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o (:-~ ~ '-! ..... ~ . ~..." f,i~, ' PREFACE \, -~ - ' . It'is the purpose of this section to set forth available informatioD on individual water use and control projects or programs included in AWE PlaD which serve one or more of the following functions: flood control, DavigetioD, draiDage, irrigatioD and reclamation, hydroalectric power, and domestic and industrial water supply. The elements of the plaD are, for the most part, proposals of separate ageDcies which were formulated in accordance with agency policies eDd procedures, and adjusted to varying degrees through coordination by the AWRBIAC. , Prior to ,initiation of the AWE Survey, a large number of water use and control projects had been planned, many of which had beaD authorized by the Congress while othera had been recommended, for development. Insofar as Inter-Agency planning ia concerned, authorized and recommended'projects have been considered as projects in being aDd have Dot beeD subjected to reeDalysis, and re-evaluatioD by the AWRBIAC. However, certaiD changes in these projects resulting from further study by the aponsoring ageDcies are reflected in this report including iD some cases, elimination of projects from the plaD. Many alements of the plan have received oDly prelimiDary investigation while others have been studied in considerable detail. The degree of detail of the investigations of each proposal is in~ dicated in the project eveluetion statements included in this section of the AWE Report. ,Alternative solutions to specific problems are identified although it should be recognized that not all alternatives bave been investigated. The tentative nature of many of the proposals is such as to warraDt consideration at some future time of other solutions which may become apparent under changed conditioDs. Where particular elements appeared to constitute the most promising solutions to certain existing or prospective problems they have been included in the plan even though they are not economically feasible under present conditions. Some of these may become feasible in the future, while others may never warrant developmant. ConSiderable effort was made to obtain coordination between projects aJld programs. Except where alternatives are designated, the projects have been fitted together economically and hydrologically to the extent that most overlapa in claimed benefits have been eliminsted. In some areas, no significant inter- relationships between projeots exist. Where inter-relationships are significant, further investigations are required to provida a i11