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Office of Saline Water 



The primary objective of the Saline Water Conversion Program is 

 to develop practicable lov/-cost methods of producinq fresh water 

 from sea and other saline waters. The research and development 

 program is conducted by means of research and develonment grants 

 and contracts awarded to individuals, universities, nrivate 

 research organizations and industrial firms, and other govern- 

 ment agencies. Estuarial v/aters are one source of saline waters 

 for desalting. Disnosal of waste brine from a large desalting 

 plant may be a problem in relation to environmental conditions 

 in certain estuarine situations from the viewooint of increases 

 in salinity and temperature. The Office of Saline Water brine 

 disposal research program is directed to determining any 

 detrimental effects and means of alleviating them so that the 

 economic production of fresh water by desalination can be 

 continued without imnosing stresses on the environment. 



Office of Water Resources Research 



The Office of Water Resources Research, authorized under the 

 Water Resources Research Act of 1964 (PL 89-404) provides a 

 major benefit to the flation. It seeks to stimulate, snonsor, 

 and supplement present programs of research and traininn in 

 the field of water and of resources that affect water. This 

 is done through grants and contracts with academic and nrivate 



