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001381 FOREWORD This glossary of water management terms was prepared by the Water Management Subcammi ttee of the Pacific Southwest Inter-Agency Committee to facilitate the preparation of framework plan reports in the Pacific Southwest. It contains those terms expected to be of greatest value to water-resource planners in the preparation 01' reports to be read by legis- lators, attorneys, administrators, scientists, engineers, planners, and , others having responsibility for the wise developnent 01' our water resources. This document is not a dictiona.ry--it does not contain every word or term of importance to framework study reports. As a glossary, it defines those terms which may be sanewhat controversial; terms which in their canpound form may be interpreted differently than is implied fran the canbined dictionary meaning of their separate words; or terms which have only recently cane into general usage. In general, internal agency jargon terms are not defined. This glossary makes no attempt to define detailed technical or legal terms which may be used by work groups who prepare appendixes for frame- work reports. It is suggested that controversial terms or terms not widely accepted, but required in these detailed reports, be defined when first used or in brief glossaries included with the appendixes. It is not intended that terms defined in this glossary suppiant legal terms used in connection with existing law, adjudications, or contracts. It is anticipated'that this glossary will be readily available to those who write for framework study reports, but may not be so readily available to the readers of such reports. Since effective cOlDD1uJ1ication requires that the same concepts envisioned by the writer be accurately reproduced in the mind of the reader, this glossary attempts to use words, both in terms and in definitions, which can be properly interpreted by consulting a standard dictiona.ry. For example, the concept frequently described by terms such as "full natural flow" and "unimpared runoff," which suggest sanething completely different than intended, is defined under "inferred natural flow" and is cross referenced from the unaccepted terms . III , -;.. ;,.;