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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />w <br />00 <br />;-.. <br />o <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />should be unimpaired in quality as well as quantity. Jean Breitenstein, <br /> <br />representing the Upper Basin States, contended contra Ely that water <br /> <br />quality is not regulated by the 1922 Compact. <br /> <br />The Origins of Federal Water Pollution <br />Control Legislation <br /> <br />Against the background of political contests such as the above and <br /> <br />Mexican~United States disagreements over salinity, federal pollution <br /> <br />control legislation began to emerge. During the consideration of <br /> <br />legislation authorizing the Upper Basin projects during the Fifties and <br /> <br />early Sixties, the question of their effect on the water quality of the <br /> <br />Colorado River was raised by representatives of the Lower Basin States. <br /> <br />They pointed out that the diversion of water out of the basin as well as <br /> <br />the expansion of irrigation in the basin would increase the salinity of the <br /> <br />water reaching the Lower Basin. As a result of this concern, the 1956 <br /> <br />Colorado River Storage Project Act, the 1962 Fryingpan-Arkansas <br /> <br />Project Act, and the 1962 San Juan-Chama/Navajo Indian Irrigation <br /> <br />Project Act all include language directing the Secretary of the Interior <br /> <br />to conduct a study of the quality of water of the Cplorado River System; <br /> <br />to appraise its suitability for municipal, domestic, industrial, and <br /> <br />irrigation use; to estimate the effect of additional development on the <br /> <br />remaining water available; to study all possible means of improving the <br /> <br />quality of such water; and to report to Congress every two years. The <br /> <br />19 <br /> <br />. <br />