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<br />o <br />(...., <br /> <br />N <br />-: <br />t..:.; <br />Q <br /> <br />PREFACE <br /> <br />It is the purpose of this section to set forth available <br />information on individual water use and control projects or pro- <br />grams included in the AWR plan which serve one or more of the <br />following functions: flood control, navigation, drainage, irriga- <br />tion and reclamation, hydroelectric power, and domestic and <br />industrial water supply. <br /> <br />The elements of the plan are, for the most, ~art, proposals <br />of separate agencies which were formulated in accordance with agency <br />policies and procedures, and adjusted to varying degrees through <br />coordination by the AWRBIAC. <br /> <br />Prior to initiation of the AWR survey, a large number of <br />water use and control projects had been planned, many of which had <br />been authorized by the Congress while others had been recommended <br />for development. Insofar as Interagency planning is concerned, <br />authorized and recommended projects have been considered as projects <br />in being and have not been subjected to reanalysis and re-evaluation <br />by the AWRBIAC. However, certain changes in these projects result- <br />ing from further study by the sponsoring agencies are reflected in <br />this report including, in some cases, elimination of the projects <br />from the plan. <br /> <br />Many elements of the plan have received only preliminary <br />investigation while others have been studied in considerable detail. <br />The degree of detail of the investigations of each proposal is <br />indicated in the project evaluation statements included in this <br />section of the AWR Report. Alternative solutions to specific <br />problems are identified although it should be recognized that not <br />all alternatives have been investigated. The tentative nature of <br />many of the proposals is such as to warrant consideration at some <br />future time of other solutions which may become apparent under <br />changed condit1ons. <br /> <br />Where particular elements appeared to constitute the most <br />promising solutions to certain eristing or prospective problems <br />they have been included in the plan even though they are not econ- <br />omically feasible under present conditions. Some of these may <br />become feasible in the future, while other may never warrant <br />development. <br /> <br />Considerable effort was made to obtain coordination <br />between projects and programs. Except where alternatives are <br />designated, the projects have been fitted together economically <br />and hydrologically to the extent that most overlaps in claimed <br /> <br />iii <br />