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<br /> <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />The Priorilies. Polin, Energy and \\'aler, .md flood Plain Commitlef.>s. <br />and the H\ldrolog,' 'Study M.lodgement Group also met during the <br />year 10 recommend Commission action or to manilar ongoing studies. <br /> <br />Thr{'{' spe.ial coordination efforts were made by the Commission <br />in conjunction with regular Commission meetings in FY81. The firsl <br />was a semindr on the Pid-Sln.1n MiS'iouri Basin Program, held prior <br />10 the 34th quarterlv Commission meeting. The purposes of the seminar <br />....ere 10 Jrquaint piHlicipJnlS with th(> bdckground and conlent of <br />th{' Pid.Sloan Program COni dined In the 1944 Flood Connol Act and <br />10 e~amin(' the nature and operation of the ,'\.tissouri Basin Account. <br />The second speeidl coordin<ltion program Yoas a workshop held (0 <br />prepJrf' H'commendoltiom for the Environmentoll Protee-tion .'\gency'~ <br />propowd ground Wolter molnagement ~tr,ltegv. The work~hop wa~ <br />held prior to the 35th qUdftf'tlv meeting in Denver. The third ellort <br />wa'> d ~pl'Cidl worbhop on drou~ht molnagement held in conjunc1ion <br />with thl" 361h qUdflerl~' Commission meeting. At the workshop, ~tate <br />and federal dgencie~ discu~~ed their re~pecti\r(" efforts to dntie-ipate <br />.:lnd mitig.:lle thl' ejjecl~ 01 drought e-ondlliom in the basin. <br /> <br />State-Federal Program Re\'iew <br /> <br />The Commi~sion prepJred .:lnd published a h\o-volume "Review <br />of \VJter olnd Related Lolnd Re~ourn>~ ACli\rllie~ in the ,'\-1i~souri River <br />Bol~in 198'+'985" in FY81. Thl' reporl contained a listing of over 1,000 <br />ongoing .lnu proposed stale .md ieueral Woller projects and programs <br />for the ii\'e-yedr period. A ~ur"ey form dis1ributed with Ihe report <br />revealed u~ers vollued the report as .l m('am of coordinating water <br />proj{,cls and progrJms in the basin. <br /> <br />Waler Program Information System <br /> <br />Thf' Commission'') \Valer Program Iniormalion System, a computerized <br />s~',>t('m for storing. updating. Jnd retrieving information concerning <br />e...i'>ting and propmed watef resource projects and programs in the <br />bdsin, became full~' oper.ltiondl in FY81. The s...,>tem was med for the <br />first tim{' to produce project li,>tings lor the stat{'+lederal program <br />r{'vit>w ,lOd priorih' reporh. <br /> <br />An inlormation.ll brochure describing the \Vater Program Informoltion <br />System was produced in FY8' to alert potentioll users of the system <br />to its capabilities. <br /> <br />Water Research Coordination <br /> <br />The Commission's coordinating role with w.lIer resources research <br />institutes in the b<lsin W<lS enhanced in FY81. For the first time, the <br />Commission Chairm,)n and st,lft participated in the discussions of <br />the ~1iswuri Ri....er Basin Water Resources Re'>earch Institute'" Con- <br />sortium concerning the Consortium's five-v'ear plan for water-relaled <br />research. The Consortium's resedrch priorities "ere then ddopted as <br />Commission prioritie,> for res(,olrch, and their funding through the <br />Orfice of Water Reseolrch and Technology was supported by the <br />Commission. <br /> <br />Status of Electric Power <br /> <br />The Commission published the third edition oi the "Status of Electric <br />Power in the ....1issouri Ri...er Bdsin" in F'r'81. The report's content. as <br />in earlier editions. \\as a summariz.uion of information concerning <br />