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<br />February 5, 1971 <br /> <br />UJ~53i <br /> <br />I. <br />f <br />, <br /> <br />III. STUDY OBJECTIVES <br /> <br />The primary objectives of the study are: <br /> <br />1. To develop within the constraints of the Act, a general plan, <br /> <br />at the reconnaissance level, to meet the complex water develop- , <br /> <br />ment and management needs of the eleven Western States. This <br /> <br />general plan will embody the optimum blend of the following <br /> <br />planning objectives: National economic development, environ- <br /> <br />of which is defined in Section V. <br /> <br />t <br />, <br />f <br />, <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />mental quality, quality of life, and regional development, each <br /> <br />2. To determine the most economically acceptable means of augmenting <br /> <br />the water supply of the Colorado River through proposals for <br /> <br />providing additional adequate water supplies for use in the <br /> <br />faction of the Mexican Water Treaty. As provided in the Act, <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Upper as well as in the Lower Colorado River Basin and satis- <br /> <br />this determination excludes any study of importation into the <br /> <br />Colorado River Basin from any other natural river drainage <br /> <br />basin lying outside the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, <br /> <br />New Mexico, and those portions of Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming <br /> <br />which are in the natural drainage basin of the Colorado River. <br /> <br />The investigations and work necessary for accomplishing these <br /> <br />objectives will be undertaken on a concurrent and coordinated basis <br /> <br />and will embrace the following important elements necessary to the <br /> <br />overall planning process. <br /> <br />III-l <br />