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- .-";'0, OOl~;7 Commission members and the staff are active in the Na- tional Reclamation Association, the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, the Colorado River Water Users' Association and the ..'..' Association of Western State Engineers, as a means of keeping informed and influencing legislation which affects water devel- opment in Arizona. Close liaison with the eleven western states is also main- tained by membership in the Western States' Water Council, which has a primary interest in federal legislation affecting the States. The Council is an organization set up by the Western States Governors Conference, X. Water Quality. The national Water Quality Act of 1965 required each State to prepare and submit to the Federal Government its water quality control standards during the year. The Stream Commission was instrumental in calling the attention of the State Health Department to the possible effects of water quality standards on uses of water for irrigation. The State Legislature, by' Act of March 16, 1967, created the Water Quality Control Council within the State Department of Health, and the Stream Commission appointed Commissioner John Hoopes as its representative on the Council, with the Assistant State Water Engineer as his alternate. Standards were prepared and adopted by the Council and were submitted to the Federal Government for approval. XI., State Water and Power Plan. In March, 1967, the Legislature established a State Water and Power Plan by enactment of S. 204. The Act authorized the Stream Commission "to plan, construct, operate and main- tain the, Central Arizona Project, or any portion thereof, and any other water projects hereafter included in the State Water and Power Plan, to acquire all real property required therefore in the name of the State, and to take such actions and proceed- ings as may be necessary or desirable in connection therewith." On May 18, 1967, the Commission contracted with the engineering consulting firm of Ralph M. Parsons Company to investigate, and recommend procedures prerequisite to financing construction and operation of the water diversion and delivery system authorized by S. 204. This report was to be submitted to the Commission on December 15, 1967. A previous contract investigation by the Parsons Company produced a report on January 16, 1967, titled "Economic Study of Non-Federal Financing of an Aqueduct System from the Colorado River to Central Arizona". The conclusion drawn from this study was that "the economics of the State of Arizona are adequate within the current financial structure to support an aqueduct system from the Colorado River to Central Arizona." .', o . 0 ~ -5- ". ".' 0-0." ,'.