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<br />OOlJ9:~ <br /> <br />SYNOPSIS <br /> <br />,., <br /> <br />The 1975 Assessment of Water and Related Land Resources has <br />begun. It is a 3Y,-year effort designed to idcntify and describe the <br />Nation's severe W<lter problems. inclicJte priorities, and emphasize the <br />need to resolve those problems-whether existing or emerging-from <br />national and State-regional viewpoints. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />The previous national assessment by the Water Resources <br />Council, completed in 1968. identified the thcn-emnging problems <br />and outlined a continuing assessment process. The 1975 Assessment <br />wiJl identify the Notion's severe WaleI' and water-related problems in <br />more geographical detail and with greaterrcgional and public pJrtici- <br />pation. <br /> <br />The U.S. Water Resources Council conducts these assessments <br />within the runctions assigned to it bv the Congress in the Water <br />Resources f'lonning Act of 1965 (Public Law 8',)-80). <br /> <br />The 1975 Assessment will be accomplished by the cooperative <br />acti,'ities of State. regionaL and Feder'" agencies under the overail <br />direction of the Water Resources Counci!"s National Pl"Ograms and <br />Assessment Committee. Regional assessment acti,'it;"s will be <br />coordinated and conducted by selectee; regional spon50r,-one for <br />each of the Council's 21 water resource regions. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />- <br />