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<br /> <br /> <br />CHAPTER 5 <br /> <br /> <br />'-" <br />Q) <br />W <br />-..J <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATIONS <br /> <br />I. In development of the State Water Plan, desalting should be <br />considered a potential source of water supply to meet the State's growing <br />water needs. <br /> <br />2. The water plan should take account of the opportunities for <br />joint savings by combining desalting with plants designed to produce <br />electric power and process steam. <br /> <br />3. A detailed engineering study of desalting should be deferred <br />until the State Water Plan now being prepared has been completed. Current <br />industrial development along the Great Salt Lake may dictate the desir- <br />ability to proceed sooner. <br /> <br />4. The State should continue with general studies of possible <br />sites, collection systems, means for introducing desalted water into <br />existing and proposed distribution systems of desalting and ,e1ated tech- <br />nology and the effects of desalting plant operation on the hydrologic and <br />chemical characteristics of Great S~lt Lake. Serious consideration should <br />be given to acquiring one or more potential sites for a majo, desalting <br />plant. <br /> <br />5. Measurements should be started On determining the quality and <br />quantity of water reaching and leaving the wildlife reserves, and other <br />marshlands bordering the Great Salt Lake on the east. <br /> <br />6. <br />the legal, <br />iated with <br /> <br />The State should begin the identification and resolution of <br />administrative, financial, health, and physical problems assoc- <br />implementing a desalting program. <br /> <br />7. The Division of Water Resources should increase technological <br />capability to follow continuing developments in desalting and applications. <br /> <br />8. The Division of Water Resources should broaden its working <br />relationships with concerned organizations in the State (e.g., Bureau of <br />Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, State Division of Fish and Game, Bureau of <br />Reclamation, Bureau of Mines, Geological Survey, State Division of Health, <br />Utah Power and Light Company, and interested industrial and water organiza- <br />tions) to consider plans for the application of desalting to meet the future <br />water requirements of the State. <br /> <br />-15- <br />