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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />proper measures are formulated and agreed-to, then systematic monitoring should <br />ensure. the effective preservation of fish and wildlife as well as reducing the <br />possibility of costly restorative action resulting from the measures not being <br />fully implemented. <br />For one group of measures (minimum flow, minimum pool, pool and flow <br />fluctuation control, etc.), a national monitoring system might be dev~loped <br />permitting water resource planning agencies to utilize existing U.S. Geo- <br />logical Survey computer files of streamflow, pool levels, and water quality <br />data to furnish continuous surveillance. Water quantity measures account for <br />25% of the measures requested. <br />Once recommendations are formulated, offered, negotiated, and accepted by <br />the project construction or operating agencies, the water resource planning pro- <br />cess seems to terminate. There is no systematic surveillance and monitoring to <br />ensure that reservations established by formal or informal interagency agreement <br />are actually adhered to by the operating agencies, or that serious deficiencies <br />are disclosed as a basis for renewed bargaining or actions to improve compliance. <br />The planning and management loop for achieving water flows and levels for fish <br />and wildlife, recreation, water quality and other purposes is incomplete; no <br />systematic feedback is available to guide the formulation and bargaining pro- <br />cess toward more effective, more binding interagency agreements. <br />A national surveillance system could be d~signed and made operational to <br />report the current quantity and quality of flows and pools and enable better <br />water management for fish and wildlife and many related purposes, including <br />recreation and water quality. This system would provide access to a U.S. Geolog- <br />ical Survey on-line computer program which can be adapted to report USGS gauging <br />data in the form of reliable hydrological and water quality indicators of current <br />environmental stress on aquatic and riparian biota. This data reported periodically <br />can disclose current violations severe enough to warrant renewed interagency bar- <br />gaining to promptly improve compliance with flow reservations before lasting <br /> <br />27 <br />