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<br />001J9'7 <br /> <br />OBJECTIVES OF TilE 1975 ASSESS~IENT <br /> <br />I: <br /> <br />The objective of th" 1975 Assessment is to identify, describe, end pbce in priority <br />for resolution the N3tion's st:Yere existing and emerging writer amI related land re.SOllfces <br />problcms from both the StQtc-region~1 and n<Jtional vicwpuints. <br /> <br />These problems will bc described as a function of 3 range of fLlture conditions <br />re.garc1ing water policies, population growth, economic growth, environmental 411~Jlity. <br />and implementLltion of improved w;lter-llse technologies. It will consider the competition <br />of the short. and long-range conservation, development, use,. and mani.\ge.ment of the <br />Nation's limited water and related land resOLlrces. <br /> <br />This will be done in a manner to be of direct Lise to the execLltive branch, tile Congress, <br />and F~dcral-St3tc agencies in helping [hem to make better watcr-rd:lkc1 impJemcnt(ltion, <br />planning, research, and data-collcction decisions. Specific objectives include: <br /> <br />o Idelltifying and placing into priority thos~ existing and em~rging w~lter ilnd related <br />land r~sourcc problem issues whicll arc dClnl1linect to be severe; including descrihing. <br />10 the degree practicable. their location, extent. ancllllagllirudc~ including their \V~ltcr <br />qU8.lity, economic, environml'lltJI, and soc-iid implicltiolls. (TI1('. m<.tgnitude of the <br />WQter supply probkms will be, dcscrib~d in terms which iridudc the dTcL:ts of SC3son3! <br />distribution o( deJ11Jnds ~nJ sllprlics and their probabilit)' of occurre",:e.) <br /> <br />G) Describing the urgency for resolving severe \Vfltcr imd reb.ted 1::lIld resource problem <br />isslIes identified above by c1Jssif)'ing thcm ,jS (allows: <br /> <br />- Immediate Prnble/lls (1975-1985)- Thos,' problem isslles within selected probkm <br />areas which .:Ife, or 3fe expected to become, severe :1Jld need to be resolved prior <br />to 1985 <br /> <br />- hI/lire Problellls (J 985-2000)- Those problem issllcs will'j" sdected problem <br />areas which ore not expected to become severe lIntil arter 1985 and which need <br />to be resol\'~d bet ween 1985 and 2000 <br /> <br />G Documenting wirh equill emphasis significant opinions from two viewpoints (national <br />and State-regional) regarding (a) [he severity of identified problem issues. (b) the <br />urgency and priority of the need to resolve identified problem issues, (c) conclusiuns <br />and recommelld~ltiollS on decisions required to resolve the probklll issues, and <br />(d) future-condition assumptions upon which th~ above arc based. <br /> <br />". <br /> <br />e Providing supporting narrative Jlld nllmericJ.! information, to the dl'grcc prJcticab!t', <br />that describes why problem issues within selected problem ureas arc both severe <br />and of a given urgency 3nd priority: lIsing procedures as described herein which are <br />consistent with the "Principles ilJ1d Standards." <br /> <br />. Providing a lIser awareness plan [0 help inslI re that the results of the 1975 Assess- <br />ment are made ~vailabje to all incJividll~lls, orgallizatiollS:, <Ind :Igcncil.."s \,1...110 can use <br />the information. <br /> <br />2 <br />