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Social McPhee Darn Dedication To preserve and enhance the quality of life through planning, construction, operation and management of the Colorado River Storage Project and Participating Projects, social assessment has become an integral part 01 the Bureau of Reclamation program Consideration of social effects begins early in the planning stages of a protect. In addition to the social effects of economic and employment opportunities provided through Irrigation, power generation and Industrial water, the deveiopment of land and water for municipal, recreation and fish and wildlife purposes also affects people in the project area. Preservation and en- hancement of the aftected population's social well-being are both emphasized in the social assessment process. Major social, economic, and demographic studies continued on the Glenwood-Dotsero Springs, Grand Valley II, Uinta Basin, Dirty Devil. and Price,San Rafael Rivers salinity control units of the Colorado River Water Ouality Improvement Program (CRWOIP). A unique monitoring study on the Dolores Project construction program continued, although the Initial summary report was issued. This study IS testing current proce- dures for impact prolection and effect analysis while providing the Cortez Projects Office an enllanced data base for continued public invoivement. Malor studies as part of the Wasatch Front Total Water Management Study and Mesa- Delta Municipal and Industrial Water Sfudy were initiated, Studies of the Central Utah Project's Bonneville Unit, Diamond Fork Power System: and the McElmo Creek Unit of the CRWOIP were completed. Many of these studies utilize the Bureau of Reclamation Economic Assessment Model (BREAM) and the Multi-Attribute Trade-off System (MATS) to place economic and demographic present and future condi- tions, wrih and without the proposed pro- jects, into perspective. The CUP's Jensen Unit provides municipal water 10 the Vernal area Subjective non-statistical effects are analy- zed uSing mutually enhancing social assess- ment and public Involvement techniques in all project investigations. Although these studies are conducted by regional and project office personnel, close coordinafion is maintained with the project area's affect. ed population, Cooperation with State and local planners, demographers, and re- searchers has provided a useful technique for avoiding duplication and enhancing the quality of both Reclamation and non- Reclamation studies. 21