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<br />A reduction in total requirements for storage for streamflow <br />regulation for water' quality control could be expected if full <br />consideration is given to reducing the total load of dissolved <br />solids ,on the ,Uncompahgre River caused by present and future <br />irrigation projects in the area. .Among other possibilities, such <br />reduction may result from improved farm management practices as <br />well as removing small areas that may be producing a large part <br />of the salt load., A study of the means for reducing the salt <br />loading on the Uncompahgre River during advanced ,planning of the <br />Dallas Creek Project is recommended. As stated in Public Law 660, <br />as amended, "any such storage and water releases shall not be <br />provided, aS,a substitute fqr ~dequate treatment or other methods <br />of controlling waste at the source." If such control is feasible, <br />it will have economic benefits, not only in the Uncompahgre River, <br />but also for downstream water users. <br /> <br />32 <br />