7983

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7983
• Author: U.S. Department of the Interior.
• Title: Quality of Water, Colorado River Basin.
• USFW Year: 1993.
• USFW - Doc Type: Progress Report No. 16,
• Copyright Material: NO

Chapter 1

Introduction

The Quality of Water, Progress Report No. 16
(Progress Report) was prepared by the Bureau of
Reclamation (Reclamation) of the
U.S. Department ofthe Interior (Interior), in
cooperation with State water resource agencies
and other Federal agencies involved in the
Salinity Control Program. This Progress Report
is the latest in a series of biennial reports
beginning in 1963.

AUTHORIZATION FOR REPORT

The directive for preparing this report is
contained in four separate public laws-Public
Law 84-485, Public Law 87-483, Public
Law 87-590, and Public Law 93-320.

Public Law 84-485 states:

"The Secretary of the Interior is
directed to continue studies and make
a report to the Congress and to the
States of the Colorado River Basin on
the quality of water of the Colorado
River."

Public Law 87-483 states:

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"The Secretary of the Interior is
directed to continue his studies ofthe
quality of water of the Colorado River
system, to appraise its suitability for
municipal, domestic, and industrial
use and for irrigation in the various
areas in the United States in which it
is used or proposed to be used, to
estimate the effect of additional
developments involving its storage
and use (whether heretofore
authorized or contemplated for
authorization) on the remaining water
available for use in the United States,
to study all possible means of
improving the quality of such water
and of alleviating the ill effects of

water of poor quality, and to report
the results of his studies and
estimates to the 87th Congress and
every 2 years thereafter."

Public Law 87-590 stipulates that January 3
would be the submission date for the report.

Public Law 93-320 states:

"Commencing on January 1, 1975, and
every 2 years thereafter, the
Secretary shall submit,
simultaneously, to the President, the
Congress, and the Advisory Council
created in Section 204(a) of this title,
a report on the Colorado River salinity
control program authorized by this
title covering the progress of
investigations, planning, and
construction of salinity control units
for the previous 2 fiscal years; the
effectiveness of such units; anticipated
work needed to be accomplished in the
future to meet the objectives of this
title, with emphasis on the needs
during the 5 years immediately
following the date of each report; and
any special problems that may be
impeding progress in attaining an
effective salinity control program.
Said report may be included in the
biennial report on the quality of water
ofthe Colorado River Basin prepared
by the Secretary pursuant to
section 15 of the Colorado River
Storage Project Act (70 Stat. 111;
43 U.S.C. 602n), section 15 of the
Navajo Indian Irrigation Project
(NIIP), and the initial stage of the
San Juan-Chama Project Act
(76 Stat. 102), and section 6 of the
Fryingpan-Arkansas Project Act
(76 Stat. 393)."