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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />corrosion and slime formation. 20 Industrial users have the options <br /> <br />~ <br />o <br />N <br />W <br /> <br />of more extensive treatment of water supply or possibly purchase of <br /> <br />additional makeup water as an a lternative to maintaining the production <br /> <br />system as it was but incurring the costs. <br /> <br />Their choice depends ,on the relative costs. <br /> <br />The EPA estimate of industrial penalty costs given in Table VI-7 <br /> <br />($532,800 per year) reduces to <br /> <br />$532,800 <br />464 <br /> <br />" $1,148 mg/l/year <br /> <br />which compares to the U. S. Burea.u of Reclamation estimate of $1,500 <br /> <br />mg/l/year.21 The Bureau actually utilized the EPA data and updated <br /> <br />certain cost items. <br /> <br />SOCIAL ASPECTS OF WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS <br /> <br />The relationship between social factors, water quality problems, <br /> <br />and the potential social effects of PL 92-500 is manifest in the impact <br /> <br />of the alternative scenarios for water quality improvement and allocation <br /> <br />on the lifestyle of residents of the area. The development and use <br /> <br />patterns of water resources in arid regions have obvious implications <br /> <br />for the qua.lity of life of persons living in such regions. The problem <br /> <br />is to identify the possible impacts that differnet decisions relating <br /> <br />to water quality will have on the social patterns of current and future <br /> <br />residents of the Colorado River Basin, and conversely to evaluate the <br /> <br />31 <br />