SALINE WATER CONVERSION PROGRAM

2.5. Congress, House.

Committee on Interior HEARING

and Insular Affairs BEFORE THE 4-JUN 14

SUBCOMMITTE OP N 1971

IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H.R. 5333

TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SALINE WATER
CONVERSION PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 1972, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES

H.R 5334

TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO CON-
TINUE A PROGRAM OF RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND
DEMONSTRATION OF PROCESSES FOR THE CONVERSION OF
SALINE AND OTHER CHEMICALLY CONTAMINATED WATER
FOR BENEFICIAL USE AND FOR THE TREATMENT OF SALINE
AND OTHER CHEMICALLY CONTAMINATED WASTE WATER TO
MAINTAIN OR IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE NATURAL
WATERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AND RELATED BILLS

HEARING HELD

APRIL 27, 1971

Serial No. 92-9

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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1971

COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

SHES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

WAYNE N. ASPINALL, Colorado, Chairman

JIM T. CASEY, Consultant on Irrigation and Reclamation

Note: The chairman, Hon. Wayne N. Aspinall, and the ranking minority member, Hon. John P. Saylor, are ex officio members of this subcommittee.

Beattie, Francis H., chairman, Santa Barbara County Water Agency,

Santa Barbara, Calif..

Greenfield, Hon. Stanley, Assistant Administrator for Research and

Monitoring, Environmental Protection Agency--

O'Meara, J. W., Acting Director, Office of Saline Water, Department

of the Interior..

Owen, Langdon W., secretary-manager, Orange County Water Dis-

trict, California_.

Segerstrom, Henry T., president, Board of Directors, Orange County

Water District, Orange County, Calif....

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Smith, Hon. James R., Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water

and Power Resources..

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Teerink, John R., deputy director, California Department of Water
Resources--

Letters:

Dewey, Ralph B., assistant to the president, Pacific Gas & Electric
Co., to Hon. Harold T. Johnson, dated May 4, 1971

Morrison, Bruce, general manager, Heat Transfer & Water Province

Division, Westinghouse Electric Corp., to Hon. Harold T. Johnson,

dated April 26, 1971...

Smith, James R., Assistant Secretary of the Interior, to Hon. Wayne

N. Aspinall, dated April 26, 1971 (executive communication) and

sectional comparison of H.R. 7366, the administration-proposed

Saline Water Conversion Act of 1971, with H.R. 5334

Smith, James R., Assistant Secretary of the Interior, to Hon. Carl

Albert, dated Jan. 29, 1971 (plus draft of bill to authorize appro-

priations for the saline water conversion program for fiscal year

1972)

Smith, James R.. Assistant Secretary of the Interior, to Hon. Carl

Albert, dated April 1, 1971 (plus draft bill to expand and extend the

desalting program being conducted by the Secretary of the In-

terior)

Additional information:

Cooperative agreement between the United States and the State of
California for mutual assistance and application of desalting, sup-
plied by Mr. Teerink.......

Cooperative agreement: U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of
Saline Water, and Orange County Water District for development
of the VTE/MSF distillation module (submitted by Mr. O'Meara)..

Existing and identified 1990 thermal generating plants and sites

using full-strength Pacific Ocean water for cooling and prototype

desalter study service areas (map).

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Fiscal year 1972 budget for program analysis and desalting feasibility

and economic studies staff (submitted by Mr. O'Meara)

OSW summary of support costs-Saudi Arabia (table).

Suggested amendments to H.R. 7366, submitted by Mr. Teerink..

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