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<br />The various water resources' agencies of the state need to appropriate <br /> <br />sufficient funds to develop a comprehensive data collection program and annual <br />funds to maintain and update the data base for quality and quantity of Iowa's <br />waters. <br /> <br />Industrial development efforts should encourage the location of <br /> <br />high-volume dischargers on streams with adequate waste assimilative capacity so <br />as to not restrict future development. LOcal governments should consider water <br />quality impacts in planning for domestic and industrial development. Where the <br />assimilative capacity of a stream has been reached, future development must be <br /> <br />offset by more stringent waste treatment requirements. <br /> <br />In the design of industrial and commercial facilities, careful <br /> <br />consideration should be given to minimizing the amount of waste products that <br />will be generated within the facility. <br />Where soil conditions, character of the waste, and other conditions <br />permit, land disposal of wastewater and residual sludges are to be encouraged <br />because of economies that can be realized in solving treatment and disposal <br />prOblems and values that can be attributed to the use of organic waste as a <br />fertilizer supplement and soil conditioner. <br />A priority should be placed on abatement of pollution in watersheds that <br />impact on public lakes, rivers, and streams with high natural, scenic, <br /> <br />recreational, or cultural value. Iowa should institute a 75 percent state/25 <br /> <br />percent landowner cost-share funding for erosion control measures above State <br />lakes. <br />Iowa's primary effort on pollution abatement should be directed toward <br />restricting pollutant inputs into its waters through such methods as: <br />a. land-use regulation; <br /> <br />b. watershed treatment; <br /> <br />G-48 <br />