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<br />~.J. '-"", <br /> <br />I , <br />L_ <br />'r <br />J <br />,I <br />i <br /> <br />,I <br /> <br />j <br /> <br />I~ <br /> <br />ii <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />specific conc,lusi0ns and recommendations that appeal: throughout this 3SSe.<;s- <br />menl, but rathe,r tnstate those that. d~rivc from the' aSs~slT1cnt as a whole. <br /> <br />L All Operational WOSA Progtain fiJr the ,Colorado River8asi1l <br /> <br />The desirability of a resource9cvelopmcnt progrmD must be determined <br />against a $~t of critena. E.c,onomic criteria 'h;we bceluhc most important in the <br />eXploitative phases of national development; however,a~ they have customarily <br />been applied, they ignorc'many of the externttl or indirect effects that arc be~ <br />coming both more apparent and more important in modem sodtfty. T.his is <br />recognized by Illany planners wh0 are concerned with the allocation of public <br />resources far public works programs; hit example, the Water Rcsaurccs Coun- <br />cil has proposed th.u:* <br /> <br />Plans for the uS,cof the nation's "",..ter and land resourc'e,<; wilJ be directed <br />to impro\'cmem in the quality of lif~, through cantributions to the ,objcc~ <br />tives of nationaL economic develcpinent",ellviromnelltal (jUtiJily,and rc- <br />gional'development (emphasis ad~d). The bcne6daland adverse effects <br />on each af tnese objectives wi'U be displayed in separate' accounts with a <br />fourth ~tccount for the benefiCial nnd 'adverse effects Oil social factors. <br /> <br />The objectives were further defined as follows; <br /> <br />The overall purpose of water and land resource planning is to ,I;enect so- <br />ciety's preferences for attainment of the: objectives defined belaw: <br /> <br />A. To enhance nationaleconornicdevelopnwnt by increasing the value <br />of the nation's outputor goods <m.d servkes and improving national <br />economic, efficiency. <br /> <br />n.. TQ enhance the ,quality or the environment by the management, <br />conservation, preservation, Ib~ation, reslorati,oll,. or iniprovement <br />of the qu'aJity of cer[<\innatural a'nd ,cultu.ral resources and eco- <br />logical systems. <br /> <br />C. To enhane.c regional development through in9re~iSesin u -region's <br />income; incre~es in cmploym<::nt; dislributioi10f population with- <br />in and am~,ng.tegi()ns;improveme,nts of the region's ccon~mic base <br />an4 ~ducatio~al, cultural. and recreational opportunitie!i; and en- <br />hancement of its environment andotherspedficd components of <br />regional develo'plllcnt. <br /> <br />To apply these, objecti\'es, at,c(}unts are established within each of the cate- <br />gories for: listing,both the beneficial und. the adverse effects of a proposed pro.. <br />gram. II possible; these arc measured in quantit.Hive units,but 'plalitative <br />tenns appropriate' to' the particular qbjectiye arc used where g\1ul1tification is <br />not appl'Opriate. Tb,e jl1ultiplco~jectivcs are not mutually exclusive in that <br /> <br />.. Fei1eral Register, V~)I. 36,. No, 245, PI). 24144-24194 (December 21, 197J). <br /> <br />xxix <br /> <br />