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<br />, <br /> <br />i i <br />~ <br /> <br />000329 <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />RECEIVED <br /> <br />B.EVUW DllAFl' <br />July 29, 1970 <br /> <br />AUG 17 1970 <br /> <br />WESTERN UNITED STATES WATER PLAN STUDY <br /> <br />v-- <br /> <br />UPPER COLORADO <br />RIVER COMMISSION <br />SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH <br /> <br />Study Plan Outline <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />The impending water crisis in the West; the urgent national concern <br /> <br />that American affluence must recognize the quality of life as well <br /> <br />as efficiency in production; problems of population growth; and vital <br /> <br />issues relating to enviromnental imprOVEment all demand that new and <br /> <br />imaginative solutions to water planning and development probleaa be <br /> <br />found. <br /> <br />To this end the Secretary of the Interior was directed by the Colorado <br /> <br />River Basin Project Act to conduct a comprehensive reconnaiasance inv88- <br /> <br />tigation to develop a plan to meet the water needs of the 11 Western <br /> <br />States which lie wholly or partly west of the Continental Divide. <br /> <br />These States include Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, <br /> <br />Nevada, New Kexico, Oregon Utah, Washington, and Wyoming, The Secretary <br /> <br />has given the Bureau of Reclamation responsibility for conducting the <br /> <br />study with active participation by the Water Resourcee COUDcil, the <br /> <br />States, river basin commissions and committees, the Western States <br /> <br />Water Council, the National Water Commission, other Pederal lI8enciea, <br /> <br />and interested parties, <br /> <br />Past reeource developments have largely concentrated on correcting <br /> <br />pressing problems or opening up new resource potentials often justified <br /> <br />in rather narrow measuree of benefits and coats. The public haa <br />