BOARD00198

• Board Meeting Date: 1/15/1969
• Description: Agenda or Table of Contents, Minutes, Memos
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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I went down to Dallas the 30th and 31st
at the expense of the Western States Water
Council to - I never thought I'd do this -
attend a meeting of the American Association
for the Advancement of Sciences. For two days
they talked about major water transfers, the
philosophy of water transfers, the economics,
the morals, etc. It was a very interesting
two days. I came away with the distinct feel-
ing that most university professors don't
think it's a very good idea. The impact of
the academic entity on questions of this kind
should not be underestimated. Some of the
papers were pretty reasonable and it was a
good program.

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I go tonight to Sacramento to talk about
the impact of the ten-year moratorium on the
Central Arizona Project legislation to a
meeting of the California State Chamber of
Commerce. There has been some effort on the
part of some people in the west since the
Central Arizona Project bill was passed to
either amend that part of the act concerning
the ten-year moratorium or to encourage the
states of the southwest to embark on their
own study of transfers from the northwest.
This kind of study is not prohibited by the
bill. The Secretary of the Interior is pro-
hibited, however, from making any import
study. Many of the people I have talked to,
and certainly I too, believe that any effort
at this time would be premature. We've got
Type I framework studies ,going in the south-
west and in the northwest and most of the
states are assessing needs and requirements.
These are all going to jell about the same
time, about 1971 or 72. Until we get the
basic information, we are really not prepared
to make a reconnaissance type study.

The Bureau, as you recall, by the Central
Arizona Project legislation is charged with
making a reconnaissance study of the western
water requirements. It is our hope that the