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(c) Utilization of off-peak (dump) power, at reduced rates, 
especially in areas supplied with hydrogeneration and atomic 
power. 
(d) Drastic conservation of high grade demineralized water by 
reserving it for preferred selective uses. 
(e) Re-use of all available sewage and industrial wastes, with 
or without treatment. 
(f) Grading of water quality for selective uses and maximum 
use of saline water for all permissible industrial, agricultural, 
and municipal requirements. 
(g) Programming of all desalting projects as multipurpose 
developments, depending upon the economic Justification for 
such work. 
(z) Miscellaneous potential credits, including those resulting 
from recovery of by-products from concentrated brine, particu- 
larly trace elements. 
We would not presume to present here any detailed plan, 
realizing the ramifications of such programming of cooperative 
activity, but suggest the following action: 
(2) Pooling of knowledge through world efforts as has now been 
intelligently organized and planned by the United Nations 
Economic and Social Council, UNESCO, the United States 
Government, and other allied groups. This initial program of 
proven worth should be extended and amplified. 
(4) Continuation and acceleration of the existing United States 
Saline Water Conversion Program’s method of cooperative 
action between governmental agencies and private industries, and 
extension of this program or adoption of similar programs in 
other countries. 
Industrial, agricultural, and municipal needs for practical 
saline water conversion point to an opportunity for private 
capital in a potentially lucrative enterprise. There is undoubtedly 
an extensive world market for exploitation, especially in present 
underdeveloped lands. Up to the present, industries developing 
and manufacturing equipment have manifested only passive 
interest in such world markets. 
A recently published release by the United Nations Economic 
