Reclamation Managing Water in the West: Environmental Assessment: Farson/Eden Salinity Control Project Lateral E-13, Sweetwater County, Wyoming

摘要

This document is an environmental assessment (EA) analyzing the potential effects of the Farson/Eden Canal salinity control project, located in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The Federal action is whether the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) should authorize the use of Federal funds to replace the Eden Canals existing E-13 lateral with a pipeline. The purpose of the proposed action is to replace the existing unlined earthen E-13 lateral with a pipeline. This pipeline would reduce seepage which dissolves salts in the soils and eventually carries the salts to the Upper Colorado River Basin. The need for the proposed action is to reduce the salinity contributions to the Upper Colorado River Basin that result from the existing Eden Canal laterals, consistent with the purposes of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program.