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<br />28 <br /> <br /> <br />Yj <br />w <br />~ <br />YJ <br /> <br />studies of the quality of the water of the Colorado River <br /> <br />system, to appraise its suitability for municipal, domestic, <br /> <br />and industrial use, and for irrigation in various areas of <br /> <br />the United States in which it is proposed to be used, to esti- <br /> <br />mate the effect of additional developments involving its storage <br /> <br />and use (whether heretofore authorized or contemplated for <br /> <br />authorization) on the remaining water available for use in the <br /> <br />United States, to study all possible means of improving the <br /> <br />quality of such water, and of alleviating the ill effects of <br /> <br />water of poor quality, and to report the results of his studies <br /> <br />and estimates to the 87th Congress and every 2 years thereafter." <br /> <br />3. Authorizing legislation for the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, <br /> <br />Colorado, contains similar language pertaining to water q\lality <br /> <br />reports and stipulated that the first report should be provided <br /> <br />by January 3, 1963, to be followed by submission of reports <br /> <br />every 2 years thereafter. <br /> <br />These acts provide authority to this Department for basin-wide <br /> <br />planning of a salinity control program. Feasible salinity control <br /> <br />projects involving construction will require congressional author- <br /> <br />izations. The responsibility to plan and implement the control <br /> <br />programs has been entrusted to the Bureau of Reclamation, with the <br /> <br />function to be coordinated with other agencies of this Department <br />