Colorado State Water Plan 1974 ‎(Phase I)‎

• Year: 1974
• Title: Colorado State Water Plan
• CWCB Section: Agency-wide
• Publications - Doc Type: Historical

be identified including weather modification, desalting, conservation and reuse
of water, and surface water imports. Initial study and formulation of the State
Water Plan were accomplished through the efforts of the Colorado-Westwide
Study Team.--/ This study team was organized in the fall of 1972 to direct
State input into the Western U.S. Water Plan studies and was composed of
representatives of all appropriate Federal and State agencies. After the
Western U.S. Water Plan was rescoped for early and abbreviated completion,
the planning efforts for the preparation of a separate Colorado State Water Plan
were continued by the study team. Work accomplishment will be taken up by
smaller task forces composed also of Federal and State officials.
The Colorado State Water Plan studies are being guided by concepts
contained in the new multiobjective planning guidelines, developed by the Bureau
of Reclamation from the Water Resources Council's "Principles and Standards
for Planning Water and Related Land Resources. " These new principles and
standards (Federal Register, Volume 38, No. 174, Part III, September 10, 1973)
became effective October 25, 1973.
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1/ The Colorado River Project Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-537) authorized the
Bureau of Reclamation to develop comprehensive reconnaissance plans to
meet the future water needs of the 11 Western states, to be called the
Western U.S. Water Plan (Westwide Study).
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