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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />y <br /> <br />California Water Plan will involve further storage on the Sacra- <br />mento River and tributaries as well as north coast streams, and <br /> <br />will require the use of the Sacramento River channel for con- <br /> <br />veyance of addtional water that will be exported to southern <br />California and other areas of deficient water suoply. Such <br />ues of these waters and channels will require a high level of <br />quality since water conveyed for hundreds of miles must be suit- <br /> <br />able for use and re-use at its destination. <br /> <br />Control of the deterioration of water quality result- <br /> <br />ing from irrigation return and the other causes of degradation <br /> <br />is difficult technically as well as legally. Ultimately, the <br /> <br />total effect of these causes could be as detrimental as that of <br /> <br />waste disposal. However, from the technical standpoint, we know <br /> <br />how to treat wastes and to prevent pollution therefrom, and in <br /> <br />California, as well as some of the other states, legal bases <br />already exist for adequate control of waste disposal. Problems <br /> <br />of degradation must receive continuing study and management of <br /> <br />our water resources must be such as to minimize their effects. <br /> <br />Industries are needed in the West, They are essential <br />to the full development of the economy, but great care will have <br /> <br />to be exercised in the location of those industries producing <br />significant quanti ties of liquid wdstes not amenable to adequate <br /> <br />treatment. <br /> <br />If they are improoerly located, the economic <br /> <br />damage resulting from pollution of our water resources by the <br /> <br />wastes may far outweigh the economic benefits resulting from <br />establishment of the industries. There are areas in nearly every <br />state where highly mineralized waste can be disposed of without <br />impairment of the water resources of the State. Industries oro- <br /> <br />ducing these tyPes of waste should be located in such areas. <br /> <br />-7- <br /> <br />r .- " <br />