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<br />., <br /> <br />~ <br />j <br /> <br />\ <br /> <br />li <br />I <br /> <br />-,. <br /> <br />The Westwide management group at Denver is to be comprised of <br />representatives from Interior agencies and other participating Federal <br />water agencies. Much of the staff effort thus far has been directed <br />to the analysis and evaluation of many completed or nearly completed <br />regional or basin water resource studies. <br /> <br />There is also a broad-spectrum advisory committee which includes <br />groups and individuals representing widely varying philosophies, geographical <br />and economic interests. <br /> <br />Commissioner of Reclamation Ellis L. Arm.trong said the Progress Report <br />gives particular emphasis to mounting demands for fresh water in the Colorsdo <br />River Basin, where the available supplies are inadequate and of poor quality. <br />Among methods of augmenting the present supply, the Westwide planning staff <br />is considering improved management and, where feasible, further development <br />of local water potentials; reclamation and reuse of waste water; desalting <br />of sea and brackish waters; geothermal resource development; weather <br />modification (cloud seeding); maintenance of wild, scenic, and natural river <br />systems; more efficient water use through reduction of losses; and reallo- <br />cation of ltmited water supplies. <br /> <br />Commissioner Armstrong said the Western U. S. Water Plan that is to <br />evolve in 1977 will present both a general plan and alternative plans to <br />meet the water requirements of the West. <br /> <br />"Both the broad general plan and the alternative plans," he ssid, ''will <br />cover a full range of environmental and economic objectives, and reflect <br />sociological impacts." <br /> <br /># <br /> <br /># <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />c\1-~ <br />(\ -' <br />~ <br /> <br />344'2-71 <br />