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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />and condition of the wiiter,,;heds. Tllis is probably not the type <br />of study you had in mind, but I thou(:'ht it might be of some <br />interest. <br /> <br />"Second, we are stndying and considerinz the methods <br />and procedures by which existing data might be used in making <br />an investip'ation of the effect that upstream programs might <br />have on water yield from the large watersheds, At the present <br />time, this is confined more or less to exploring the pos- <br />sibilities of such a study. The work is being carried out <br />at our Waco, Tex" station under the direction of Mr. Ralph <br />Baird with whom you are probably acquainted, I do not know <br />how much progress Mr, Baird and his staff have made," <br /> <br />Mr. Baird has not been contacted yet. <br /> <br />f. Harvard University Study <br /> <br />The graduate school of Public Mministration is undertaking <br />a three-year program in the field of water reSOl1rces planning and <br />development financed by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, The <br />program has two broad objectives: Research on basic problems of water <br />resources planning and development; and advanced tr2ining of mature <br />public servants working in goverrun'ont water resources agencies. <br /> <br />The plan is to bring toga t,her in ,~ weekly seminar a small <br />number of trainees (possibly ten each ye;Lc) with f~culty participants <br />and from time to time experts from ",ovcrnm3nL ar;end'3c ~nd private life <br />as consultants. T'lese will COVAl' " specific. >-,l'o:':r~m of research over <br />the period of an academic year. The research ,nat'orial will consist <br />largely of data on two river basins which t~ntatively are the Delaware <br />and the Washita, These t,;o basins can be used to illustrate most of the <br />special problems which will be considered in the Seminar. One of the <br />major prOblems cited, in background for tfJe study is that of "Upstream <br />VB Downstream Works. II <br /> <br />The results of the first y"ar' ~ r2search will be tcosted and <br />evaluated during the second yee,r; similarly the second yC?ar I S results <br />will be tp.sted during the third, It should then be possib18 to publish <br />definitive findings of the reseorch at the ~lld of the three yeo.r period, <br />and such publication is intended as a major goal of the program. <br /> <br />g, Other Studies Completed <br /> <br />The Pond Creek study was summarized in a report d~ted <br />September 195'2. The study ..liS 11 cooper-ati ITe effort of technicians <br />representing the Fed8r~1 o.genci~s and Stp.tes which were members of the <br />AWRBIAC, during 13 weeks 0arly in 1952 to evaluate available climato- <br />logical and streamflow data concerning the Pond Creek suh-bnsin of the <br /> <br />- 12 - <br />