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<br />ISSUES SUGGESTED:
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<br />1, Clean-up water/water quality loading nuuienlS, ctc.
<br />2. Develop WC ethic,
<br />3. Promote cooperative planning. Watershed bases, lotal waler.
<br />4. Operation of existing waler projectS (modification),
<br />5, Regional water resource planning from both water quality and quantity, do cooperatively.
<br />6, Suppon Federal, interagency. Stales, local management/planning,
<br />7. Sharing data and infonnation from all levels (State & Federal).
<br />8, Protection of environmental needs (wat<rshed managementtolal needs)
<br />9, Coordination of data, etc. (GIS).
<br />10, Salinity improvement and who pays for iI?
<br />II. Ari<ansas' future Woller uselneeds for br~ projects (policy-allocation),
<br />12. A WRBIAC grotIp has expertise 10 offer, learn from other Slate.l.
<br />I J. Existing infnlStlUclures, O&M replacement, ClC,
<br />14. Developing water quality issues, new finding (organic, etc.)
<br />15. Environmental resloration-(elo.-panding auUlority)
<br />16. Reduced Federal dollars 10 address needs and increase cost-sharing.
<br />17, Technology sharing, water recharge, ClC,
<br />18. Changing agriculhm: structure,
<br />19, Environmental issue needs to be broader, Education al urban, elc,
<br />20, Unfunded mandates
<br />21. TMDL impacts.
<br />22. Public support/shift
<br />23. Transportation efficiency
<br />24. How arc decisions made, who makes them?
<br />25. What are Federal planning standards, States not bought into.
<br />26. What is Fedcllll policy, and do we havc one?
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<br />FOCUS ON THESE ISSUES:
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<br />1. Question of public policy and how decisions are made?
<br />2. Need for watershed planning to address water quality and quanlity on a watershed basis.
<br />3. Need to share data infonnalion on a coordinated basis, share technology and learn from each agency,
<br />4. Who pays with reduced dollars and with unfunded mandates?
<br />5. How to address environmental restoration and existing infrastructure needs,
<br />6. Future large watershed developmenl (Arkansas).
<br />7. Merging water quality issues such as organic, Hypoxia zone, eIC,
<br />8. Education of the public.
<br />9. Changing agriculture, environmental, economic and social stn1cturc, etc., within the area, Stales and
<br />Federal, and waler needs and uses,
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<br />SELECTED mEI>lII~lt;O ISSUES:
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<br />J. Need for watershed planning 10 address water quality and quantity on a walershed basic.
<br />2, Changing agriculture, environmental, economic and social structure, etc., within the area, States,
<br />Federal and water needs and uses,
<br />3. Need to share data infonnation on a coordinated basis" share technology and learn from each other,
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