I second that. We really appreciate all the time and efforts from all
those involved in "Save the Salt". Keep up the good work.
Any truth to the rumor that we may get back on the old international
course this year?
John Beckett
10:34 AM 4/5/99 -0500, Keith Turk wrote:
>Dan.... thanks for the encouraging words... sounds great... Tell Larry next
>time you see him that there are a number of us out here that appreciate his
>efforts.... Keith
>
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>> From: Daniel Wright <daniel.wright@genetics.utah.edu>
>> To: land-speed@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Salt report
>> Date: Monday, April 05, 1999 10:12 AM
>>
>> Hi
>> At the USFRA monthly meeting last Thursday, Larry Volk the chairman of
>Save
>> the Salt, Gave us an update on the pumping project. He said that Riley's
>> pumps had been running 24 hours a day since Nov. pumping hi concentration
>> brine. To their credit, Riley has been living up to their agreement.
>Last
>> year the project was troubled by many start-up problems resulting in a
>lot
>> of pump down time, and the pumping of very low salt concentration brine.
>I
>> don't recall the exact figures that he gave, but he said that in November
>> they pumped more hours and better quality brine than was pumped all year
>> last year and they have been pumping steadily ever since. According to
>his
>> calculations, over a million tons of Salt will have been deposited this
>> year by the pumping. He had just returned from an inspection of the
>> project and had with him a surveyors post that he had removed from the
>> brine at the end of the road, that was encrusted with salt several inches
>> thick that gave us our first look at the quality of the salt being
>> returned, and it sure looked good to me. The installation of monitoring
>> equiptment by the BLM has been very slow. But it is nearly in place now
>> and for next years pumping we will have data from a flow meter and a
>> conductivity meter (indicates salt concentration) that will give us more
>> accurate info on how much is pumped and what the salt content is.
>> Currently there is only an hour meter to indicate pump run time.
>> As for the outlook for Salt conditions this fall, there are currently
>> several inches of water covering the Salt, which is normal for this time
>of
>> year. Last year set state records for the amount of rainfall here, with
>a
>> lot of it coming in the summer months (it was an El Nino thing). If our
>> weather patterns are more nearly normal, I expect a quality racing
>surface
>> in August and Sept.
>> I will take a few notes during the salt report at the next monthly
>meeting,
>> and will keep you updated. We most always hear from someone that has
>been
>> out recently.
>> Dan
>> "Its our Salt and we want it back"
>> Dan
>>
>> daniel.wright@genetics.utah.edu
>>
>> Daniel Wright
>> University of Utah
>> Dept. of Human Genetics
>> 20 S 2030 E
>> Salt Lake City, UT 84112
>> 801-585-7863
>> Fax 801-585-7177
>>
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