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<br />003'374 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />contribution to that agency's program on a matching basis in <br />1960-61 and succeeding years. <br />Cooperative Water Quality Program (U.S,G.S.) <br />State, Federal, and local agencies have been analyzing <br />water samples and investigating water quality in general in various <br />portions of the State for several decades. Following passage in <br />1949, of the "Dickey Act" which directed the Department of Water <br />Resources to investigate the quality of all waters within the <br />State, the advantage to be gained by the establishment of Federal- <br />State Cooperative Quality of Water Program was recognized. It <br />made available to the Department of Water Resources the use of <br />additional laboratory facilities and special investigative equip- <br />ment, and the benefit of technical knowledge and background of <br />the Geological Survey personnel in Sacramento and throughout the <br />United States. A three year program of research investigating <br />the possibility of using trace elements as indicators of saline <br />degradation of fresh waters is to start this year. The total <br />appropriated by the State for the cooperative program in 1959-60 <br />is $58,800. Of 3,450 samples to be analyzed, 1,160 will be <br />subjected to standard mineral analysis, 1,730 to partial mineral <br />analysis, and 560 to heavy metals determination. <br />Cooperative Sedimentation Studies (u.s.a.s.) <br />Early in 1956, representatives of the State Engineer and <br />the United States Geological Survey developed a program of sedi- <br />mentation studies in California. About 10 continuous and 30 <br />periodic sediment stations are presently operated in the State by <br /> <br />-3- <br /> <br />,- ,~- <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />~ .' <br />t' .:; <br />L" <br />._" 1ilti'ffi! <br />