Red River Chloride Control

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Red River Chloride Control
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Salt Source Areas
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• Methods of Control

Brine Emission Types
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Wichita River Basin, Texas

• The recommended plan for the Wichita Basin
  includes brine collection at Areas VII, VIII
  (completed), and X (partially completed), with
  disposal in Truscott Brine Lake (completed).
• When operational, 409 tons of salt per day will
  be prevented from entering the Wichita River and
  the Red River.

Pipeline
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Low Flow Diversion
Deflated During periods of high flow after a
rain, will allow diluted brines to pass
downstream.
Inflated During low flow periods, brines will be
diverted to Brine Containment Facility.
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Elm Fork of the North Fork of the Red
River,Harmon County, Oklahoma (Area VI)
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Area VILooking SW
Salton Canyon
Salton Canyon
Robinson Canyon
Kiser Canyon
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• WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2007
• SECTION 3136. RED RIVER CHLORIDE CONTROL,
  OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS.
• The project for water quality control in the
  Arkansas and Red River Basin, Texas, Oklahoma,
  and Kansas, authorized by section 203 of the
  Flood Control Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 1420) and
  modified by section 1107(a) of the Water
  Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat.
  4229) is further modified to direct the Secretary
  to provide operation and maintenance for the Red
  River Chloride Control project, Oklahoma and
  Texas, at Federal expense.
• Implementation Guidance is pending.

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Red River Chloride Control Project FY-09 Effort
1.5M (Senate report)

• Wichita Basin, TX - 865K
• - Resume Construction Efforts at Area X
  Pumphouse.
• - Resume ROW acquisition at Area X.
• - Initiate contract PS for Area VIII.
• - Continue Environmental Monitoring.
• Elm Fork, OK (Area VI) - 635K
• Reevaluation Study Efforts continued
• Agriculture economic modeling effort continued.
• Recreation survey/analysis.
• Hydraulic and Hydrologic analysis of watersheds.
• Continue water quality baseline analysis.

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Red River Chloride Control Project FY-09 Effort
3.2M (House report)

• Wichita Basin, TX - 2.565M
• - Resume Construction Efforts at Area X
  Pumphouse.
• - Complete ROW acquisition at Area X.
• - Initiate Construction efforts for the Area X
  Pipeline.
• - Initiate contract PS for Area VIII.
• - Continue Environmental Monitoring.
• Elm Fork, OK (Area VI) - 635K
• Reevaluation Study Efforts continued
• Agriculture economic modeling effort continued.
• Recreation survey/analysis.
• Hydraulic and Hydrologic analysis of watersheds.
• Continue water quality baseline analysis.

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