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<br />.~"'. <br />~~'::.\': <br />. .::~. <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />There is evidence, both from a policy and technical point of view, <br />that use of increasingly saline waters by industry, as mentioned above, <br />is both desirable and practical (Colorado River Basin Salinity Control <br />Forum, 1978, p. 59; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1977, p. 20; <br />Goldstein et al., 1978). <br /> <br />Other water quality variables of concern in the Basin are presented <br />in table 3.6. <br /> <br />TABLE 3.6: WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS OF POSSIBLE CONCERN, <br />UPPER ,COLORADO RIVER BASIN <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Parameter <br /> <br />Physical <br /> <br />dissolved oxygen <br />pH <br />temperature <br />suspended solids <br />(suspended <br />sediment) <br /> <br />Biological <br /> <br />fecal coliforms <br /> <br />Toxic metals <br /> <br />aluminum (soluble) <br />cadmium <br />copper <br />'iron <br />lead <br />manganese <br />mercury <br />silver <br />zinc <br /> <br />Inorganics' <br /> <br />Symbol <br /> <br />DO <br /> <br />SS <br /> <br />~1~~' . <br /> <br />Al <br />Cd <br />Cu <br />Fe <br />Pb <br />Mn <br />Hg <br />Ag <br />Zn <br /> <br />ammonia (as nitrogen) NH3 (as N) <br />boron B <br />nitrate (as nitrogen) N03 (as N) <br />phosphorus P <br />sulfate 504 <br />alpha <br />beta <br /> <br />Radiological <br /> <br />3-18 <br /> <br />:'.~:t:~:~ <br />