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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />We had high hopes for desalting in those days, and were intrigued by the experimental plant at <br />Roswell, New Mexico. Maybe we got carried away by gadgets. I'm glad to see, in retrospect, <br />that the improvements in irrigation efficiency have been so substantial. The Bureau pooh-poohed <br />it, and I wasn't sure it would work as well as it has. <br /> <br />All in all, my involvement with the Task Force was a very frustrating experience. I felt we'd <br />been used. Two constructive things did come out of it, though. First, the seven Basin States, <br />for the first time in history, cooperated on something. Because we recognized our common <br />goals and the benefits of cooperation, we were able to get the Title II program authorized. <br />Second, the idea [promoted by EPA] of setting numerical limits on water quality at state <br />boundaries was rejected. It's a fact that you can't use water without degrading it. Upstream <br />quality needed to be addressed as well, if we were to be able to continue to develop our <br />allotments-or even operate the projects already buill-and still give downstream users usable <br />water. That's why we supported Title II, even though we rejected the proposed water quality <br />standards. <br /> <br />B-7 <br />