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A-ig'orous investigative effort v>-as set underway by Senate Resolution 

 48 of the 86th Congress, agreed to April 20, 1950. It called for the 

 establishment of a Select Committee on National Water Resources, 

 directed to study — 



* * * the extent to which water resources activities in the United States are 

 related to the national interest, and the extent and character of water 

 resources activities, both governmental and nongovenimental. that can be 

 expected to be required to pro^ide the quantity and quality of water for use 

 by the population, agriculture, and industry between the present time and 1080. 

 along with suitable provision for related recreational and fish and wildlife 

 values; to the end that such studies and the recommendations based thereon 

 may be available to the Senate in considering water resources policies for the 

 future. 



Manning and staifi.ng of the investigation 



The Select Committee on National "Water Resources was to be made 

 up of IT Members of the Senate, supported by a staff of four, with an 

 initial budget of $175,000 to engage the services of outside con.sultants 

 and research groups. 



^Members of the select committee were dra^n from four standing 

 committees : Interior and Insular Affairs, Public Works, Interstate and 

 Foreign Commerce, and Agriculture and Forestry. Its membership 

 was : 



Robert S. Kerr, Oklahoma, Chairman 



Thomas H. Kuchel, California, Vice Chairman 



Dennis Chavez. Xew Mexico Frank E. Moss, Utah 



Allen J. Ellender, Louisiana James E. Murray, Montana, Ex 



Warren G. IMagnuson, Washington Officio 



ClintonP. Anderson, New Mexico ]Milton R. Young, North Dakota 



Henry M. Jackson, Washington Andrew F. Schoeppel . Kansas 



Clair Engle. California Francis Case, South Dakota 



Philip A. Hart, Michigan Thos. E. Martin, Iowa 



Gale W. McGee, Wyoming Hugh Scott, Pennsylvania 



Composition of \\\e select committee, drawn mainly from the arid 

 Western States, indicated both a regional and an irrigation emphasis. 

 However, the assurance of a broad approach was provided by the 

 manning of the staff. By agreement, staff liaison assistants were 

 provided from each standing committee represented. Additional 

 advisory assistance was provided by a number of staff members of 

 water resources agencies of the executive branch. The formal pro- 

 fessional staff orgnnization of the committee was widely representative 

 of the water sciences : 



The staff director was Theodore ]M. Schad, of tlie Legislative Refer- 

 ence Service, Library of Congress, supported by the following 

 consultants : 



Dr. Edward A. Ackerman, executive officer of the Carnegie Institu- 

 tion of Washing-ton, and formerly director of the water resources 

 program of Resources for the Future, Inc. 



W. G. Hoyt, retired hydrologist, formerly vritli tlie U.S. Geological 

 Survey. 



Dr. Abel Wolman. Johns Hopkins laiiversity, and internationally 

 rerognized con.sulting engineer in sanitary engineering, water supply, 

 and public health. 



