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<br />REGIONAL WATER DEVELOPMENT
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<br />The Board continued its campaign for regional
<br />water planning studies designed to determine the
<br />best way to augment the water supply of Colo-
<br />rado River, In addition to supporting progressive
<br />legislation as described in the previous section,
<br />members of the Colorado River Board and staff
<br />participated in the activities of the Western
<br />States Water Council.
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<br />Western States Water Council
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<br />The Council was created by the Western
<br />Governors Conference to provi'de for effective
<br />cooperation among the western states in planning
<br />for development of their water resources. It con-
<br />sists of thirty-three delegates, three from each of
<br />the cleven states: Arizona, California, Colorado,
<br />Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon,
<br />Utah, vVashington and \Vyoming. The gover-
<br />nors are members ex officio.
<br />California delegates in 1966 were vVilliam E.
<br />\N arne, Director of Water Resources, Chairman;
<br />James A. Cobey, State Senator; and Raymond R.
<br />Rummonds, Chairman of the Colorado River
<br />Board. ML Warne and Senator Cobey resigned,
<br />and early m 1967 Governor Reagan appointed
<br />in their places \Villiam Gianelli, Director of
<br />Water Resources, Chairman; and Gordon Co-
<br />logne, State Senator, 36th District; and reap-
<br />pointed Mr. Rummonds. Wesley E. Steiner and
<br />\N. Don Maughan of the Deparrment of Water
<br />Resources and the Chief Engineer of the Colo-
<br />rado River Board serve as technical advisors.
<br />The Council meets quarterly. At the meeting
<br />of July 15-16, 1966, Freeman Holmer of Ore-
<br />gon was reelected Chairman and Raphael J.
<br />Moses of Colorado was reelected Vice Chair-
<br />man, for the year ending June 30, ]967, Mr.
<br />Moses became the Chairman when Mr. Holmer
<br />resigned in October 1966. ,'\1r. \Villiam Holden
<br />of Idaho was elected Vice Chairman.
<br />Two working committees were formed as a
<br />result of a resolution introduced by California:
<br />a 'Water Policy and Legislative Committee and
<br />a \Vater Resources Committee. Mr. Rummonds
<br />is the California member of the \Vater Resources
<br />Committee; Mr. Cole acted as his alternate, and
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<br />he and W. Don Maughan gave technical advice
<br />and assistance. The committees were charged
<br />with the drafting of principles, guidelines and
<br />standards for consideration bv the Council, to be
<br />adhered to in western water resources studies and
<br />developments.
<br />The committees met frequently in work ses-
<br />sions, and their chairmen reported progress to
<br />the Council at its quarterly meetings. After much
<br />labor by the committees, repeated consideration
<br />and lengthy debate by the Council, a statement
<br />of Principles, Standards and Guidelines was
<br />adopted, in part on March 31, 1967, and in part
<br />on September 29, 1967.
<br />At the June 23, 1967 meeting, Chairman
<br />Moses and Vice Chairman Holden were unani-
<br />mously reelected for the ]967-68 Year, and
<br />Donei Lane of Oregon was reappointed Secre-
<br />tary-TreasureL
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<br />California Advisory Committee on
<br />Western States Water Planning
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<br />The California Advisory Committee consists
<br />of one member of the Assembly appointed by
<br />the Speaker of the Assembly; one member of
<br />the Senate appointed by the Rules Committee
<br />of the Senate; one member of the California
<br />\Vater Commission designated by the Commis-
<br />sion; and four members of the public appointed
<br />by the Governor,
<br />. The Committee was created to advise and con-
<br />sult with California delegates to any interstate
<br />commission or council organized to plan for the
<br />regional development of water and related re-
<br />sources, e.g" the \Vestern States \Vater Council.
<br />At the end of 1967, the Chairman of the Ad-
<br />visory Committee was Assemblyman Carley V.
<br />Porter and the Vice Chairman, Jerome B. Gil-
<br />bert. Other members are vVilliam H. Jennings,
<br />Joseph Jensen, Theodore George, James Soren-
<br />sen and Senator Lawrence \Valsh. Mr. Steiner
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<br />Department of \Vater Resources and the Chief
<br />Eng-ineer, Colorado River Board serve as techni-
<br />cal-advisors.
<br />Each member of the Advisory Committee at-
<br />tended at least one meeting of the Western States
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