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FOREWORD AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This is the completion report prepared for the Office of Water Research and Technology of the U. S. Deparl.ment of the Inlerior for conlract number 14-31-00014207. In addition, it is the culmi- nating report ofa Ihree phase sludy. The two earlier phases included Conlracl No. 14-31-0001-3712 and No. 14-31-0001-9053. This work represenls an efforl to idenlify and quantify a system of social variables thai are linked to the physical hydrologic system for the purpose of developing an operational model that mll function in a simulation process for use in planning and development. Early inlerest in this problem developed from participation in a conference on Urban Hydrology Systems at Andover, New Hampshire, in 1969. It was there that some insight inlo Urban Hydrologic problems and their concomitant social structures began to grow. It became apparent that through a systems approach one might be able to identify social variables in their relevant social systems that could be functional in a systems model. In this approach it is posited that in sociological phenomena two equally imporlant Iypes of social data are involved. They are Ihe behavior of individuals and the struclure of social syslems. Finally bolh of Ihese are associated with the physical hydrologic system. This was an interdisciplinary study involving resource sociologists, engineers, and natural re- sources scientists. The engineers had primary responsibility in the hydrologic components while the sociologists had primary responsibility for Ihe sociological components. However, there were close involvement of all throughout every phase and both participated in the resulting simulation process. Many people assisted with this research especially those that provided information and data in- cluding several officials of government agencies, both federal and local, private organizations and the sample populalions that were inlerviewed. Agencies of particular note included: the Salt Lake County Flood Control Departmenl, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Salt Lake County Planning De- parlment, and Ihe Salt Lake County Commission. Personnel on the project at the end were the authors listed, but several other people were a part of the staff at different points along the way. Those who had important roles were: Craig W. Colton, Natural Resource and Social Scientist; George B. Shih, Civil Engineer; Eugene K. Israelsen, Civil Engi- neer; V. V. Dhruva Narayana, Civil Engineer; Melvin D. Chambers, Civil Engineer; Dennis C. Geertsen, Resource Sociologist; and Bruce L. Brower, Resource Sociologist. Special appreciation for editing the manuscript is extended to L. Douglas James and Donna Falkenborg, and appreciation for their reviews and suggestions is expressed to Gary E. Madsen and Barton Senseni8 III. Others to whom we express particular appreciation for their service and assistance are Julia Packard, who typed the draft manuscript; and Becky Hansen, who typed the final report as well as the draft manuscript. However, the results, conclusions and recommendations made are those of the study slaff. Wade H. Andrews, J. Paul Riley, and Malcom B. Masteller Iv