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<br />, <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />;; <br /> <br />FOREWCRD <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />''The.... (West) is marked by the sharpest <br /> <br /> <br />contrasts. Here stand the Nation's highest mountains and <br /> <br /> <br />lowest depressions; areas of the highest rainfall and <br /> <br /> <br />runoff, and desert areas; great urban areas and uninhabited <br /> <br /> <br />rugged or desert lands; torrential rains and long drouths. <br /> <br /> <br />Here are the irrigated lands and half the potential water <br /> <br /> <br />p07l'er of the Nation." <br /> <br /> <br />''In.... (the \"lest), water is the resource which <br /> <br /> <br />most seriously affects all forms of economic growth." <br /> <br /> <br />'Through .... realistic approach our heritage <br /> <br /> <br />of useful resources can be safeguarded against deteri- <br /> <br /> <br />oration from misuse and neglect, providing a broader base <br /> <br /> <br />for an expanding economy, and creating opportunities for <br /> <br /> <br />application of initiative and enterprise by our people." <br /> <br />\ <br /> <br />--Report of the President's Water Resources <br />Policy Commission, 1950. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />, <br />