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2 0019H ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS PS lAC Meetings 62-3 Meetin!=l--Santa Fe, New Mexico, September 5-6, 1962 Hydrologic problems and improved methods for collecting and processing basic hydrologic data formed the central theme of the 62-3 PSIAC program meeting. The Technical Subcommittee on Hydrology arranged for and sponsored the program. New Mexico was the host state. Hydrology Subcommittee Chairman, Eugene L. Peck of the U. S. Weather Bureau, presented the program. The basic data problem, both present and projected future, was reviewed along with projected water needs, particularly for the Pacific Southwest area.' New techniques for collecting and processing basic data by el ectronic means were discussed and new and improved equipment for hydrologic data collecting was demonstrated in 0 slide lecture. Speakers were Prof. Roy K, Linsley, Executive Head, Deportment of Civil Engineer- ing, Stanford University; Dr. Nathaniel Wollman, Chairman, Deportment of Econo- mics, University of New Mexico; Dr. J. C. Bellomy, Director, Notional Resources Research Institute, University of Wyoming; and Paul C. Benedict, Branch Area Chief, Quality of Water, Pacific Coast Areo U. S. Geological Survey. Approximately 65 people attended the meeting. 62-4 Meetin!=l--Las Ve!=las, Nevada, December 4-5, 1962 Planning water and related land resources formed the central theme for the 62-4 meeting of PSIAC. The U, S. Deportment of Agriculture developed and presented the program, Nevada was the host state. The status and outlook for river basin plonning was reviewed along with expected future demands for land and water throughout the United States. Methods of . financing soil and water revelopment through the Formers Home Administration were also reviewed, Speakers included Gladwin E. Young, who presented one subject os Chairman of the Inter-Agency Committee on Water Resources and 0 second subject os Deputy Administrator, Soil Conservation Service. Henry A. Palm, Director of the Soil and Water Loon Division, Formers Home Administration, was the concluding speaker. Approximately 55 people attended the meeting.