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<br />000615 <br /> <br />1.1.5 Long-rangewater plans should be expeditiously developed which <br />are flexible enough to permit modifications to meet changing long- <br />term needs and advances in technology, yet specific enough to provide <br />solutions for immediate water supply problems, <br /> <br />1.1.6 Water exportation studies shall include a thorough examination <br />of efficiency of water use and cost-price relationships and a com- <br />prehensive economic evaluation that considers all costs and benefits <br />accruing to the area of origin and costs and benefits accruing to <br />the area of import, The economic analysis must include similar <br />studies for alternative sources of supply, Esthetic values shall be <br />considered in over-all project evaluation, <br /> <br />1,1.7 Close cooperation and free interchange of ideas and reporting <br />of data on a uniform basis among all affected local, State and <br />Federal interests, shall be sought, <br /> <br />1.1.8 Water resource planning shall consider water quality as well <br />as quantity. <br /> <br />1.2 Regional water planning should be designed to avoid interference <br />with existing rights to the use of water. Any taking of land or water <br />rights shall be governed by the law of eminent domain. Interstate compact <br />allocations shall be honored. <br /> <br />1.2.1 Any entity studying transfer of surplus water shall recognize <br />the economic, social, legal, political and ethical implications of the <br />transfer on both the exporting and importing areas. Such entity <br />must plan so as to assure social and economic growth and develop- <br />ment, by either: <br /> <br />(a) The return or replacement of the water exported to the <br />area of origin; or <br /> <br />(b) Providing equivalent beneficial programs acceptable to the <br />area, <br /> <br />".,.._:.,...:~ ..): -:j;;-~ ~ --':':;.< ~- >~ <br /> <br />1.2,2 The rights to water of regions; states or individuals must be <br />recognized and guaranteed through due process of law. <br /> <br />1.3 Except as otherwise provided by existing law, the planning of water <br />resources development in the Western states shall be predicated upon <br />the following principles for protection of and assistance to states of origin: <br /> <br />1.3,1 Inter-basin or inter-regional transfer of water shall contemplate <br />only the transfer from the area of origin of those quantities of water <br />deemed to be surplus. The . States shall endeavor to agree upon <br />determination of quantities of water that are surplus. <br /> <br />-17 - <br />