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<br />ORA F T <br /> <br />of augment at ion amounts. Some form of a water ownersh ip statement <br />drafted by state and Federal lawyers should be included in the <br />plan. Legal requirements for eventual assignment of new water <br />will provide critical input to the evaluation design studies. <br /> <br />'" <br /> <br />7. Preparation of environmental statements should be accelerated <br />and made a part of the public planning process. <br /> <br />8. Three types of advisory committees should be formed soon: <br /> <br />a. A basin group with specific interests in water management <br />and compact (legal) questions. <br /> <br />b. Local groups to be involved in site selection, cooperation, <br />etc. <br />c. A scientific and technical group. <br /> <br />9. There was informal agreement that the planning meetings should <br />be held at various locations and in association with other meetings <br />to enable more people and additional groups to be involved. <br /> <br />The Secretary of the Interior released in 1975 a report on the <br />comprehensive "westwide" water supply investigations as authorized by <br />Title II of Public Law 90-537 25/. While recognizing the augmentation <br />crisis may be delayed and modified, the overall inadequacy of the <br />natural supply to meet all future demands and need for additional <br /> <br />e, <br /> <br />29 <br />