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Show Colorado River Group Names Barnetl r "I Colorado River Basin 1 ',, Control Forum has :;ed lack A. Barnett, , fj, as its first executive of and established an r iinSalt Lake City. Mr. i ki s appointment, efl'ec-1 efl'ec-1 '.is. I, is the first effort by 1 jium since its organiza-1IWI0 organiza-1IWI0 retain a staff and F Mice ".'fORUM is composed J; .-bers from Utah, Col- orado, California, Wyoming, Arizona. New Mexico and Nevada to deal with salinity problems affecting Colorado River water quality in' lower basin states and Mexico. Dissolved salt increases in the Colorado River resulting from added irrigation and municipal water uses and water wa-ter resource development in upper Colorado River basin states is a current concern. SINCK 1974. Mr. Barnett has been executive director of the Western States Water Council in Salt Lake City, an organization of 12 western states concerned with water resource development. He is a registered professional profes-sional engineer and geologist with a masters degree in i y ''.A A ' f f I I j JACK A. BARNETT ground water geology from the U. of U. He worked w ith Continental Con-tinental Oil Co.. the Water Resources Re-sources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey and the Utah State Engineer's Office. He also w as deputy state reclamation recla-mation engineer in Idaho. MR. BARNETT operated his ins n geological engineering firm in Boise. Ida., from lTD-I lTD-I S4. before his appointment to the Western States Water Council. He has an extensive background in state and federal feder-al water resource relations, water policy reforms, drought action, and other water resource re-source issues. |