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. Relative to the n°ecessily for study of alternatives, it is well to remember ' the fundamental principle that for a given amount of public funds available that monies spent on wastewater trans- portati on facilities as the alternative to wastewater treatment <_aciliti•es may well prove to be. inimical to the overall interests ,f both water pollution control, reclamation and beneficial :"else. In other words, in this particular matter , we wouldencourage the Board to consider the implications ications of pre-committing the public agencies now discharging wastewater to the South Bay to a massive program of expensive pipelines in order to export wastewater from the area when the monies spent for pipelines might otherwise have been used to accomplish highorders of ` secrr dar scand ". et DiaryU iste"ia4 er treatment anCthus could well serve t: e public ' s best Interest in both respect to water pollution control and maximizing the availability of reclaimed water for local beneficial reuse. T..7e do not agree that at the present time there is sufficient technical evidence to support the idea that limited assimilating capacity makes mandatory future wastewater export from the area. The remarkable improvement in South. Bay water quality during the l960 ' s, the direct result of new treatment facilities providing nigher levels of wastewater treatment prior to South Bay discharge, and this in the face of unprecedented population and ?ndustrial . • increases, contradict any such assumption at this time, • The following are our concluding recorrnTiendations _ That the various State and Federal agencies involved in setting and enforcing requirements for water quality in the Bay get together and formulate uniform and reasonable water quality objectives and standards, and that these standards .