INTRODUCTION 



The wise conservation, development, and use of the water resources of the 

 State of Washington and throughout the Nation are important to the health 

 and economic well-being of people everywhere. The prevention and control 

 of water pollution ranks high in importance among the problems confront- 

 ing Federal, State, and local governments, industry, and citizens gener- 

 ally in their efforts to protect this vital state and national resource. 



In an effort to seek a solution to a long-standing and difficult problem 

 in the State of Washington, Governor Albert D. Rosellini, in a letter 

 dated November 22, 1961, requested Secretary Abraham Ribicoff of the 

 U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to bring to bear on 

 this difficult problem that portion of the Federal Water Pollution Con- 

 trol Act dealing with enforcement measures for the control of the pollu- 

 tion of interstate or navigable waters. This assistance was in addition 

 to other aid already provided the State of Washington under that Act, 

 including financial grants to Washington cities to assist them in the 

 construction of municipal sewage treatment works; financial grants to 

 the State of Washington Pollution Control Commission to strengthen its 

 operations; research and training grants to universities in Washington 

 as well as to other public and private agencies and individuals on 

 matters dealing with the prevention and control of water pollution; and 

 the establishment of water quality monitoring stations to collect data 

 on the chemical, physical and biological quality of water within the 

 State of Washington. 



As a result of this request, a conference was held on January 16 and 17, 

 1962, at Olympia, Washington, between officials of the U. S, Department 

 of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Washington Pollution Control 

 Commission, in accordance with procedures outlined under Sec. 8, the 

 enforcement section, of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. This 

 initial conference was concerned with the pollution problems in the 

 waters of Puget Sound, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and their navigable 

 tributaries and estuaries. A second conference, to be concerned with 

 the waters of the Upper Columbia River and its navigable tributaries 

 within the State of Washington is proposed for Spokane, Washington, about 

 May 1962. 



CONCLUSIONS OF CONFERENCE 



The conference met for two days, January 16 and 17. Following the pre- 

 sentation of statements by state officials, industrial representatives, 

 conservation groups, fish and shellfish industry representatives, and 

 others comprising over seven hundred pages of direct statements and 

 attached materials, the conferees, composed of representatives of the 

 Washington State Pollution Control Commission and the Division of Water 

 Supply and Pollution Control of the Public Health Service in the U. S. 



