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1. INTRODUCTION The 1975 Assessment of water and land resources is for the pur- pose of identifying and describing the Nation's severe water problems and indicating the urgency of their resolution from a national and State-Regional viewpoint. The Assessment is conducted by the U. S. Water Resources Council in cooperation with Federal and State repre- sentatives within functions assigned to it by the Congress under pro- visions of the Water Resources Planning Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-90). During February 1974 the Water Resources Council initiated the 1975 Assessment of Water and Land Resources throughout the United States. The Assessment has three main parts or analyses. First, is the nationwide analysis performed by Federal agencies to develop a nationally consistent set of volumetric and non-volumetric data cover- ing the entire United States and broken down in detail for 106 ASA's in 21 Assessment Regions, including narrative and numerical informa- tion; second, is the Specific Problem Analysis performed by Regional Sponsors with assistance of State representatives, and regional repre- sentatives of Federal agencies in each of the 21 regions for the pur- pose of articulating the State-Regional viewpoint concerning water- related problems and for providing information for use in the National Assessment report; and third, is a national priorities analysis for articulating priorities for resolving identified water problems and documenting same from a national viewpoint, including summaries of the State-Regional conclus.ions and recommendations documented during the Specific Problem Analysis phase performed by the State-Regional sponsors. The Specific Problem Analysis portion of the Assessment includes four separate documents. The first document, identified as Technical Memorandum No.1, includes listing of problems throughout the Rio Grande Region. The second document is identified as a Technical Memorandum on Activity 2, Phase II covering State-Regional Futures and Problem Lists. The third document, identified as Activity 3, Phase II is a Technical Memorandum covering the analysis of prob- lems identified by the Regional Sponsor, including determination of the probable adverse and/or beneficial effects if severe water and related land problems are not solved from the State-Regional Future viewpoint. This is the fourth and final document or formal report on the Rio Grande Region, which summarizes the State-Regional Futures as seen by the Rio Grande Coordinating Committee orCoenaTroTffie ,- Regional Sponsor, the Bureau of Reclamation, including a general summary both narrative and statistical relating thereto, as well as formal conclusions and recommendations which will be incorpor- ated in the National Assessment Report. \':,3:50 "l