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. I I 0 C) ("-j 00 I l&:Io N I I I I _I -I _I -. _I _I J ~I .-, _I , 1. INTRODUCTION The 1975 Assessment of water and land resources is for the purpose of identifying and:' describing the Nation's severe water problems and indicating the urgency of their resolution from a national and State- Regional viewpoint. The Assessment is conducted by the U. S. Water Re~ sourCes Council in cooperation with Federal and State representatives within functions assigned to it by the Congress under provisions of the Water Resources Planning Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-90). During February 1974 the Water Resources Council initiated the 1975 Assessment of Water and Land Resources throughout the United States. The Assessment has three main parts or analyses. First, is the nationwide analysis performed by Federal agencies to develop a nationally consistent set of volumetric and non~volumetric data covering the entire United States and broken down in detail for 106 ASA's in 21 Assessment Regions, includ- ing narrative and numerical information; second, is the Specific Problem Analysis performed by Regional Sponsors with assistance of State represent- atives, and regional representatives of Federal agencies in each of the 21 regions for the purpose of articulating the State-Regional viewpoint concerning water-related problems and for providing information for use in the National Assessment report; and third, for performing a national priorities analysis for articulating priorities for resolving identified water problems and documenting same from a national viewpoint, including summaries of the State-Regional conclusions and recommendations documented during the Specific Problem Analysis phase performed by the State-Regional sponsors. The Specific Problem Analysis portion of the Assessment includes four separate documents as now scheduled. The first document, identified as Technical Memorandum No.1, includes listing of problems throughout the AWR Region summarized by States and ASA's. This has been completed. The second document as herein displayed is identified as a Technical Memorandum on Activity 2, Phase II covering State-Regional Futures and Problem Lists. . The third document, identified as Activity 3, Phase II will be documented in a Technical ~emorandum covering the analysis of problems identified by the Re!!;ional Sponsors for each of the 21 Regions, includ- ing determination of the probable adverse andlor beneficial effects if severe water and related land problems are not solved from the State- Regional Futureviewpo.int JOJ:two t!.me_.pe1"iC:><!~L 1975.=12!l5, and 1985- 2000. The fourth and final document will be the formal report by the Regional Sponsors covering each region which will summarize the State- Regional Futures as seen by the Regional Sponsors including a general summary both narrative and statistical relating thereto, as well as formal conclusions and recommendations which will be incorporated in the National Assessment report. This is scheduled to be in draft form in October 1976 and in final form in December 1976. 1