Show Pop Pollution Moss Sen Frank E. E Moss Utah D-Utah this week told water works and pollution control o officials meeting meeting meeting meet meet- ing in Washington that the nation has made substantial progress in these areas during the past five years but much must still be done SPEAKING TO A seminar sponsored by the American Water Water Water Wa Wa- ter Works Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation Federation Federation Feder Feder- Sen Moss said the amount of legislation enacted in the past years vears is one indication the American people realize the seriousness of the water situa situa- tion Enactment of the W Water ate r Quality Act of 1965 and the Clean Water Restoration Act of 1966 put the basic pollution anti-pollution law on the books he said G Given ven a method of fully funding work planned and in progress we should be well on the road to turning back the growing tide of pollution which threatens to en engulf engulf engulf en- en gulf us BUT THE Senator pointed out some areas of pollution still attention One such area is thermal pollution He told the group hearings on this subject are being conducted by the Pollution Subcommittee Heretofore not considered a major threat heat is now be believed believed believed be- be to be one of the great po potential potential po- po pollution problems of the future The projected demand for electricity continues to ex expand expand expand ex- ex geometrically The Tb-c Atomic Energy Commission expects nuclear power to be the source I of million kilowatts by the year 2000 Even by 1980 some estimate that nearly sixth one-sixth of our total fresh water runoff will go for utility cooling the Utah Democrat said HE SAID pollution from ships both commercial and recreational recreational is also a growing lem The Senator renewed his call for the establishment of a Natural Resources Department within the Executive branch of government He said more and more our nation needs unified natural resource management THEN HE-THEN HE THEN listed five needs in inthe inthe inthe the water field in addition to pollution abatement the nation is failing to take care of 1 We are not doing enough to take care of the water harvest areas of the country In other words we need more productive ve or developmental conservation work 2 WE ARE NOT making full use of the waters of the United States No coordinated national plan exists exists' for collection storage storage storage stor stor- age and redistribution of water Therefore we fail to realize the full potential of recreation hydroelectric generation and navigation 3 We Ve are not exercising suf sufficient f discipline in our actual uses of water such as ing industrial processes employing employing employing em em- more recycling and avoiding waste 4 9 WE LACK an irrigation policy We have not estimated our requirements for irrigation water nor attempted to balance supply and demand with available available available avail avail- able resources 5 We are missing much of the potential of inland waterborne transportation and we suffer unnecessary flood damage be because because because be- be cause we have no coordinated national water plan MOST importantly we are unable to mount a unified attack on these problems We are failing failing falling fail fail- ing to safeguard natures nature's continuing continuing continuing con con- capability to support us in the manner to which we have become accustomed Senator Moss concluded |