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<br />27 <br /> <br /> <br />G0 management of the available water resources, (2) the total available <br />W <br />~ water resources of the river are allocated by interbasin and inter- <br />~ <br />state compacts and the international treaty, (3) the treaties and <br /> <br />decrees have apportioned water quantity bItt are silent on water <br /> <br />quality, and (4) studies made by this Department, the Environmental <br /> <br />Protection Agency, the Colorado River Board of California, and the <br /> <br />Water Resources Council project increases in salinity unless control <br /> <br />measures are taken concurrent with development for use of presently <br /> <br />allocated water. <br /> <br />In recognition of the effects of the proposed developments on the <br /> <br />salinity of the river, the Congress specifically directed the <br /> <br />Secretary of the Interior to make water quality studies and to <br /> <br />devise plans for improvement. This is provided for in three public <br /> <br />laws: <br /> <br />1. Section 15 of the authorizing legislation for the Colorado <br /> <br />River Storage and Participating Projects states: "The Secretary <br /> <br />of the Interior is directed to continue studies and make reports <br /> <br />to the Congress and to the States of the Colorado River Basin on <br /> <br />the quality of water of the Colorado River." <br /> <br />2. Section IS of the authorizing legislation of the Navajo <br /> <br />Indian Irrigation Project and San Juan-Chama Project states: <br /> <br />"The Secretary of the Interior is directed to continue his <br />