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<br />'" <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />"f) 21') ~ "i <br />o Oc,: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Last SUmmer the four Cabinet mem.bers who make up the President9a <br /> <br />Water Reaources Council set forth the "PoUcies. Standards. and Procedurea" <br /> <br />to be followed in planning the futu.re use and development. of wat.er and related <br /> <br />land reaourcea~ The objective of auch planning. they Baid. ia D8... to provide <br /> <br />the beat l18e. or combination of usea.of water and Nlated land resources to <br /> <br />. meet all foreaeeable ahort-and long-term needs... '! with the well-being of <br /> <br />all of the people u the overrlc1ing determinant. <br /> <br />In seeking to achieve this objective; aU viewpointahnatlonal, . regional, <br /> <br /> <br />state, and local. are to be considered. Planning" to be on a fully-comprehensive <br /> <br />baaie. which wUtlncorporate all needs and pos&ibiUties for resoui-lle use. and <br /> <br /> <br />all relevant means fOr accomplishing such use. River baBlns wUlliilually be <br /> <br />.- '. ,": <br />the moat appropriate geographic units for planning purposes. and li\divlduat prog- <br /> <br /> <br />rams and projects are to be formulated as parta of comprehensive plana when- <br /> <br />ever feasibleoFederal plannb).g ia to be carded out on a coordinated baats <br /> <br /> <br />from the ea~liost .~es. and in close c.oo~ration with regional, atate. and' <br /> <br />local agenciea. <br /> <br />Such co.mprehensive planning for water",resources development ia to <br /> <br /> <br />be related to the goals sought for the national economy .a a whole. Specifically, <br /> <br /> <br />it la to be based on the expectation of an expanding ecpuO.i-ny Which ~UI p""ovide <br /> <br /> <br />increasing amounts of goods and seivlce. to meet the needs of our growing <br /> <br />population; the enhancement Of their level of living, interl1ltotional commitments. <br /> <br /> <br />anll continlling national growtho And it 18 to be evaluated fi-om the standpoint <br /> <br /> <br />of a compi-ehendve . pllbllc view in which aU effects of development will be traced <br /> <br />and considtilred. Proposed plan. are to inclllde analyses of both present and <br /> <br />projected fllliare economic coilditions. and of the contributions which development <br /> <br />might make toward the alleviation of prOblema and the promOtion of <br /> <br />3 <br />