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<br />7 IIIE SOLUT ION
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<br />Coordinating Committee,
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<br />The Colorado Rivei' Basin States
<br />support the salinity c'introl program
<br />through water qualit)'lmanagement
<br />plans, effluent discharile control,
<br />and education in the control of
<br />salinity,
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<br />The Basin States in4ividually
<br />develop water quality Inanagement
<br />plans and nonpoint so*rce manage-
<br />ment programs to contprm with the
<br />requirements of sectiorjs 208 and
<br />319 of the Clean WateriAct, These
<br />requirements include p}tblic
<br />involvement, 'problem 4ssessment,
<br />identification of best m4nagement
<br />practices, establishmen, of control
<br />programs, and designa~"n of
<br />management agencies; i
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<br />State programs also ipclude the
<br />control of total dissolve4 solids from
<br />point discharges through the
<br />National Pollutant Discijarge
<br />Elimination System (NPPES) permit
<br />program. Fish hatcherim., iumber
<br />products mills, sewage tfeatment
<br />plants, and powerplant tastes are
<br />some of the municipal atjd
<br />industrial effluent sourc$ under
<br />control, Reuse of treated'
<br />wastewater is encouragei' as a
<br />general principle, Indus~es are
<br />. also encouraged to use sctJine water
<br />in piace of fresh water,
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<br />Education and public .
<br />involvement are emphasij;ed, The
<br />basin-wide nature of sali~ty
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<br />requires an awareness of salinity-
<br />sources, impacts, and alternative
<br />methods of control. The Basin
<br />States continue to work through the
<br />Foru'm with concerned agencies to
<br />increase public understanding of
<br />salinity,
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<br />The Colorado River Basin
<br />Salinity Control Forum and
<br />Advisory Council
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<br />The Forum is composed of up to
<br />three water resource and/or water
<br />quality representatives from each of .
<br />the seven Colorado River Basin
<br />States, appointed by their respective
<br />governors, The Advisory Council is
<br />also composed of up to three
<br />members appointed by the
<br />governors of each of the seven
<br />Colorado River Basin States,
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<br />As a result of Public Law 92-500,
<br />the Forum was established in 1973
<br />as a mechanism for interstate
<br />cooperation and to develop water
<br />quality standards, Section 303 of
<br />the Clean Water Act.requires that
<br />these water quality standards be
<br />reviewed from.time to time, but at
<br />least once every 3 years,
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<br />The seven-state Forum, with the
<br />aid of its internal Work Group,
<br />prepares a review of the water
<br />quality standards, induding
<br />numeric criteria and the plan of
<br />implementation previously
<br />developed by the Forum; The 1984
<br />review included the modifications
<br />or revisions to the plan of
<br />implementation that have become
<br />necessary as a result of changed
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