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<br />00034~~ <br /> <br />36 <br /> <br />"Perhaps this element of water resource management has <br />contributed more than any other to the water resource agencies' <br />bias toward development and overexpansion. If properly con- <br />ceived, pricing policy in water resource management should <br />avoid wasting resources on needlessly large water resource <br />projects, while maintaining proper use of available supplies. " <br /> <br />Mr. Carl H. Bronn, Executive Director, National Water <br />Resources Association <br /> <br />". . . Inasmuch as the law that establishes the Water <br />Resources Council has a preamble which calls for optimum <br />development of natural resources through water resources plan- <br />ning, it would seem pertinent that optimum development be made <br />quite clearly a concept of the principles. 1 can find criteria <br />about the most efficient plan, criteria about no development at <br />all, but nowhere in there can 1 find that optimum development is <br />required by the law, is to be a concept for development. <br /> <br />". . . again the law that established the Water Resources <br />Council says very clearly that the Council shall give a regard to <br />social goals. This is not clear. In fact, it becomes apparent <br />that social goals will not be a basis for formulation. And so we <br />urge you to take into account social goals for project formulations <br />which, to us, is the intent of P. L. 89-80. II <br /> <br />***** <br /> <br />". . . all planning has some kind of action as the end <br />product, either actions to do something or at least decisions to <br />do nothing. In this, the b/ c ratio has been a decisive factor. It <br />is not quite clear to me what the b/ c ratio will be. I thought I <br />understood at one time. I am now of the opinion that I don't, and <br />I think it would be well for the final principles to have a stronger <br />statement, and I believe the intent is to the effect that the b/ c <br />ratio would not be a dominating or an eliminating factor by <br />itself. . . . <br /> <br />II . . I'd like to go back to [Elmer B.] Staats again <br />He testified to the Joint Economic Committee when they were <br />wrestling b/ c ratios, and other concepts in the government, that <br />discounting has a function; but for major decisions by the <br />Congress, discounting is only one function and that the Congress <br />should always be presented with an array of discounted benefits. <br />