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<br />SEMINAR ON <br />HYDROLOGIC ASPECTS OF PROJECT PLANNING <br /> <br />INTRODUCTORY REMARKS <br /> <br />by <br /> <br />AUGUSTINE J. FREDRICH <br />Chief, Planning Analysis Branch <br />The Hydrologic Engineering Center <br /> <br />I want to welcome you to The Hydrologic Engineering Center and to the <br />beautiful city of Davis. We hope that this seminar on Hydrologic Aspects <br />of Project Planning will be fruitful in describing the nature of the <br />problems to the profession and in stimulating interest and thought on <br />your part that can be directed toward the solution of these problems. <br /> <br />This is the fifth seminar of this type that has been conducted in the <br />Center. Perhaps it would be of value to review very briefly the purposes <br />and functions of the HEC and how a seminar of this type fits into our <br />general program. <br /> <br />The Center has four basic missions: Research, Training, Methods <br />Systemization, and Special Assistance. Research activities are directed <br />toward the solution of problems that have developed in recent years <br />because of the increased interest and activity in water resources develop- <br />ment. I am sure that the presentations and discussions in this seminar <br />will illustrate the extreme complexity of some of these problems, which <br />are associated with the great diversity of hydrologic phenomena, economic <br />factors, legal and institutional constraints, and social needs. <br /> <br />The Training program of the Center is intended to familiarize <br />engineers throughout the Corps with the new techniques and to train the <br />younger engineers in the traditional methods, as well as in the new <br />techniques. This program is implemented primarily with a series of <br />eight or ten fonusl training courses per year, each lasting about 2 weeks <br />and covering a special area of hydrologic engineering. These courses are <br />supplemented by individual training tailored to specific needs, as well <br />as by seminars such as this. <br /> <br />The Methods Systemization program of the Center is intended to develop <br />manuals, step-by-step instructions, and computer programs that can be <br />readily used in each office for training as well as for actual design and <br />operation studies. <br /> <br />1 <br />