTypeOfMeasure management and conservation practices ⓘ
structural salinity control measures ⓘ
implements canal lining and piping projects ⓘ
on-farm irrigation improvements ⓘ
rangeland and watershed improvements ⓘ
salinity control structures ⓘ
legislativeBasis Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974 ⓘ
monitors salinity concentrations at key river stations ⓘ
relatedTo Clean Water Act ⓘ
Colorado River Compact ⓘ
stakeholders farmers and ranchers ⓘ
federal agencies ⓘ
irrigation districts ⓘ
municipal water providers ⓘ
state agencies in Colorado River Basin states ⓘ
targets irrigated agriculture ⓘ
saline return flows ⓘ
timePeriod late 20th century ⓘ
uses cost-sharing with landowners ⓘ
federal funding for salinity control projects ⓘ

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Environmental Quality Incentives Program → replaced → Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program ⓘ
Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program → legislativeBasis → Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974 ⓘ
linked to: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program
Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program → coordinatedBy → Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum ⓘ
linked to: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program