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F <br />6) The impoundment will rapidly desalinate and provide a fresh <br />water habitat. <br />/) A fresh water lake will provide a reservoir for irrigation of <br />the entire Vista project -- relieving the strain on ground -water pumping <br />for such purposes -- an additional prevention for salt -water intrusion. <br />8) This lake could be constructed in a manner to replace the <br />original wetland areas with an equivalent area of new fresh -water marsh. <br />Submerged islands could be placed in the lake at an elevation of about (+) <br />0.7 ft. MSL. Most of the time such areas would be submerged a minimum of <br />6" of water and periodically would be flooded up to 40" following a storm <br />event. , <br />9) If the lake is constructed in the same good taste and environ- <br />mental quality as the entire project has been thus far, the area would be a <br />aesthetically pleasing, environmentally worthwhile and a contribution to <br />the wildlife habitat of the area. <br />If the lake site area undergoes restoration only, it will not return <br />to pre -project status and is not likely to ever return to its original <br />pre -1958 status. The aquatic -vegetation in the upland areas will be re- <br />placed by upland species as before. The pow -lying areas will slowly become <br />fresh water -- beinu isolated from the surrounding estuary systems. In all <br />likelihood the area will become drier than it was previously -- receiving <br />water only from the water table and rainfall. This should provide less <br />wetlands than pre -1958 and create new mosquito problems. Restoration alone <br />does not achieve goals in the best public interest. <br />Res fully submitted <br />4ter and Air Research, I <br />Joseph W. Markey, Ph.D., E. <br />Hugh D. Putnam, Ph.D. <br />Vice Presidents <br />��(-,;LS,, 477- <br />_T <br />e <br />MAR ' 91977 860t 29:A �:8 <br />11 <br />r <br />e <br />MAR ' 91977 860t 29:A �:8 <br />