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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />!. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CHAPTER II <br /> <br />N <br />m <br />tv <br />N <br /> <br />HISTORICAL ACTIONS RELATIVE TO SALINITY STANDARDS <br /> <br />Water Quality Act of 1965 <br /> <br />With Congress' passage of the Water Quality Act of 1965, the <br />states were required to establish water quality standards for inter- <br />state streams within their boundaries by June 30, 1967. The purposes <br />of these standards were to protect and enhance the quality and <br /> <br />productivity of the nation's interstate waters to serve a variety <br />of beneficial uses, such as public water supply, recreation and <br />propagation of aquatic life, and industrial and irrigation uses. <br /> <br />Along with the water quality standards, the states were required to <br />furnish a plan for putting the standards into effect and for enforcing <br />them. <br /> <br />Standards, but without numeric criteria, were submitted by the <br /> <br />states in accordance with this time schedule. Upon acceptance by <br />the Secretary of the Interior, the standards became joint state-federal <br /> <br />standards. <br /> <br />Early Sessions of the Conference in the Matter of <br />the Pollution of the Interstate Waters of the <br />Colorado River and Its ,Tributaries <br /> <br />Sustained attention to water quality problems in the Colorado <br /> <br /> <br />River Basin dates back to 1960 when the Conference in the Matter of <br /> <br />the Pollution of the Interstate Waters of the Colorado River and Its <br /> <br />Tributaries was formed under the provisions of the Federal Water <br />Pollution Control Act, as amended, PL 660, 84th Congress. Six <br />sessions of the Conference were held from 1960 through 1967. The <br /> <br />-3- <br /> <br />'i'i <br />