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n)2 . "0 iii, ,clO Framework studies may recommend specific implementation plans or programs in areas that do not require further study, However. other or ad. ditional authorization is usually required before any agency or group of agencies can proceed on such reconunendations, The studies consider Federal, State, and local means of solving resource problems and are multiobjective in nature, Introduction FRAMEWORK STUDIES The Select Conunittee on National Water Re- sources of the United States Senate, in 1960, recom- mended that State and Federal agencies prepare plans for comprehensive development and management of the water and related land of every major river basin in the United States, Five years later the United States Water Resources Council was established by the Water Resources Planning Act (P L 89-80) to perform this and other functions. In 1966 the existing inter-agency field committees were placed under the aegis of the new Council by Executive Order of the President. The Pacific Southwest Inter-Agency Committee is one of these cooperative, regional Federal.State water organ- izations. For its planning and other work, such as the national assessment, the Council established hydro- graphic regions for the Nation, These include the California, Great Basin, Lower Colorado, and Upper Colorado Regions. These four regions comprise the Pacific Southwest area, the subject of this Analytical Summary Report. Cooperating Federal and State resource agencies have produced the Council's "framework studies" in each of the four regions. This is the Council's broadest level of planning. These framework studies are essentially assess- ments, although they are called plans, of the ability of regions in the Pacific Southwest to meet the needs of assumed projected levels of population growth and economic development. These assessments are based on today's experiences applied toward meeting future projected needs. Framework studies evaluate the needs and desires of people for the conservation, development, and utilization of water and related land resources, The studies identify subjects (hydrologic, political, economic, environmental, or other) which have com- plex problems requiring more detailed investigations. Specifically, the framework studies compile and interpret information on water and related land resources, and relate the supplies of these resources to the requirements that will probably be placed upon them in 1980, 2000, and 2020. The requirements are estimated under a national set of economic projections, and also under regional projections. PURPOSE AND SCOPE This Pacific Southwest Analytical Sununary Re- port (ASR) is based on information contained in the four regional studies. It provides a broad area-wide assessment of existing and projected needs for water and related land, an inventory of available resources, and a time.phased framework plan of resource use and development to meet the projected needs. It is a flexible guide for balanced use or combina- tion of uses of water and related land resources to meet regional, areal, and national needs. Year 1965 is the base for population, economic development, cost, and other statistics used in this report. The future planning years of 1980, 2000, and 2020 are used in the four regional studies of this area and in this sununary report. This report includes discussion and plaris for 11 major functions that use water or are affected by use of land or other resources related to water. These are: 1. Municipal, industrial, and domestic water supply; 2. Irrigation and drainage; 3. Electric power; 4. Flood control; 5. Water quality and health; 6. Navigation; 7. Land management 8. Fish and wildlife; 9. Recreation, including preservation; 10. Minerals; and 11. Shoreline protection and development. AUTHORITY AND ORGANIZATION On October 10, 1966, the Water Resources Coun. cil requested the Pacific Southwest Inter-Agency 3