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To preserve and enhance the quality at life Ihrough planning. conslruction, opera- tion and management of the .Colorado River Storage Project and participating projecls, social assessment has become an integral part 01 the Bureau of Recla- mation program. Consideration of social effects begins early in the planning stages of a proJect. In addition to the social effects of eco- nomic and employment opportunities pro- vided through irrigation, power generation and industrial water, the development of land and water lor municipal, recreation, and fish and wildlife purposes also affects people In the project area. Preservalion and enhancement 01 the allected population's social well-being are both emphasized in the social assessment process. Sludies were Inlfiated on the San Juan Unil and Uinta Basin Unil Phase II 01 the Colorado River Water Qualify Improve- ment Program. Minor revisions rellected in the Supplement to the Final Environ- mental Statement lor the Diamond Fork Power System of the Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Projecl, required minor social investigations. The addition 01 saflnity control lunctions to Ihe Dofores Project also insligated minor social studies. The Wasatch Front Total Water Manage- ment Study continued as did the Irrigation and Drainage System 01 the Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project. Colorado River Water Quality Improvement Program investigalions continued on the Price-San Rafael River Unit and Lower Gunnison Basin Unit-North Fork Area. Speclaf anafysis 01 the Fonlenelle Dam modification proposals were initiated and completed along with dam salety and popufatlon at risk analysIs in FY 86. Social investigalions on the Mesa-Delta M&I Ground Water Study were con- cluded. Studies on a series 01 Colorado Water Quality Improvement Program units were completed. These units included Big Sandy, Dirly Devil, Lower Gunnison Winter Water, Paradox Valley, and Unita Basin Phase I. Many of these sludies utilize the Social Economic and Demographic Program (SEDAP) and the Multi-Attribule Trade-off System (MATS) to place economic and demographic presenf and future condi- tions, with and without Ihe proposed projects, into perspective. Subjective non- statislical effects are analyzed using mulually enhancing social assessment and public involvement techniques in all project investigations Although these studies are conducted by regional and project office personnel, close coordination is maintained with the project area's affected population. Cooperation with State and local planners, demographers and researchers, has provided a useful technique lor avoiding duplication and enhancing Ihe quality of both Reclamation and non- Reclamation studies. A "'~ [ll il I T 1/ ~ "" .. ,# Field Engineer Bruce Barrett addresses group of Senators, Congressmen, media and businessmen about progress of work on Fontenello Dam, Seedsk:adec Proj0ct 19