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<br />~ <br /> <br />J <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br />-J <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />is examined, both within the context of existing institutional oper- <br /> <br />ating constraints and without. A comparison of management strategies <br /> <br />is made, indicating the costs, in terms of water supply, water quality, <br /> <br />and hydropower capacity, of adopting one strategy over another. These <br /> <br />comparisons are made for various levels of water demands. <br /> <br />1.2 Project Relevancy <br /> <br />The need for better planning tools and methods has become well <br /> <br />recognized as water management systems have become increasingly complex <br /> <br />(N.A.S., 1968, p. 97; O'Brien, 1975). The planning process serves to <br /> <br />display a range of alternatives from which the most desirable, on the <br /> <br />basis of some set of criteria, may be selected. The information ob- <br /> <br />tained during the development and use of planning tools serves as data <br /> <br />for the decision process. In that context, the National Academy of <br /> <br />Sciences has stressed the need for planning studies to consider <br /> <br />alternatives <br /> <br />...both within the existing laws and policy structure and <br />on the basis of the assumption that existing laws and <br />policies might be changed to permit a wider choice of <br />alternatives, so that government representatives and the <br />courts will have a better understanding of the consequences <br />of existing arrangements and of the opportunities afforded <br />by new ones. (N.A.S.; 1968, p. 85) <br /> <br />Management studies contracted or funded by the regulatory agencies <br /> <br />involved often fail to include examination of policy alternatives that <br /> <br />represent a radical departure from established procedures. This study <br /> <br />hopes, by example, to inspire new interest in this activity. <br />