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cusing On, Hnd I'w a~ked the panel to addrE'ss, is "Can you convey to this group what's your particular in- terest in the river: What do you nepd out of it: What do you Want from it'?" so we can take the on'rview we got this morning from the river management and river policy and river public Interest questions and put them up against what al.....ays happens in this demonacy. .....hich is a numht'r of private intNests which serve the particular net'd'i. some of them geographical, some of them municipal. some ofthero commercial, ranging all the way from those eight or ten uses.....e are well aware of for this or Hn~: g-reat rivf'r system, That's going to ht' the focus this Hfternoon. What is it that thE' folks in front of you particularly need or want from their rh'er to make their E'ntt'rpril'e. their l'E'f"\.'ice. their ac- tivity.....ork: Someone- suggested we ought to ha\'e a vaudeville hook so we can mher peuple off if we get too long. I'll just mention again that we do want to try to go Jess than tt-n minutt-.'! with as zippy remarks as possible focusing on the qUt'stion of what's the interest that my organization. my cunstitut-nls have in the river? I .....iIItry to mow it along here by having a card telling you when you are getting near the witching hour so ~'ou can try to mO\-e on. I'll try to kf-'ep it moving, so we gH ready for a hreak at 3:1.) this afternoon_ We may en-n haw you stand up once aoout 2:15 or 2:30 to j;:H the blood nowin~ again. lA't'.'! have al it. Toe topic if' COOl'ernf' andcomp{'tin~ requirem{-nts of !iystem CU!itomt-rf'_ \\-e\-p heard this morning from analysts. mana~ers. and service provid. er" from toe public sector in particular. :;";ow let's look at various customer.... publit- sector as well as private sector. \\'e will just go in to{- order that folks haw heen li:;ted in the program. Terry {;loriod. Prcsidenl .\fl.~MlIlri Ricer Public Water Suppli.,s ..h,~lIl'ialii)fl SI. l.oui.,'. .\h~!wuri Thank you_ Good aftt'rnoon ladie... and gentlemen. I'm not sure I can adapt to heing first on this pro~ram_ .Just ht'fort' lunch I got :;0 used to seeing water supply on the bottom of thp list that this is a little tough. I want to tell )'ou about the :\tissouri Riwr Public Water Supplit's Association. and 10 tell you something about water supply from our pe-r;;pf'cti\'e along the :\hssouri Riwr. I think I should. to gi\'e you a p{-r- spectiw from where I ;;peak. tell you that most of the time water supplier's big~est concern is dealing with the waler aftpr we get it out of the rin'r. Getting it OUt of thf' :\tissouri is not normall~' on the top of our list of concerns, It can be. howpver. Our A...;;ociation beg-an as an informal commitlee back in the 19.'lO.... In 1961 the organization was formalized with arlicles of incorporation into Il not for profit a......ocialion. \\'e have 14 membn water ...upplit;-r... from fom ...tale... (:\t'- braska. Iowa, Kan...a..., and :\tissouri~. E"...entially. if you looked at the major community do!,.; from Omaha down to :-'t. Loui.... it would include all of our water suppliers. Our suppliprs haw a mutual interest in the :\lissouri Hivpr. \\'ater supplier;; ~enerall~' han' a wry cooper- ative spirit. \\'e haw hf'pn working for some years in this association to study problt'm;; COOlmon to us. rei. ative to water supply on tot' :\Ii...souri. Our conCNns really come down to tht' two i:;sues of water quantity and quality. On lht' quantit~. sidt', Ihe population we Terry Gloriod Terry GIoIiod IS PTeSlOer1t 01 the M,SSOUl1 Rrver Public Water Supplies AsscoabOn, He'sa Regtstered PTOleSSlOnalEnglfleer rI the Stale 01 MISSOt.rI. a member 01 vanous professiOnal Ofganu:atlOl1s and IS CUlTentty Va Presldent 01 ProductJOn fcy tt1e 51. LOUis COlrny Water Company "