WSP07475

• File Number: 8407.500
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications - Missouri River
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 3/1/1980
• Author: MRBC
• Title: Plan of Study - Missouri River Basin Hydrology Study
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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developed a joint Federal-State proposal to study entitled
"Missouri River Basin Hydrology Study" that addressed this
need: Therefore be it resolved, that the Governors of the
Missouri River Basin States, in conference convened in
Great Falls, Mont., May 24, 1978, do hereby support this
proposed study and recommend that the U.S. Water Resources
Council, the Office of Management and Budget, the
President, and the U.S. Congress approve funding for the
MRBC No. 1 priority special study to begin in fiscal year
19801 and be it further resolved

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That the State legislatures of the Missouri River
Basin States provide adequate funding for active
participation in this study by their State agencies.

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May 1979--The following resolution was unanimously adopted by

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the Fourth Annual Missouri River Basin Governors' Conference on Water:

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Whereas, The Governors, at Their Second Annual
Missouri River Basin Governors' Conference in Omaha, Nebr.,
May 3-5, 1977, unanimously adopted a resolution petitioning
the Federal Government through the Missouri River Basin
Commission to develop within the several States a
cooperative water data system adequate for assessing the
current and future water uses with the basin; and

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Whereas, The Missouri River Basin Commission has
developed a joint Federal-State proposal to study entitled
"Missouri River Basin Hydrology Study" that addresses this
need; and

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Whereas, The Governors, at their Third Annual Missouri
River Basin Governors' Conference in Great Falls, Mont.,
May 23-24, 1978, unanimously adopted a resolution
supporting the Commission's proposed study and recommending
its funding by the President and the basin States; and

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Whereas, The President has recommended to the Congress
of the United States in his budget for fiscal year 1980
that funding be provided for the proposed study; Therefore
be it

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Resolved, That the Governors of the Missouri River
Basin States, in conference convened in Kansas City, Mo.,
May 1, 1979, do hereby support the funding of this proposed
study and recommend that the Congress of the United States
appropriate funds for this special study to begin in fiscal
year 1980.

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Of all the reports, conferences, and studies conducted in the last ten

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years, the most emphatic reference to the need for this hydrology study was

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