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<br />~ :~ <br />" <br />:' <br /> <br /> <br />3. Technology Assessment of WOSA in the Opper Colorado River IJqsin <br /> <br />The technology.\ssessment of WbSA was strongly influenced by two <br />fu<;tqrs: <br /> <br />An cxtensive public policy exists concerning water resources man~ge- <br />mcntin theColoradoRivcr~~sin. <br /> <br />The effects 'and impacts were, with few exceptions. only marginally <br />greater than the background caused byn:itural variation in the <br />weather. <br /> <br />Beclluseof the lirst factor; considerable attention was gi\'cn to the public policy <br />of wat~f resourc~ development in tllc Basin, which limited the time that could <br />be devoted to other-considerations, and constraine9 the range of availabl~ pub- <br />lic policy options; , <br />The: second fac~or limited the precision with which the effects could be <br />described, A large effort would have bc~n required in'the targctarea to galher <br />the data base required, and it is questionable whether in somccJ~es it could be <br />obtained at all. (This buttresses the recommendation that effort should be de- <br />voted Sooli to monitoring impacts on social and economic systems of the S~m <br />Juan pilot program being conducted by the Bureau of Reclamation.) <br />In general, the assessment was severely lirnite,dby the time available (six <br />months for the basic research, although more lime'w;:1s av~ble for review <br />3,Dd revision). This did ,Dot allow suflIde,nt time for conducting subordiJ1:1te <br />research' tasks in a logical sequence nor did it allow for adequate iteration of <br />the assessment process. <br />The teehnol~gy assessment as prcs~nted in ,detail in this volume is a teeh~ <br />nieM document requiring of l,he rcad~r an extensive background in water rc~ <br />sources dev.clopflicnt of the Colorado River Basin. One of the objective.~ of <br />tecluiology a<;scssment is that it inform public opinion and ,;So .UIect public <br />policy. Accordingly, a popular version of this report is bein~ p,epared that is <br />designed to communicate (0 the 'citizen who must bear the impact and share <br />in the bcnQtils of an'operational WOSA system. <br /> <br />J <br />j <br />J <br /> <br />1 <br />( I <br />f <br />( <br /> <br />'j, <br /> <br />I <br />'" i <br />r, <br />r <br /> <br />;XXXiV <br /> <br />