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COLORADO RIVER BASIN WATER QUALI~'Y CONTROL PROJECT Public Health Service nACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The Colorado River Basin Water Quality Control Project was initiated by the Public Health Service at the request of the water pollution control agencies of the seven Basin states at a conference called by the Surgeon General in Phoenix, Arizona, January 13, 1960, under provisions of sec- tion 8, Public Law 660, 84th Congress, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The Project is consequently operating under the interstate enforcement provisions of the Act and is directed toward the accomplishment of the fol- lowing objectives: 1. A determination of the specific pollutants and their concentrations which now exist or which may reasonably be expected to exist in the immediate future resulting from various water uses within the Basin, and the establishment of priorities for developing data on, and securing needed remedial action at the most critical and pressing problem areas. 2. A determination of methods for securing the best possible water quality for multiple water use and the development of a compre- hensive plan and program of water quality control for multiple water use within the Basin which can serve as a guide for the conference and to state and Federal agencies having an interest in the preven- tion and control of water quality degradation. Under the conference mechanism the official conferees consist of a representative of the Public Health Service and the water pollution control agencies of each of the states involved. The conferee group associated with this enforcement action is as indicated on the cover of this report. ORGANIZATION The Project Headquarters office, consisting of engineering and associated professional and clerical personnel, is located in Denver, Colorado. A labora- tory for the sanitary analysis of samples collected has been established in Salt Lake City, Utah, and will provide the facility for radiological, bacterio- logical, biological, and chemical analyses of the various samples collected. The Project is administratively attached to the Water Supply and Pollu- tion Control program of the Public Health Service, Department of Health, Educa- tion, and Welfare, Region VIII, Denver, Colorado. The Water Supply and Pollution Control programs in DREW Region VII, Dallas, Texas, and DHEW Region IX, San Francisco, California, are also cooperating with the Project, since portions of these regions lie in the Colorado River Basin.