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<br />N> <br />at <br />Ut <br />00 <br /> <br />over the annual average salinity of the Colorado River at Imperial Dam. The act also <br />authorized construction of 4 salinity control units and the expedited planning of 12 <br />other salinity control projects above Imperial Dam as part of the basinwide salinity <br />control plan. <br /> <br /> <br />In 1993, the Forum reviewed the salinity standards and recommended continuing the <br />construction of units identified in the 1974 act, the placing of effluent limitations on <br />industrial and municipal discharges, and the reduction of the salt-loading effects of <br />irrigation return flows. The plan also called for the inclusion of water quality <br />management plans to comply with section 208 provisions after the adoption of the <br />plans by the States and approval by EPA. It also contemplated the use of saline water <br />for industrial purposes and future salinity use control methods. <br /> <br />Public Law 98-569, signed October 30, 1984, amends Public Law 93-320. The <br />amendments to the Salinity Control Act authorized the entire U.S. Department of <br />Agriculture salinity control program. The amendments also authorized two new units <br />for construction under the Bureau of Reclamation program. Additional units will need <br />to be authorized to maintain the salinity standards and have been included in the plan <br />of implementation for the salinity control program. <br /> <br />4 <br />