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ix Water-supply problems are not uniform from state to state. In general, however, problems are more numerous in the central and J western parts of the basins. Both quantitative and qualitative ') problems are encountered and may affect farm familites, small com- munities, municipalities, and industrial users of water. N ~ ~ ~ A number of existing multiple-purpose reservoirs in the AWR Basins which were constructed with Federal funds have been contrib- uting successfully to provision of water supply for domestic and industrial purposes during the 1952-1954 drought. The primary objective in the preparation of this section of the report has been to gather available information and assemble it for use in determining potential solutions to the water-supply problems with the understanding that further investigations would be required by the individual municipalities and industries in order to determine the most satisfactory solutions to their spe- cific problems. From the investigations made for the report it is concluded that: (1) In many localities the demand for increased water supply can be met by expansion of ground-water facilities, expansion of existing single-purpose surface supplies, or by construction of new facilities, but in general adequate provision should be made to allocate storage capacity in reservoirs included in the long- range comprehensive plan to satisfy the needs for increased water supply; (2) in order that surface waters may be IIIOst efficiently developed, the water pollution control plan, contained in Section 9, Water Pollution Control, should,be incorporated as an integrated part of the domestic and industrial, water-supply plan, and (3) the potential solutions for rural domestic water problems described in the report should be included in the long-range comprehensive plan.