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,..1.-..1.-..... false impression that all of the secondary plants in today are operating adequately. We recently ran a study at Greeley and found out that the plant is adequately sized but it just wasn't being operated properly. I.~. We are presently working with Fort Collins on the same situation. Denver Metro will have to enlarge. I think in their original plans they estimated it would be 1982 before they would need to enlarge. They have added areas on that they hadn't anticipated. Thornton, Northglenn and Aurora weren't included in the original plans. All of these have been added on and they are going to have to en- large sooner. We expect plans from them around Mayor June this year. Colorado Springs is in the process of enlarging. We will have to keep tabs on the secondary plants. Just getting them built isn't going to be the answer. Another way of putting it, out of our estimated population of, I think, 2.2 million, 95 percent of our population is on some type of a municipal sewer. Of those on a municipal sewer, 99.3 percent have secondary treatment based on population connections. I think this compares favorably with some of the best situ- ations in the nation. I beiieve New Mexico is the only one that I know of that has 100 percent on secondary treatment at present. With regard to stream sampling stations, as you probably read in the papers, last month it was reported to a Senate committee that 30 of 134 classified areas were found not to be in compliance. As you might sus- pect, the worst situation was in the South I Platte River basin. We have here our greatest industry, our greatest population and not very much water. With these three things combined - you can expect it and it is true. It is probably attributable to the feedlots that