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system is fully utilized. 



No overall estimate of the value of this use of the estuarine 

 resource is possible because the level of treatment necessary in 

 any particular case depends on many local factors. 



While the use of estuarine waters for waste disposal may not be 

 aesthetically appealing, it is an existing estuarine use with 

 which other uses must compete, and it should be considered along 

 with them in the overall economic evaluation of estuarine uses. 



