List of Priorities (short-term) 



• Research supporting the Depart- 

 ment's mission and current objec- 

 tives (promotion of water use effi- 

 ciencies; protection of the water- 

 based environment; improving water 

 resources planning and management; 

 solving energy-related problems in- 

 volving water considerations: aiding 

 Indian self-determination through 

 improved water development and 

 management on reservations) 



• Research to solve or mitigate other 

 critical water-related problems of the 

 States and regions of the Nation 



• Research in support of saline water 

 conversion. 



List of Priorities (long-term) 



• Water quantity problems (control of 

 excess water, water supply augmen- 

 tation and conservation) 



• Water quality problems (control of 

 entering pollutants, effects of pollu- 

 tion, water treatment, waste dispos- 

 al) 



• Environmental impacts (economic, 

 ecosystem, and public welfare ef- 

 fects) 



• Water planning and management (in- 

 stitutions, methods and procedures, 

 basic data). 



List of Gap Areas 



• New processes for water renovation 

 or desalination 



• Reuse of water from agricultural, 

 municipal, and industrial wastes. 



Bureau of Reclamation 



Although most of the Bureau's research is proj- 

 ect-oriented and applied, it supports basic re- 

 search as a component of mission-oriented re- 

 search activities. 



List of Priorities 



• Environmental problems related to 

 water resources development 



• Energy-related problems 



• Automation of power and water sys- 

 tems 



• Conservation of existing water sup- 

 plies 



• Atmospheric water resources man- 

 agement (especially development of 

 technology for management of win- 

 ter orographic and summer convec- 

 tive precipitation). 



List of Gap AreasS 



• Basic principles affecting downwind 

 precipitation 



• Basic principles relating precipitation 

 to long period changes in the envi- 

 ronment 



• Basic principles relating to statistical 

 evaluation of nonrandomized experi- 

 ments, ice nucleation mechanisms, 

 numerical methods used to simulate 

 physical processes in multidimen- 

 sional cloud system models, model- 

 ing of dynamical atmospheric proc- 

 esses, parameterization of physical 

 processes in numerical models, 

 short-term forecasting of precipita- 

 tion and precipitation mechanisms, 

 identification and use of predictor 

 variables and covariants in experi- 

 mental evaluation of precipitation 

 modification experiments, and the 

 effect of precipitation amount, tim- 

 ing, duration, distribution, and in- 

 tensity on agricultural crop produc- 

 tion. 



Department of Justice 



National Institute of Law Enforcement and 

 Criminal Justice (NILECJ) 



Future research by the National Institute of 

 Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice will empha- 

 size development of means of crime prevention 

 through an understanding of the factors influencing 

 criminal behavior as well as assessment of the quali- 

 ty of the criminal justice system. 



List of Priorities (long-term) 



• Correlates and determinants of crim- 

 inal behavior 



• Deterrence 



• Community crime prevention 



• Violent crime and the violent offend- 

 er 



• Career criminals and habitual offend- 

 ers 



• Performance standards and measure- 

 ment of criminal justice 



• Management and utilization of police 

 resources 



• Court management 



• .Sentencing 



• Rehabilitation. 



'*Arcas in the Atmospheric Water Resources Management 

 Project that warrant increased emphasis and support. 



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