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<br />. UU b2J8 <br /> <br />40% of the ,.rater is measured, and on 24% of the projects, no <br /> <br /> <br />delivered water is actually measured although it i3 estimated. <br /> <br /> <br />Regarding "rater for municipal use in Montana, ,.re find that <br /> <br /> <br />in 1962, 152 "rater systems served ,.rater to aPr roximately 70";' of <br /> <br /> <br />the State's population and to much of its industry (this includes <br /> <br /> <br />county areas adjacent to the city limits). 90 of these 152 <br /> <br /> <br />systems employed at least some ,.rater meters and apf roximately <br /> <br /> <br />50% of the total Mater outlets in all systems ">ere metered. <br /> <br /> <br />Montana' 9 per capita use of ,.rater in its communities is estimated <br /> <br /> <br />at 250 gallons per person per day on a year-round basis and this <br /> <br /> <br />includes both summer la,.rn sprinkling and industrial use. <br /> <br /> <br />,'l.egarding ,.rater pollution control, the ~tate has a '.!ater <br /> <br /> <br />Pollution Council .,rhich regulates pollution '.'ithin the State. <br /> <br /> <br />The Council has classified all streams in the state as to their <br /> <br /> <br />permitted uses and, ,.rhenever necessary the Council acting through <br /> <br /> <br />the ~tate Board of Health, forces municipalities, industries, etc., <br /> <br /> <br />to provide adequate se,.rage and effluent disposal facilities. 105 <br /> <br /> <br />out of our 137 municipalities no,.r have adequate se'.rage treatment <br /> <br /> <br />facilities, 29 need additional facilities and 3 have no se,.rage <br /> <br /> <br />treatment facilities. Of the latter three, tMo are no,.r planning <br /> <br /> <br />adequate facilities. <br /> <br /> <br />Montana's major Mater problem result, from the state's topo- <br /> <br /> <br />graphy ','hich consi3ts of moisture catching mountains in the "'estern <br /> <br /> <br />1/3 of the State "rith drier plains areas predominating in the <br /> <br /> <br />ea.3tern 2/3 of the State. Therefore, much of our "'ater is not in <br /> <br /> <br />the right place ,.rhen needed. Although 8/10 of Montana'., land lies <br /> <br /> <br />in the Mis 30uri iUver Basin, only 4/10 of our surface ','ater is <br /> <br />- 3 - <br />