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(t ... ,.. 'J ': i) UUvv' ~ . . REVISED CHARTER .. FOR THE WATER RESOURCES COMMITTEE WESTERN STATES WATER COUNCIL The Water Resources Committee of the Western States Water Council was established by resolution, adopted on July 15, 1966, at the annual meeting of the Council In Seattle, Washington. The commtttee is an agent of and responsible to the Council. It shall consider and make recommendations to the Council on matters outl ined in this Charter and such others as may be related thereto. OBJECTIVE The committee's fundamental objective is to assist the Council to establish and carryon a definite program of constructive action that will accomplish the purpose stated in Article II of the Rules of Organization, name ly, "effective cooperation among the Western States In planning for programs leading to integrated development by state, federal and other agencies of their water resources." PROGRAM In pursuance of the underlying objective, the committee will develop and recommend basic principles and standards for guidance in the formulation of concepts and plans for a staged regional development of water resources, Including protection and furtherance of state and local interests. It will recommend guidelines and procedures for the interstate exchange of basic data and information, and for the cOrrelatton of plans and schedules of water resource development. The committee shan evaluate and advise the Council on an physical and economic factors relevant to staged regional water development. These include, but are not limited to, water supplies, weather modification, water requirements, water qual ity, conservation practices, waste water reclamation, flood control, sediment control, navigation, hydropower, recreation, fish and wildlife. ORGANIZATION Committee membership is by appointment by the states of the Council, one member from each State, but not necessarily one of the state's delegates to the Council. Any Water Resources Committee member may designate an