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<br />:i <br /> <br /> <br />OJ1822 <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />The Pacific Southwest, as circumscribed by the Inter-Agency <br /> <br />Committee on Water Resources, includes all or parts of Arizona, <br /> <br />California,' Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, <br /> <br />and Wyoming. The Colorado, San Joaquin, and Sacramento major <br /> <br />river basitia and the vastness of the Great basin are principal parts <br /> <br />of the area; The Pacific Southwest is very large, exceedingly <br /> <br />. variable, and highly complex. <br /> <br />This report is not applicable equally to all locations and condi- <br /> <br />.", <br /> <br />tions in the Southwest. Generally, it has greater application to the <br /> <br />arid andserriiarid areas. It has lesser application:,.or perhaps none <br /> <br />at all, to the humid areas and to the higher mountain localities. <br /> <br />In any river basin, water conservation, wise utilization,-- and <br /> <br />the prevention of waste are primary objectives of Federal a,nd State <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />agencies. The farmers and rancher,S whoownand'.operate, or are <br /> <br />tenants on the -land, have a somewhat simHar interest, but each must <br /> <br />also show a pTofit in his operations. These objectives are especially <br /> <br />important in.the Pacific S,outhwest because much of thete'1'ritory is <br /> <br />arid or semiarid. Basin-wide water supplies generally are in short <br /> <br />supply and have many claimants, including Federal agetlcies, State <br /> <br />agencies, local organizations, and individuals. Water supplies are <br />