Show Report Urges Federal Control of Pollution A recommendation that a comprehensive compre program for water wa vater va- va ter pollution control be developed developed devel devel- In the Colorado River Basin Ba sin is contained in a tive Uve state federal report Issued by the U. U S. S Public Health Service Ser Sere vice Such a program is necessary so that the most inot beneficial uses can be foe made of the water resources and would involve construction of sewage disposal and treatment facilities costing a total of The basin comprises eastern Utah all of Arizona western Colorado do southwestern Wyoming Wyom ing and small parts of California California Califor Califor- nia and Nevada at nt t resent 1 there are arc municipalities in inthe the basin by sewers and of these have sewage treatment treat treat- ment plants but only 75 are arc considered satisfactory Even Evenso so this basin is tar far better supplied sup plied with sewage treatment facilities than Is the Great Basin Dasin Da- Da sin which includes the most populous part of Utah I Colorado River water is used not only for irrigation but also als for fn culinary purposes in southern south south- ern em California |