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<br />. <br /> <br />or Colorado standards should not be overlooked. It is an element <br /> <br /> <br />which might affect the planning Of Colorado's standards for the <br /> <br /> <br />South Platte River. <br /> <br />ALTERNATE FUTURES <br /> <br />Five alternate future scenarios and their effects on water <br /> <br /> <br />quality planning are reviewed in this section. These futures are: <br /> <br /> <br />(1) sustained growth economy, (2) pervasive food crisis, (3) con- <br /> <br /> <br />trolled growth scenario, (4) severe economic catastrophe, and <br /> <br /> <br />(5) sustained energy crisis. These future scenarios represent a <br /> <br /> <br />wide range of possibilities and their subsequent outcomes. The <br /> <br /> <br />use of futures in planning allows the planner to make a realistic <br /> <br /> <br />evaluation of what might occur and how it will affect his plans. <br /> <br /> <br />This enables the planner to make provisions, where possible, for <br /> <br />these events. <br /> <br />WATER QUALITY PLANNING IN A SUSTAINED GROWTH SCENARIO <br /> <br /> <br />Planners can expect continued support for increasing the <br /> <br /> <br />quality of water that industrial and domestic users return to <br /> <br /> <br />streams and rivers. The rate of expansion of the number of waste- <br /> <br /> <br />water treatment plants will probably level off as their capacity <br /> <br /> <br />reaches some proportion of the supply capacity. It is questionable, <br /> <br />however, if all urban water will even be treated in tertiary plants. <br /> <br /> <br />Water runoff from agriculture will remain a problem as chemical <br /> <br /> <br />fertilizers dominate capital-intensive agriculture. <br /> <br />WATER QUALITY IN A PERVASIVE FOOD CRISIS <br />There is likely to be some dislocation of present treatment <br />systems capacity if new processing firms emerge. and if the feedlot <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />24 <br />