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<br />001939 <br /> <br />The 1958 Onni. Bill to which I <br /> <br />storaGe in F~al reservoirs. <br /> <br />SUP1)ly <br /> <br />lmve <br /> <br />referred included a special section on wr,ter supply. Wllile recoGnizinG that <br /> <br />it is the prinery responsibility of the States and local interests to develop <br /> <br />WQter supplies for donestic, nunicip8l ~nQ industri~ ~ur~Qses, it contains <br /> <br />the followinG statencnt of l!'ederal policy: (I quote) <br /> <br />"That the Federal Governnent ShOlllc.l po,rticipete cnd coo]!ero.te <br /> <br />with Sto.tes ane. locc:.l interests in clevelopi11B such m.1ter supplies <br /> <br />in connection with the construction, DD.interw.nce, ana o:t.->8ration <br /> <br />of Federal nuvi3Qtion, fIooe control, irriG~tion or other nultiple- <br /> <br />PUX1)ose projects. <br /> <br />"In carryinG out the policy set forth in this sectbn, it is here- <br /> <br />by provided tllat storace L'lO,y be included in any reservoir project <br /> <br />surveyed, ]?lanneC., constructcc'l or to be plnnned, surveyed and/or <br /> <br />constructed by the Corps of EnGineers or the Bureau of Reclc~ation <br /> <br />to iopoDn& water for present or cnticipnted future cGLland or need <br /> <br />for nunicipal or inQustriQl vcter, and the reasonable value thereof <br /> <br />lJaY be t~,en into account in estllk~tinG the econonic value of the <br /> <br />entire project." (End of quote) <br /> <br />Wllile the Corps of Encineers has hael sone cenernl authority to include <br /> <br />water supply in its projects in the past} local interests GGsirinc such scr- <br /> <br />vice have been requircu to pay a proportionate shc.re of the ~roject cost at <br /> <br />the tine of construction. This \-1n.S 0.. fir.....'1.l1cicl bur(~en i>Thich was 8.. stunblinG <br /> <br />block to such action in nany cases. <br /> <br />The new policy pernits local interests to j,X'Y their share of the cost af- <br /> <br />ter they start usinG the water service and the cost cnn then be sprcnu over ~ <br /> <br />50-yea.r period. <br /> <br />Undoubtedly this will Cive rise to increased requests for s~ecific reSer- <br /> <br />voir nllocntion for water su?ply in Federal reservoirs to be built henceforth. <br /> <br />In the Missouri River Division we are already settinc up criteria for public <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />