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DOCURENT RESU E
04787 - (B0345202] (RtriCted)
fAnalysis of the Proaejs of Authorizing Water Resources
Projectsl. CED-78-411 -167941. January 30, 178. 9 pp.
Repoct to Sen. Edmuna,. Muskie, Chairman, Sen,,te committee on
Budqet; Sen. Hcnry Bq3j~hon, minority Member; by Elmer B. Staats,
Comptroller General.
Issue Area: Water and Water Related Progxa':: Water Fesources
Procrams to meet Te competing demands for Hater Uses
(2503).
Contact: Community a Economic Development Div.
Budget Function: Natural Resources, Environment, and Energy:
Wat.*r Resources iak'lPower (301).
Orqanization ConcerneV.Department of the Interior; Department
of the Arxy: CorkS of Engineers; Water Resources Ccunil;
Bureau of Peclamition.
Congressional Relevandce: Senate Committee on But jet. Sen..Edmund
S. iuskie; Sen. Ifery Bellmon.
Authority: Water Resources Planning Act of 1965, as amended.
Congress has ..erally authorized studies of water
resources problems identified by the public. As a result of
these studies, Congress generally authorizes projects by two
means -- individually or. as part of a general elan for the
comprehensive development of a large geographic area or river
basin. Authorizing studies and projects individually provides
certain advantages over authorizing general water resources
plans. Less time and effort go into tLe individual preiiminary
ind feasibility studies because a smaller area is involved, and
individual projects are generally more responsive to local
needs. The major disadvantage of authorizing iLdividual studies
and projects is that decisionmakers are limited to considering
the project's effects on a small geographic area. The major
advantage of general plans is that decisionmakers can consider
and respond to overall water resources needs of a larger area.
General plans involvig multi-projects generally take longer to
prepare, and construction is usually stretched over a lorner
Deriod of time. When, fully implemented, the Water Eesourks
Council's Water Assepsmint and Appraisal Program could aii in
improving the present authorization practices by providing a
means to identify an4_set priorities on national needs for water
resources. Until suchIpriorities can be set on a natio4al basis,
decisiormakers in thl lthorization process should strive to
compare and set pri¢cz)ties for projer ts on as wide a geographic
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