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<br />0033(,0, <br /> <br />Federal Government through the U.S. Water Resources Council and the ten states of <br /> <br /> <br />the Missouri River basin. The study area included all of the Missouri River basin's <br /> <br /> <br />drainage in the United States. The major objectives of the study were: (I) to <br /> <br /> <br />assemble ,a database describing historic water availability and uses in the ten-state <br /> <br /> <br />Missouri River basin that would be acceptable to the state aod federal agencies <br /> <br /> <br />involved in water management; and (2) to develop a computerized water accounting <br /> <br /> <br />system incorporating the database that would aid in estimating the effects of using <br /> <br /> <br />future, additional quantities of water in the basin. By action at its <br /> <br /> <br />September 2&, 19&1 organizational meeting, the Missouri Basin States Association <br /> <br /> <br />made a commitment to complete that study following termination of the Missouri <br /> <br /> <br />River Basin Commission. <br /> <br /> <br />In response to the first study objective, the nearly 50 state and federal agencies <br /> <br /> <br />that participated in the study developed an extensive database as part of the overall <br /> <br /> <br />water accounting system. That database was completed during FY&2 and contains <br /> <br /> <br />information collected during the hydrology study. The following data and supporting <br /> <br /> <br />infor ma tion are contained in the da tabase for each of the 93 drainage areas called <br /> <br /> <br />node basins: <br /> <br /> <br />(I) depletors (water users), annually, for the period 1944 thru 197&; <br /> <br /> <br />(2) historic depletions and historic streamflow, in acre-feet by month, for the <br /> <br /> <br />period January 1944 thru December 197&; <br /> <br /> <br />(3) 197& level depletions, in acre-feet by month, for the period January 1944 <br /> <br /> <br />thru December 197&; <br /> <br /> <br />(4) reservoir inflow data, in acre-feet by month, for the period January 1944 <br /> <br /> <br />thru December 197&; <br /> <br /> <br />(5) narrative information, for each node basin, including general information,' <br /> <br /> <br />compacts and court decrees, summary of water rights, and a summary of <br /> <br /> <br />state water laws; and <br /> <br />6 <br />