WSP10937

• File Number: 8112.600
• Description: Arkansas White Red Basins Interagency Committee - AWRBIAC -- Reports
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 10/1/1980
• Title: Annual Report 1979 - 1980
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Annual Report

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precipitation when warm season convection clouds are seeded in a prescribed
manner. The ultimate purpose is to develop precipitation management techniques
that can be applied to help solve water resource problems. The success will be
measured in bushels of wheat, in numbers of grazing cattle, and in per capita
income.

A KANSAS VIEWPOINT OF
REGIONAL PLANNING
(105th Meeting, 6-7 May 1980)

The MRBC-AWRBIAC joint meeting began with a luncheon. Dr. Millard W. Hall,
Chairman of the Missouri River Basin Commission, introduced the speaker,
Ms. Francine Neubauer, Executive Director, Kansas Water Resources Board. Her
speech was entitled, "A Kansas Viewpoint of Regional Planning."

ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
NATIONAL HYDROPOWER AND WATERWAYS STUDIES
(105th Meeting, 6-7 May 1980)

Brigadier General James C. Donovan, Chairman of the Arkansas-White-Red Basins
Interagency Committee, made the opening remarks to the joint session of the
Missouri River Basin Commission and AWRBIAC. General Donovan spoke of his
retirement as Division Engineer of the Corps of Engineers from the Southwestern
Division in Dallas, Texas, and introduced General Hugh Robinson as his replace-
ment. There was a slide presentation on the National Waterways Study and the
National Hydropower Study.

REGIONAL ISSUES IN WATER FOR ENERGY
(l05th Meeting, 6-7 May 1980)

Dr. Charles Metzger, Region VII Secretarial Representative from the Department
of Energy, discussed energy developments in Region VIII and some of the problems
and c.oncerns.

FEDERAL OPINION ON FEDERAL RESERVED/INDIAN WATER RIGHTS
(106th Meeting, 17-18 September 1980)

Mr. John Little gave a presentation on recent developments and emerging issues
in Federal water law. Mr. Little discussed the background of Western water law,
the need for Federal rights, potential problem areas, the President's water
policy, and trends for the future. He concluded that the challenge to the water
law bar in the West is to devise systems that are fair, equitable, and inexpen-
sive to do the job of adjudication of Federal rights.

STATE OPINION ON FEDERAL RESERVED/INDIAN WATER RIGHTS
(106th Meeting, 17-l8 September 1980)

Mr. Richard Simms, General Counsel for the New Mexico State Engineer, began his
presentation on state views. Mr. Simms started by giving a brief history of

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