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r;' ~ 'J ~I ~ '-'V\.}\..? -' ' . . 7. Following the initiation of these determinations, develop- ment of a plan to augment the Colorado River shall have high priority, 8, There IS to be a ten-year moratorium on study of imports to the Colorado River from natural river basins outside of the Colorado River Basin States, 9, Progress reports are to be submitted to the President, the National Water Commiss ion, the Water Resources Council, and to the Congress each two years beginning on June 30, 1971, and a final reconnaissance report so submitted by June 30,- 1977. 10, Investigation will not end with the reconnaissance report. This will only be the first phase to be followed by feasi- bility investigations, 11, Following the end of the la-year moratorium such studies of surface water imports from outside the Colorado River Basin States as are justified will be undertaken, Pursuant to the conference report guidelines the initial activity of the reconnaissance study will be directed toward determining water supplies available and the long range water requirements in each water resource region of the Western United States, Practically the entire area involved, however, is covered by a Federal Interdepartmental Comprehensive Basin Surveyor is included in the area of study of the Pacific Northwest River Basin Commission, In addition most, if not all, of the individual states are either independently or in cooperation with Federal agencies formulat- ing State water plans. An important part of these state and comprehensive basin study endeavors is the determination of available water supplies and long range water requirements. I am sure that we will not duplicate these studies as part of the west-wide reconnaissance, Rather, the role of the Bureau of Reclamation will be to fill in any gaps in coverage, reconcile differences, and merge the findings in the individual river basins into a single west wide picture. As I view it, this phase of the reconna issance is expected to involve largely the synthesis and coordination of the results of studies by other groups. Perhaps the most difficult tas k will be to reconcile the pro- jections of future water requirements as presented in individual state plans with those included in the broader basin surveys, The other broad aspect of the reconnaissance will be the development of plans to meet future water needs, It is in this area that the oppor- tunity for original work lies as the existing river basin studies are not oriented so strongly in this direction, - 4 -