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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />...... <br />CD <br />~, <br />~.:. <br /> <br />\..r2.~er Qual 'lty <br /> <br />Present w3ter quality in the Region is 5~~er~11y good. Only the <br />persis:~n[ probi~rn of salinity, or total dissolved solids (TDS), recurs <br />throughout the Region 23 a result of salt conc~~cr2tion and loading. <br />Other site-specific ~ater quality problems occur due to waste loadings <br />rrOTI! ~unicipal, inc.ust:rial, ag:::icultu:cal, ar!.d oth2r uses l Que LID para- <br />meter other ttlan TDS is a per3istent problem Q':2T a great 12ngth of <br />stream reach. T~ese site-s?ecific proble~ ?ar22eters i~clL!c!e such well- <br />known constitueni:3 25 suspended solids (T53) 2.::..d such ne.wl:;-recognize.d <br />and relatively exotic par2ffieters as boron and ?h~nols (3e2 chapter 3). <br />Oil shale dcvelop~ent and construction or c021 g~sification r2cilities <br />could, if discharge of W23tc~2ter occurs, 2dd cot~ tracitional and new- <br />fangled 9011utants to the surface and ground ~a~er5 of the Basin. <br /> <br />Prediction of ~ater quality impaets f~o~ E~T d2velcpment ~lill b~ <br />dat.e.-i~tensivc 2.r.d difE:.cult, .-\lth'Jugh :::.e art :>~ ~ ~E...~2~ 1j]odeling <br />is sOr.:J.e',,;hat adv2.:1c?.d, ::h:: art of 1.J8.t".?r_ qU2.1:..::.y 2ode.li:1g is still i.-:. t~e <br />primitive. stag\2s. The '/2.riolJs cnecical 2nd ph:.-sice.l charlg>:?s undergon\2 <br />by different constituents after they enter sur~ace or grou~d wat2rs are <br />ve:-y CClII!p12:<. ?r-=d~ctio:1 is t'h-=..::ef'Jre a fOr2ic2.:.le t2.sk. <br /> <br />The 5 tudy ~nag~:- (through a so:::.?c.rat~ ~2=l)rJ.;1dt.:...::J. -:J E agre.E:~lJ.en( oec',,;ee!1 <br />the U.S. Water ReSOU~C2S Council and che U.S. Geological Survey) has <br />retained the Colorado ~ater Resources Dictric: office of USGS to prepare <br />that 3ection of t~e final 13(a) ass~ssments ~e?0~t ~onc~rning future wa~~r <br />quality Lnp2cts of E:ET deve.lopme~t. Quantic.3.c.:.-.;e pre:dLctio:1s c...'ill Q2 :J'.2.C2 <br />c..lhe::-e possible; hC'~'2ver, in [!;.ost cases, only q.~31it3.ti'/2 sta::c.:1~e,,::s caLl <br />b~ ~2de. T~2 cont~actors hav~ doo.e ?tc~e~:-~~i ~0rk iu th~3 subject, <br />asp2cially a3 it cancer~s the Upper Colorado ~~\'2r ~egiQn. <br /> <br />1-9 <br />