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<br />w <br />00 <br />o <br />CO <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />same quality of water as that delivered at Imperial Dam (about 870 ppm). <br /> <br />As a result of this meeting, President Nixon appointed Herbert Brownell <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />"to find a permanent, definitive and just solution" to the problem. <br /> <br />Brovmell's efforts led to Minute 242 (l973). 5 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Widespread discontent in the United States with these negotiated <br /> <br />settlements and the argument that the "structural solution" of Minute 242 <br /> <br />must be combined with a Basin-wide program of salinity control were <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />factors leading to the 1974 Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act. <br /> <br />Water Quality Issues in the Politics <br />of Water Allocation <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Several examples taken from House hearings on bills to authorize <br /> <br />the 1956 Colorado River Storage Project Act can be given to illustrate <br /> <br />how water quality issues have been raised by parties to influence the <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />outcome of water development and allocation decisions. Utah voiced <br /> <br />"serious questions" about the availability of water of adequate quality <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />from the Green in its (successful) attempt to receive rights of 500,000 <br /> <br />af/yr from the Yampa in Colorado. Second, concern over the quality of <br /> <br />water in the Green was raised as a factor in the justification of Echo Park <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Dam, later deleted in the plan authorizing the Flaming Gorge Dam. And <br /> <br />third, California's Counsel, Northcutt Ely, argued (unsuccessfully) that <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Article VIII of the 1922 Compact (which states that "present perfected <br /> <br />rights to the beneficial use of water of the Colorado River System are <br /> <br />unimpaired by this compact") implies that California's perfected rights <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />l8 <br /> <br />. <br />