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Dr. Gilbert F. White, chairman of the department of geography, Uni- 

 versity of Cliicago, an anthority on ilood control damage prevention. 



Col, H. C. Gee, a consulting engineer, formerly with the Corps of 

 Engineers. 



The thne-yhaHexl program of committee operation 



At a series of ora'anizing meetings (April 27, 1959; June 11, 1959; 

 July 9, 1959; July ^30, 1959; August 18, 1959), the plan for the select 

 committee investigation was blocked out in detail. It consisted of five 

 phases : 



PHASE I BACKGROUND DATA COLLECTION AND PLANNING 



Preparation of an outline of studies 



Solicitation of views of Federal and State agencies on existing 

 problems 



Requests to State Governors for statements of water problems and 

 recommendations 



Definition of interest scope of U.S. water-related agencies 



Kequests for initial projections of water and water-related require- 

 ments 



Arrangements for collation of data in terms of major U.S. drainage 

 basins 



PHASE II PKOCUKEMENT OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT 



Arrangement for objective projection of future power demands (a 



potentially controversial subject) 

 Arrangement for technical study of prospects for reclaimed water 

 Arrangement for information on technological innovation in water 



supply and use in integrated multi-purpose water development 

 Cooperative arrangement with Resources for the Future, Inc.*' 



PHASE III DATA COLLECTION BY SELECT COMMITTEE 



U.S. Geological Survev report on water use and availabilitv, Julv 9, 

 1959 



Commerce Dept. report on capital requirements for water resource 

 facilities by 1975, July 30, 1959 



Bureau of the Budget report on water resources development in rela- 

 tion to the Federal budget, July 30, 1959 



*" Accorfling to Srhad. "An Analysis of the Work of the Senate Select Committee on 

 National Water Resources, 1959-61." Op. cit., pp. 236-237 : 



As the committee's program began to take form, it was found that Resources for the 

 Future, a nonprofit research foundation affiliated with the Ford Foundation, was 

 planning to undertake a study of water supply-demand relationships in the T'nited 

 States * * *. Aside from the time schedule, the objectives of Resources for the Future 

 were very near tliose of the select committee. Therefore, it was possible to negotiate 

 an agreement whereby Resources for the Future would prepare for the committee an 

 interim report on itsoverall project, meeting the committee's specifications, in return 

 for the committee furnishing data and projections being developed by the Federal 

 agencies for each of the various purposes for which water is used. The agreement called 

 for the preparation of a report on water supply-demand relationships in the various 

 water resource regions of the United States, to provide answers for the committep on 

 questions of how much. when, where, and how water resources should be developed : 

 what levels of cost and expenditure are justifiable for future water development : and 

 what are the economic limits of water development. 



In effect, the staff assigned by Resources for the Future to the prep.nration of its 

 report functioned in almost the same way as would additional members on the 

 committee staff. 



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