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<br />April 1, 1971 <br /> <br />000371 <br /> <br />water related studies and programs including Types III and IV <br />and special studies. <br /> <br />The Planning Process <br />Plan formulation is accomplished through a series of steps <br />starting with the identification of needs and problems and culmin- <br /> <br />ating in a recommended plan of action. The process involves an <br /> <br />orderly and systematic approach to making determinations and deci- <br /> <br />sions at each step so that the interested public and decisionmakers <br /> <br />in the planning organization can be fully aware of the basic assump- <br /> <br />tions employed, the data and information analyzed, the reasons and <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />rationales used, and the full range of implications of each alter- <br /> <br />native plan of action. This process will be described in enough <br />detail in the report of the study so that it may be replicated by <br /> <br />, <br />I <br /> <br />Steps in the development of the Western U.S. Water Plan will <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />others. <br /> <br />be as follows: <br /> <br />1. The initial basis for the development of alternative plans <br /> <br />will be the needs, problems, and resource capabilities <br /> <br />identified and plans developed in the framework studies, <br />supplemented to incorporate the multiobjectives and the <br />1971 approved WRC national projections. Water Resource <br /> <br />Council planning areas will be used as basic geographic <br /> <br />units for analyzing needs and solutions. Alternative multi- <br /> <br />objectives plans will be developed in accordance with the <br /> <br />VI-2 <br />