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<br />all aspects of water conservation. Water <br />whieh is polluted cannot be used for many <br />purposes. In some cases water is polluted to <br />the point, either by organic or inorganic <br />materials, to the point where it is no longer <br />usable. <br /> <br />This particular case histOry points out a <br />problem that nobody really thought about some <br />years ago. The matter of water pollution is <br />as much our concern, I believe, as any other <br />state agency. The Board members are completely <br />aware of the fact that we do have a representa- <br />tive on the State Water Pollution Control Com- <br />mission. Mr. Berthelson was designated by <br />this Board as our member on that commission. <br />We assign a staff member to assist Mr. Berthel- <br />son in his function as a member of that <br />commission. <br /> <br />It will take the combined efforts of all <br />interested citizens and the state and federal <br />agencies to solve the many water pollution <br />problems. The problems are becoming increas- <br />ingly magnified. Historically the Public Health <br />Department was concerned with the coliform count <br />in water. In other words, the bacteria which <br />originates through the discharge of fecal <br />matter into the water. The coliform count in <br />Shadow Mountain in some areas has been extremely <br />high, many times over the prescribed standards. <br />Some of the reports were that the bacteria were <br />too numerous to count. However, a new ingred- <br />ient has been brought into focus nation-wide as <br />a result of the phosphates in detergents. This <br />is inorganic pollution. It is the phosphates <br />which primarily cause the eutrofication of the <br />lakes, that is, the death of the lake through <br />excessive algae growth. This is occurring in <br />the Great Lakes area, tremendous bodies of <br />water which are now dying and will no longer <br />support the aquatic life which once existed in <br />those lakes. The same thing is happening on a <br />much smaller scale in some of Colorado's lakes. <br />If the trend continues Grand Lake will be a <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />