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<br />WHITE RIVER BASIN <br /> <br />o <br />C} <br />~ <br />W <br />l'V <br />o <br /> <br />White River <br /> <br />The White River has only JII1nor localized pollution. Flotatious <br />matter is present in localized areas where domestic sewa~ is diBchar~d <br />wi thout treatment to the water course. Manganese content varies widely <br />in the White River in the vicinity of Batesville, Arkansas and is <br />attributed to the mining and processing of this ore in the area. The <br />mine waste has caused some difficulty and additional expense in treating <br />the river water for domestic supplies at Batesville, Arkans~B. There is <br />also waste from a fertilizer manufacturing plant which enters the river <br />through a tributary, which discharges to the White River near Newport, <br />Arkansas. The White River is used quite widely for recreational purposes. <br />Clam shells are extracted from the river for the purpose of making buttons <br />and there are sand and gravel concerns dredging the river bottom for their <br />material. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The White River however, may be considered, both from a standpoint <br />of quantity and quality, one of the more favorable streams for municipal <br />and industrial water in the Arkansas-White-Red basins. <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />5-14 <br />