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<br />COLORADO RI'JER ;,S:;, ' c' ;'vN
<br />417 South Dill Strcc,
<br />Los Anseles, Ca11fornl~ 90013
<br />PJ,one: 626-':;.621
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<br />Jt\NUA;~.Y ):), L~~~'~5
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<br />FOR P,APEP.S !lA'rED
<br />SUNDAY. JANUl"Rl ;"t
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<br />0170
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<br />Providing Oln adequate' supply of Colol:ado River water [0;' the
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<br />helm,s, farms '-lnd filctccces of 10,000,000 SO'lth'2rn C.)J.cJ'on"d,~s J'5
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<br />rot the only concern of the Colorado Rlver Board.
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<br />(:HSL1,eec" c,f "'I'" Boal:d .;tre cooperating ,.'itil Uk ,~. ~"., 1L,1c
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<br />r~2a} th S€rViCf~ study e,f v..':3":.PC qUell] t.y, a matter '.tlh] '_'h for tt-,Q
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<br />Colorado River larg€!ly ,~on'-'eLn.s the anlcunt of fJlinet.:a.l.'3 ill sol:Jti(Jl"l.
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<br />~he irriportance of prot(-:,ctln~~ \vater qualit.y W..;JS !'mph:l31?e....-l b1' p((:si.oen~
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<br />~yndon lJohnson in a recent rne s sag".? ~
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<br />'IMineral content increases in water as it 15 put to use or~ Lt3
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<br />,,,ay dcwnstream," t.)day saId Da lIas Cole. Chief Engineer ,,1 the '~:O],"C F.1<..
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<br />1.:i'/er Board, f(lllowing t.he conference of his st.2ff with r:EJt~\~.s<erlta~.i\ff-:s
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<br />(~f d,e P\'lblic Health SerVlce engaged in a study of Col.o:Ladc. ?i'Jer
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<br />~Y)llllti[m prc'bJ.ems,
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<br />"The farther downstream, t11C q::eater the IJl.'ublem.
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<br />We residents of Southern CalIfornia, bec~use we live In the lower P3::t
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<br />of <:r.e river, have i.nrena..' interest in a,;sisl:i,,'J t1,;. P"ib".ic H0'Jlt.h
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<br />S~rvice in its four year study, particularly wIth respect to salinity.
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<br />"One of the reascC1S we argue so strongly for a prcject to tr,lnsfer
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<br />surplus water from other stream systems into the Colorado RLver IS
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<br />that this new water IS likely to have less mIneral content. We need
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<br />r,lC)."e wat",r, and we also ne"d it to be high qualIty ",.,tel'."
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<br />The Publi.c Health Senllce officials '",ho conferred wlth tlw
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<br />c;);':Jrado River 13c3.r.d Erlg~ne'2r~ are Lester M. Klashmdn, reqlc.Hh11 pr(..t-.
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<br />dJ rector in Dt1nVer; Paul Eastmall, regional program dLI'pctol' 1[, SaJ~
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<br />Fr-ancisco, and John RadeIT1:3cht~..r, Wat.er Qu.alit.y COflt!-c:l Prol!:,c.t Dl ;.;~<~f.l')::
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