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<br />GO ~'513 <br /> <br />/ <br /> <br />HOW CALIFORNIA PLANS WATER DEVELOPMENT':' <br /> <br />Section I <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />Objectives and Background <br /> <br />'1 The objective of the Department of Water Resou rces is <br /> <br />"... to guide the development of California's water resources <br />to the end that the physical, economic, and social needs of the <br />people of California will be met most efficiently. " <br /> <br />The pla.nning program objective of DWR is -- <br /> <br />". . . to develop and maintain the plans which will enable <br />the Department to effectively gu ide the development of <br />California's water resources." <br /> <br />That sounds simple enough. But behind these objectives stand 45 years of <br />act ive water pi ann ing by Californ ia State agencies. T oda y Cal ifornia' s <br />water planning has reached levels of sophistication and complexity unlikely <br />to be matched by any other State for many years to come. The complexity <br />reflects the phenomenon of California itself. <br /> <br />Evolution has produced these general conclusions: <br /> <br />-- Only a State agency can concern itself with all aspects of <br />all water development in all portions of a State. <br /> <br />-- Only a State agency can fill the functional role between <br />local and district water projects and the "specialized" <br />Federal agency projects; <br /> <br />-- The absence of an overall economic planning effort by the <br />State gives the State water agency an extra burden in its <br />planning function. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />"'Report'of the Coordinated Planning Subcommittee of the Pacific Southwest <br />Inter-Agency Committee. Based on presentations made March 9, 1965, <br />to the subcommittee by the following representatives of the Div is ion of <br />Resources Planning, Department of Water Resources, the Resources Agency, <br />State of California: Albert J. Dolcini, Chief, Planning Management Branch <br />(Section 1); Arthur J. Inerfield, Water Quality Staff Specialist (Section II); <br />and Ralph G. Allison, Acting Chief, Planning Investigations Section (Sec- <br />tion (III). Report prepared by William T. Davoren, Regional Coordinator, <br />Pacific Southwest Region, U. S. Department of the Interior. <br /> <br />--<.:<,. <br /> <br />