WSP10815

• File Number: 8270.100
• Description: Colorado River Basin Water Quality/Salinity -- Misc Water Quality
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 1/1/1963
• Author: USDOI
• Title: Quality of Water - Upper Colorado River Basin - Progress Report - January 1963
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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LEGISLATIVE' DIRE.:?IiTZS tuW RE~'?O,lSE

?ublic Law 435, 84th Coo€ress. Secor-d Session, the authori~ing
le~islation for ~he Colorado ?iver Storage proJ~ct and Farticip~ting
projects, was si[ce~ by the Presid~~t O~ April II, 1956. Section 15 of
the Act states. "The Secretary of the lr.terior is directed to continue
studies snd ~N:e a re~ort to the Con~res~ ur.d to the St~tes of t~e
Colorado Fiver 3asin on the qu".lit:; of \,,':;:,ter of the Colorado Ri'I"~r."

Authcrizine le~i51aticn (PL 87-483) for the Sa~ Juan-Ch~a rroject
end the Navajo Indian Irri~ation project bec~e efr~ctive on June 13,
1962. Section 15 of this let. stntes. "yte Secretary of the Interior is
directed to cont.inue hi5 stu'1i.~s of the C1.uc.lity of "'::iter of the Colo-
rado Ri vcr syster:, to :'1ppraisc its Eul tabiE ty for ::c:.unicipal, dor;:.estic.
a.nd i~dt:.5trial Use a!'ld fer irrigation in U:C' vC'.ri.:-u3 areas :.. the United
Stat!'.'s i:-. \.lhich it i::: used Cor prq:-.ospd to be u:~~cl, to ef,ti~..i~:'1.; the
e:'f~ct of addition:ll develop::!ents ir:::rolvinc its 3t.or8.[;e pnd U3e (\{hetr-er
heret;)fore Ilutho:r-lzed or cor.ten::;13:ted for &.uthorization} on "be ret:ain-
inti. ....,~ter nvcJ.luble for US!; in the Ur.i tt:d :tc.tes, to stud:,- nIl :?ossible
neans of improving the quality of suc~ water and of ~lleviatin; the ill
effC"cts of '..ater of poor qlr.3.lity, Clnd to report the ::"E:~ults of his
studl'2"s ';!.!ld estit=~ltt:>S to t:-,e :ight~f-5evc,;-::h Con:.:r~r,s aD.d every t'.10
jrea::-s there...:'ter."

Si~ilar reports are requ~::"eJ by p. L. ~J0. 57th Cor-cress, Se:ond
Session \"'hich auth.:)rizec. the ;.'ryir.;;JEln-Arkan~as pr2'.lect. ,Tn.nuary 3,
1963, is stirulated as t~e subnlssion date for the i~i~ial re~ort.

~esFonr~ to these cirecti....es by the I>~~,qrt:<ent of the InteriC'r
cOc:1?rises t~TO p",rt3 that are reported :>1~re: (l):.r::. 2.SSf:SSClent of the
w~~~r-quality situation in the ~art of the Colorado ?iver bGsin ~bove
L~e Ferry, Ariz., 113 of 1957, b~f ':.he Geolo(':ical Surv<;y; ar.ri (2) a
nrojecti:n-: of wnter-~UI.i.li ty erfe~t3 to be expected froll; addi t.ionA.l
develop~ents that i~volve storace and use of river ~~ters ~b~v~ Lee
Ferry, by tbe Bu:oeau of Feclr.l!Ia:.icn. Cur:r-e:-,t st,des ttat. conc'Crr. the
lower ~art of the Colorado Rive:- r:a3:n, Le:o'.,' Lee Ferr-y, have not
reached a cefinitiV'c stasc f'.::d ::'~'e n:>t rer,crted ~le!"02.

Dete!':':Iination of the effe~1.s of 1':";8.: ar:d ::!itu:r:: :-n t.he Q'J"llity of
'\later- in any area i:: deper,den~~ upon :::.ar.:: :'e.ctcr.o;, to"! :-~ost ic?ortant
of '~'hich is the :l::ailability of adequCit.e gtrea::'~:::,..- a:-,d 3.-;E'1ity records
of long stc.r.dint:. Al~h~u,:"I:1ua~titative strr'a::~~lc..; reccrds 0:1 t.h~
Colorad.o Piver !l.r:d it.s :::!e.Jor tributarie~ !:leet t:li3 re1uire:::ent, the