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- ---- ---- - - -~. - 1 U02'712 ^ " ~ , I.'.., . Recognizing their responsibility, and in the Interest of promoting good county government, the Norther-n Cal itornl. County Supervisors Association has been very diligently working on the development of 8 sound water policy which might contribute in some measure to the resolutIon of California's ,erlcu. water problems. As the member counties of this association represent a very large percentage of the total water supply of the atate .. counties of origin, It 1. Imperative they contribute to the solution at the ,o-called ~water rights problemft by .xpr.s.l~g theIr Ideas on the subject. On February 10, 1956~ the Supervisor. Association Initiated proceedings which admlnated UaTch 15, 1956, in the format.ion of the Northern Cal itorn ie County Water Resources AssociatIon. The Water Association, consl.ting of representative. trOll each ot the Water Re.ources Boards of the nine counties, was organized to actively participate in an advisory capaci ty with the Supervisors A~soclatlon to help promote a .ound water policy. Thh brought together the collective thinking of all our people Interested In the orderly dev~lopment of our water resource,. - After long deliberation and sincere effort on the part of members of both the water committee of the Supervisors Assoc h tion and the Water Resourcel Associa tlon, a serlel of ~ water pollctes were developed over the palt two years. This summary of those policle. I' the culmination ot that effort I and is intended to be a guide In the preparation ot any changes in the exilting state water law which will aid In the development of the California Water Plan. The following 15 points outline the water poliey by the Northern California County SuperVisors Assocla- . adopted tlon: . 1. That the Legislature accept In principle the California Water Plan as a guide to all agencies and indiViduals par- ticipating in water resources development to the end that ultimate development of the state's water resources will be in the interest of all areas of the state. . 2. That for ade~ate protection of the interests ot the "areas of origin, as well as those of the "areas of defic- Iency", the policies herein outlined be embodJed in consti- tutional amendments v.tl.lch lNOuld retain the general prInci- ples of the existing so-called "counties or watersheds of origin- la.1 protecting the areas ot origin and at the same time extending ass'urances to areas of deficiencies their needs will be met trom surplus. v"t ~ . I . .