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<br />I <br /> <br />The potential sources of financing for <br />each of these projects are agencies of the <br />Secretary of the Interior who have a particu- <br />lar interest in seeing water quality aspects <br />of water in the State of Colorado studied more <br />intensively. These agencies include the <br />Office of Water Resources Research, Federal <br />Water Pollution Control Administration, and <br />Office of Saline Water. <br /> <br />I might mention here that the Office of <br />Saline Water right now is sponsoring a proj- <br />ect that was recently initiated in the Rio <br />Grande Valley of Colorado, New Mexico and <br />Texas. The purpose of this is to determine <br />where saline water resources are so that <br />plans can be made for putting in desalina- <br />tion units. <br /> <br />Our data programs in the state have <br />undergone a reexamination to improve the <br />efficiency and accuracy of our measurements. <br />On water quality the examination shows that <br />certain kinds of laboratory determinations <br />can be eliminated. We are doing this by <br />making coalitions between the constituents <br />and as a consequence we are able to estimate <br />rather than making laboratory determinations <br />of certain other constituents and this reduces <br />the cost. We will use this money then to <br />get a little better coverage of the state. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />As you ~re probably aware, our coverage <br />of Colorado with water-quality information <br />is very scant and very sparse. As a conse- <br />quence, this kind of effort will help us to <br />get not only better coverage but better <br />information for future planning of water <br />quality monitoring systems and water quality <br />control. <br /> <br />We have recently embarked on another <br />program in collaboration with the State <br />Engineer's office to improve the accuracy <br />and the efficiency of streamflow measurements. <br />