WSP00504

• File Number: 8410.300.60
• Description: Basin Multistate Organizations - Missouri Basin States Association - Reports
• State: CO
• Basin: Statewide
• Date: 1/1/1982
• Author: MBSA
• Title: MBSA - Fiscal Year 1982 Annual Report
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Missouri Basin States Association
10834 Old Mill Road - Suite One - Omaha~ Nebraska 68154

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TO THE GOVERNORS AND RESIDENTS OF COLORADO, IOWA, KANSAS, MINNESOTA, MISSOURI,
MONTANA, NEBRASKA, NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA AND WYOMING:

This is the first annual report of the Missouri Basin States Association. The MBSA was created to succeed
the Missouri River Basin Commission when the latter was terminated by Presidential Executive Order on
September 30, 1981. The governors of the ten basin states supported creation of the Association to continue
the long tradition of regional cooperation in water resource management in the basin and to complete
two regional water management studies begun by the Commission. The Association's accomplishments in
those areas and an audIt of the Association's Hnanclal activities during fiscal year 1982 are summarIzed in
this report. The fiscal year began October 1, 1981 and ended September 30, 1982.

Much of the Association's effort during its first year of existence has been devoted to defining Its role and
the scope of its future activities. The Board of Directors adopted an Association purpose which emphasizes
fostering communication and information exchange among the member states. various other governmental
units and the private sector on water and related resources matters. The Board has also agreed not to
involve the Association in any regional water and related resource planning activities, leaving to the states
the role of planning and managing water resources within their boundaries.

We are looking forward in the coming year to completing analysis of the out-or-basin water transfer Issue
and sponsoring seminars on state water planning and on the Missouri River basin Pick-Sloan program
authorized in the 1944 Flood Control Act. Completion of a test of the Missouri River Basin Water Accounting
System will allow us to begin to analyze impacts of proposed water development on future streamflow in
the basin.

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The Board of Directors has adopted a $195,100 FY83 budget (October 1982 - June 30,1983) and a FYB4
budget (July 1983 through June 1984) in the amount of $272,200. The FY84 budget will require
contributions from the 10 states in the basin ranging from $15,400 to $25,500 per state.

I believe I speak for the entire Board of Directors in stating that this first year of activity has been productive
and that the effort of everyone involved has been well spent. The Missouri River basin states have a long
history of cooperation in water resources management, and we wish to learn from those past experiences
and carry that knowledge into the future. We seek to build an organization that Is responsive to present
needs in the basin and lay the foundation for future mutual trust and cooperation in the wise management
of the basin's water resources,

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Sincerely,

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George L. Christopulos
President
MISSOURI BASIN STATES ASSOCIATION

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