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<br />to .1ssist them in preparin~ 10(.11 water consNvillion plans. P.Hficipant!. <br />also suggested that some eifon should be m.1de to demonstrate the <br />seven-step procedure to addition.1! people. <br /> <br />At ifs d.1ft> oj termination. the Commiss.ion was. imes.tigatin~ lhe <br />possibility oi continuing the project by offering more workshops <br />and possibly fraining stale per~onnt'l to condu(l the workshop progr am. <br /> <br />Assessment of Water Use <br />Information Needs and Application <br /> <br />With financial suppon from fhe U.S. Geologicdl Survey. the Missouri <br />RiH'r 8dsin Commi"sion conduned an aswssmpnt of water U'il;,' in- <br />lorm.ltion nt'ed.. dnd dpplicdtions in fht, ,'1is"ouri River basin in FY81. <br />The purpose oi the aSSf'SSml'nt ".1S to dPtermine Ihe ability of the <br />proposed Sational '.\"dte! Ust> Ddtd Sv"tem l:,\:WUDS) to provide <br />intorm.1tion thdt meet!. the needs ot pOll'nlial u..t"r... The a....essment <br />was also 10 credtp .1n a\\.1reness ,!nd intt'H'''' in thp USl' of the data <br />..y..tem. <br /> <br />The Commission survf'ved ne<Hl) 350 W.1ter iniorm.1tion users. moslly <br />in ,"'1issouri River basin slate... Re..ults 01 the ..urvpv indicated that <br />the r\WL:DS would bt> gt-'ner.11h capdble of rT1l'eting ..pecifically de- <br />Termined and pern'ivl.d n('('ds. However. the ..lndl",,,i.. ,11,,0 pointed <br />OUI fhat mosl pprsons \\ere not d"dff.> oj th{-' ~Y"lt'm'.. capabilitie.. 10 <br />meet watt'r use intormation needs. <br /> <br />With thi.. and other intormdtlon gained from the a..st.....ment. the <br />Geologicdl Survt.v will be bt'lIl'r dbl!' 10 implement d water use ddta <br />system le..ponsivt-' to user needs in the ba..in and throughout the ~ation. <br /> <br />Looking Ahead <br /> <br />What lies ahedu? No\.\, that the ..tale/ll,der,)1 ,\1i..souri River Bol"in <br />Commission has been termin.1ted. doe.. thi~ me.1n an end to all <br />region.1l wolter re..ources cooperation in the Missouri River basin? <br /> <br />.'\pPdrently there will be conlinu{"(j cooperation beh\een individual <br />stolte.. and lederal agencie" Ihal cover all Of PM!.. of the .\ti..souri <br />River b.1sin through ,he .'\tissouri B.1sin States Associoltion. The <br />,"....odation was formed in Septembef 1981 to cOnlinue <br />regionaJlinter"'.1te W.1ter re..ources coordin.1tion olnd complett> some <br />of Ihe studie.. and activitie.. begun by the ,...tis..ouri River Basin <br />Commi....ion. Director" ot the .'\ssoci.1tion have indicaled its initidl <br />progrdms will be in region.1l coordination. water issue an.1lysis. .1nd <br />completion of the hnirology and flood plain ..tudie... Shorf <br />descriptions of these program...:Ift' follo\'\'ed bv a de..cription of <br />former ,\1RBC dctivilie.. that v\'ill not be continued. <br /> <br />Regional Coordinalion <br /> <br />One Slated purpose oj the Mi..souri Basin States -\..socialion i.. fo <br />continue interstate/regional dialogue concerning water re..ource <br />issue.. in the ....1issouri River bolsin. The-\ssodation intend.. to <br />continue cooper.1lion with lederal .1gencies at the regional level. <br />even though the federal agencie.. are nO! finandalh contributing <br />member.. oj the .'\SSocioltion. <br /> <br />Water Issue Analysis <br /> <br />The .\ti..souri Basin Slates ",..sociation also intends fO focus on <br />analvses 01 current. important \\.1ter issues in Ihe .\1i"souri Rher <br /> <br />" <br />