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<br />put at risk sensitive subpopulations (pregnant women,
<br />the elderly, etc.), They will oppose the bill.
<br />
<br />The coalition of state and local interest groups that
<br />has supported SDWA reform, specifically the
<br />Slattery/Bliley bill in the House (H,R, 3392) and Its
<br />companion bill in the Senate (S. 1920), now generally
<br />supports the compromise reached on S. 2019. A few
<br />difficult SDWA issues remain, and contentious
<br />amendments to S. 2019 may be offered on the Senate
<br />floor. These include source water protection and
<br />private property rights issues. Also, while risk
<br />management has been written into the bill, some
<br />supporters of more expansive risk assessment
<br />language may offer a floor amendment
<br />
<br />Although a number of SDWA reauthorization bills
<br />have been introduced in the Hn!Jse, siOllificant work
<br />remains before a bill is brought to the floor.
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<br />WATER RIGHTS
<br />
<br />Model State Water Code
<br />
<br />The current issue of the Water Resources Bulletin
<br />of the American Water Resources Association (Vol, 30,
<br />No.2, Apr., 1994) contains three articles on a project
<br />sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers
<br />to prepare a Model State Water Rights Code. This
<br />effort, now four years old, has involved about 100
<br />water resource professionals, lawyers, educators, and
<br />others, according to one of the articles, to "gather the
<br />best provisions from state water laws into
<br />comprehensive regulated riparian and prior
<br />appropriation provisions,..." The code, which is still in
<br />draft form, but is expected to be completed later this
<br />year, will include commentaries explaining how its
<br />textual sections address water resources pianning and
<br />management issues, with references to language in
<br />current state water statutes. Its goal is to provide
<br />materials to assist state legislators to enact "effective,
<br />efficient, and equitable water laws," The third draft is
<br />divided into 10 "regulated riparian" chapters and 10
<br />prior appropriation chapters, including some 300
<br />numbered sections.
<br />
<br />"Departing from the past preference for stream
<br />diversions and consumptive uses," the author of one
<br />of the bulletin articles says, "the code is sensitive to
<br />the public's interest in maintaining environmental
<br />quality, The traditional doctrine protected inefficient
<br />
<br />uses and in some tates hampered transfers. The
<br />model code addr sses these issues as well as .
<br />advocating integr ted management and water
<br />resource planning." In the future, the code drafting
<br />group will expan its efforts to develop legal
<br />guidelines for alloc ting shared transboundary water
<br />resources, water q ality law, federal water statutes,
<br />and other water res urce/iegal issues.
<br />
<br />PEOPLE
<br />
<br />California Gove nor Pete Wilson has appointed
<br />Tom Maddock as member of the Western States
<br />Water Council. He ill replace Senator Ruben Ayala
<br />Maddock is the President and CEO of Boyle
<br />Engineering Corpor tion. He holds the rank of Rear
<br />Admiral, Civil Engin er Corps, U.S. Naval Reserves. in
<br />1985 he retired as Commander of the 18,000 man
<br />reserve naval construction force. He is also a member
<br />of the National Academy of Engineering. Mr. Maddock
<br />has attended Council meetings in the past, and is
<br />well-known to many Council members.
<br />
<br />Nevada Governor Bob Miller has appointed Peter
<br />G. Morres, Director of the Nevada Department of
<br />Conservation and Natural Resources, as a member of
<br />the Western States Water Council to replace 1l1omas
<br />Cahill, who recently resigned his position as Director .
<br />of the Colorado River Commission of Nevada, and
<br />thus his Council membership. Mr. Morros has long
<br />participated in the Council's activities as an alternate
<br />Council member and is a familiar face at Council
<br />meetings. Council members will miss their association
<br />with Mr. Cahill.
<br />
<br />Governor Miller also named Janet Rogers, Chair of
<br />the Colorado River Commission of Nevada, as an
<br />alternate Council member. Rogers is Executive Vice-
<br />President and General Counsel of Sunbelt
<br />Broadcasting, operator of the NBC-affiliate television
<br />stations that serve much of Nevada. She is also Vice-
<br />President of the Television of Nevada Broadcasters
<br />Association.
<br />
<br />Citizens of the State of South Dakota have recently
<br />dedicated the "Fighting Stallions Memorial," which is
<br />located on the grounds of the state capitol in Pierre.
<br />The monument was constructed to honor the memory
<br />of eight South Dakotans who died in an airplane crash
<br />in April, 1993. Former South Dakota Governor George
<br />S. Mickelsen perished in the accident
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<br />The WESTERN ,STATES WATER COUNCIL is an organization of representatives appointed by the Governors of .
<br />member states - Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon,
<br />South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming, and associate member states Montana and Oklahoma.
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