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<br />002423 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />range planning for future needs of the State. To some <br />extent this program planning and evaluation has occurred <br />during the process of budget review. But too often our <br />analysis has been restricted to questioning specific line <br />items rather than raising basic program questions. More- <br />over, we need to devote more energy to weighing the value <br />of one program against another if the State is to realize <br />maximum benefit from every tax dollar. " <br /> <br />The Department of Water Resources is the largest of the four major <br />departments of the Resources Agency, and now employs about 3,600 per- <br />sons. The other three major departments are Conservation (2.800 <br />employees), Fish and Game (1,100), and Parks and Recreation (1,200). <br />In September and October of 1964 the departments of the Resources 'Agency <br />moved into the new Resources Building. The fourth-largest office build- <br />ing west of Chicago, it now holds the many resource departments, com- <br />mis s ions, boards, and divis ion formerly scattered over 18 locations in <br />Sacramento. <br /> <br />While the Department, since 1960, has been heavily involved in the design <br />and construction of the $2 billion State Water Project, it has not slackened <br />its planning program. For surely California's rapid growth will continue <br />beyond 1990 and additional sources of water must be made available to <br />satisfy expanding water needs when and where they occur. <br /> <br />The Department's planning, as it pertains to further development of waters <br />originating within California, is being carried on within the framework of <br />the California Water Plan. The development possibilities in the north <br />coastal area, California's last major source of virtually undeveloped water, <br />is under study. Studies to ass es s the economic demand for water in the <br />major hydrographic areas of the State are continuing. These studies also <br />involve the determination of the economically developable local water <br />resources and the increasing demand for imported water with respect to <br />time, These demands are then equated with the available sources in the <br />development of a staged sequence of storage facilities to meet the increas- <br />ing demands in the most efficient manner. <br /> <br />Surface storage is not the only means of water development being studied <br />by the Department. The development of ground water basins for the <br />development, reregulation, and distribution of water is also being studied. <br />Rapidly advanclngtechno16gyindesalinization processes is also studied <br />carefully. <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />