706 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 320

(B) To supplement existing information and data, and
to secure new data by such investigations, analyses, or
other means as may be necessary to secure adequate in-
formation on the character and condition of the streams of
the Conservancy District as they now exist or may be af-
fected by the future discharge of sewage and industrial and
other wastes into the said stream.

(C) To cooperate with the legislative and administra-
tive agencies of the signatory bodies, or the equivalent
thereof, and with other interested commissions and sim-
ilar organizations for the purpose of promoting uniform
laws, rules or regulations for the abatement and control
of pollution of streams in the said Conservancy District.

(D) To disseminate to the public information on the
aims and purposes of the Commission and on the harmful
and uneconomical results of stream pollution, through the
issuance of bulletins, circulars, correspondence, literature
and reports.

(E) To cooperate with other organizations engaged in
fact-finding and research activities on the treatment of
sewage and industrial wastes or other wastes, and if
deemed advisable, to institute and conduct such research
and fact-finding activities.

(F) To make and if needful from time to time, revise
and to recommend to the signatory bodies, reasonable,
minimum standards for the treatment of sewage and in-
dustrial or other wastes now discharged or to be dis-
charged in the future to the streams of the Conservancy
District, and also, for cleanliness of the various streams in
the Conservancy District.

ARTICLE III.

The moneys necessary to finance the Commission in the
administration of its business in the Conservancy District
shall be provided through appropriations from the signa-
tory bodies and the United States, in the manner prescribed
by the laws of the several signatory bodies and of the
United States, and in amounts, as follows:

The pro rata contribution shall be based on such factors
as population; the amount of industrial and domestic pol-
lution; and a flat service charge; as shall be determined
from time to time by the Commission, subject, however,