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<br />w <br />f\.") <br />c.o <br />-.,J <br /> <br />COMMENTS OF THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN <br />ON THE 1981 REVIEW OF WATER QUALITY STANDARDS <br />FOR SALINITY--COLORADO RIVER SYSTEM* <br /> <br />CALIFORNIA <br /> <br />The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California <br /> <br />wishes to again commend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control <br /> <br />Forum on its continued efforts regarding salinity control. The <br /> <br />Forum is also to be commended for its efforts in maintaining <br /> <br />federal and interstate cooperation and support of the program, <br /> <br />and for its overall coordination and on-qoing monitoring of <br /> <br />salinity changes and program effectiveness. We have reviewed <br />the proposed report on the 1981 review of the Colorado River <br />salinity standards and implementation plan and have the <br />fOllowing comments: <br /> <br />We were pleased to learn from the report that the <br />U.S. Department of Agriculture has increased its funding for <br /> <br />their on-farm salinity control activities, and for related <br /> <br />technical assistance and research. And we note that revisions <br /> <br />to the salt-routing studies show a decrease in the salt-loading <br /> <br /> <br />estimate over that made for the 1978 review. <br /> <br />The report points out that changes were made in the <br />study procedures used for estimating the amount of salt entering <br />the river system. It is important that the salinity studies be <br /> <br />as accurate as possible. Based on the results of these studies, <br /> <br />large amounts of money will be spent for salinity control <br /> <br />projects. <br /> <br />* Statement presented to the Colorado River Basin Salinity <br />Control Forum at the public meeting held in Las Vegas, <br />Nevada, on September 29, 1981. <br /> <br />8 <br />