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<br />formulation of plmming objectives and guidelines leading to recommendations <br /> <br />for development, utilization and managemcnt of the available water <br /> <br />snpplies to meet specific needs. <br /> <br />PURPOSE AND SCOPE <br /> <br />This Interim Report summarizes phase I of the investigations to <br /> <br />develop a long-range statewide water plan for Colorado, The report <br /> <br />presents a compilation of statistical data on and an inventory of the <br /> <br />natural resources of the state and the current status of development and <br /> <br />use of these resources. The base year for compilation of data was 1970. <br /> <br />Data compiled for earlier years were used only when 1970 data were <br /> <br />unavailable. Compilation of new data to include in the report was very <br /> <br />meager and no information was included on future conditions. <br /> <br />AUTHORITY FOR REPORT <br /> <br />This report is authorized by the Water Resources Planning Act of <br /> <br />1965 (Public Law 89-80, 89th Congress), and by the Federal Reclamation <br /> <br />Laws (Act of June 17, 1902, StaL 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or <br /> <br />supplementary thereto), <br /> <br />Authority was delegated to the Colorado Water Conservation Board <br /> <br />to mal;e water resourcc investigations when the board was creatcd by the <br /> <br />Color'lc1o Gcncral Assembly in 1937. <br /> <br />0363 <br />