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1_, ;J~8 30,1977. This date coincides with that projected for completion of the Bureau of Reclamation's West- wide Studies. 2. A resolution was approved requesting the Water Resources Council to develop an additional set of nationally consistent economic (OBERS) projec- tions that would be consistent with lower levels of population growth. 3, A suhcommittee was set up to analyze results of the Type I Framework Studies and their integration into the Westwide Studies. 4. The Council proposed amendments to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1965 to permit states to establish pollution control standards on intrastate streams. 5, The Council stated that the 1899 Refuge Act Per- mit Program should not be implemented where a state already has a federally approved pollution control program and that all federal pollution con- trol programs should be administered by one agency, Nationol Water Commillion The National Water Commission, created by P,L. 90-515, will make recommendations to the President and the Congress on the na- tion's water needs, resources and problems by 1973. The Commission is composed of sev- en members who are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the President. During 1971, the Commission neared the end of the second phase of its work, consist- ing of background studies to develop factual and analytical bases for the eventual recom- mendations by the Commission. Reports on most of the studies were completed and released in 1971. The Commission empha- sized that the reports have not been approved and are being released to the public for infor- mation and review purposes only. The Colorado River Board staff reviewed a number of the reports, including reports on water demands, water rights, desalting, weather modification, waste water reclama- tion, and methods for reducing water use. The report covered many aspects of water resources, including the social and behav- ioral sciences. Of particular interest was the report enti- tled, "Future Water Demands". The report expounded the position that much of Cali- fornia's use of Colorado Ri ver water for irri- \ , gation is a misuse of a scarce and valuable resource and is only made possible because of legal and institutional factors that protect such misuse. The authors state that much of what is called "need" for more water is really the result of not shifting existing water sup- plies to higher uses. The third and final phase of the Commis- sion's work will consist of developing its own position and recommendations, Southwest Energy Study Due to criticism by environmental groups of existing and proposed coal-fired generat- ing plants in the four corners area of New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Arizona, Secre- tary of the Interior Morton established a task force to analyze the potential for future ener- gy development in the Southwest and to pre- pare a report thereon. The report is to be entitled, "Southwest Energy Study", The Board's Principal Hydraulic Engineer was a member of the Water Supply Work Group, one of 12 work groups involved in the study. This Work Group prepared a draft of a report during 1971 called, "Report of the Water Supply Work Group". The draft re- port concluded there is a very limited amount of water available in the Lower Colo- rado River Basin for operation of additional thermal power plants unless available water can be transferred to the use from some other use or allocation. The draft report also stated there is enough presently uncommitted wa- ter in the Upper Basin to develop 30,000 megawatts of thermal-electric power. Upper Bosin Developments Construction continued on participating projects of the Colorado River Storage Project. Three major dams were completed and water storage initiated by the Bureau of Reclamation during the 1971 fiscal year. The three dams are Silver Jack (Bostwick Park Project) in western Colorado, Heron (San Juan-Chama Project) in northern New Mex- ico, and Meeks Cabin (Lyman Project) in southwestern Wyoming, 41