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<br />the 1981 Review of the Water Quality Standards for Salinity _ <br />Colorado River System. The requirements imposed on the NPDES <br /> <br />o <br />.i:>o <br />I\,) <br />W <br /> <br />permits issued are more stringent than those recommended by <br /> <br />the Forum. <br /> <br />The Water Quality Management Plan for the <br /> <br />Colorado River portion of the state is consistent with the <br /> <br />Forum's plan for salinity control and urges and supports <br /> <br />salinity control activities. A policy establishing prior- <br /> <br />ities for the use of poor quality waters for cooling of <br />inland power plants has been in effect since 1975. The state <br />Water Resources Control Board has included salinity control <br /> <br />in the Colorado River among its ~op priority items. The <br /> <br />priorities are presently under review and salinity will again <br /> <br />be cited among the top priority issues. <br /> <br />Colorado - Additional activities included coordination <br /> <br />with several state entities involved in the salinity control <br /> <br />program, coordination of the state efforts on the amendments <br /> <br />to P.L. 93-320, coordination of water rights issues <br /> <br />associated with the federal salinity projects, and coordina- <br /> <br />tion and participation in the water quantity and quality <br /> <br />monitoring programs in the Grand Valley area. <br /> <br />!'!~.Y~s!~ - In an effort to beneficially use saline flows <br /> <br /> <br />in the Virgin River, the State has elicited local interest in <br /> <br />exploring the use of this water for cooling purposes for <br /> <br />fut~re power generating stations. The State is also coor- <br /> <br />.dinating the planning efforts of the Bureau of Reclamation on <br />the Las Vegas Wash Unit with the local entities in an effort <br /> <br />-33- <br />