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2. Program management coordination requires regular communications among 

 program managers of the several water quality management agencies. 



3. Coordination of technical practice applications to assure consistency of each 

 practice in a location and/or watershed. 



4. Administrative coordination among the several budget and accounting offices of the 

 respective agencies, encouraging interagency personnel agreements and other joint 

 programs. 



Programs need to be coordinated "vertically" within agencies as well as "horizontally" 

 between agencies. The federal partners must be able to work with and respect the 

 integrity of regional, state and local program efforts to assure that the programs are 

 being developed in ways that will not duplicate nor interfere with ongoing efforts, but 

 will capture synergistic effects. 



Water quality problems are complex, difficult and expensive to address. No one 

 agency or level of government has adequate resources or expertise to resolve all water 

 quality problems. There is need to identify unique skills of agencies and to deliver the 

 mix of skills that are most appropriate for site-specific solutions of identified water 

 quality problems. This will require cooperative efforts of all agencies and all levels of 

 government. 



It is important to have coordination and integration of multi-agency programs at the 

 point of delivery. Effective coordination is often enhanced if individuals are assigned 

 the specific task of facilitating coordination. Individuals closest to the problems can 

 most effectively elicit support and collaboration of persons in other agencies but need 

 the authority, leadership and resources to support their efforts. They need the 

 empowerment from their respective agency heads to develop and implement their 

 programs in a coordinated way in the field (Gale et. al, 1993). 



Within states, a council could be set-up at the state level to provide for program 

 coordination. Representation from appropriate federal, state and local agencies and 

 organizations would assure appropriate program development and implementation. 

 Within specifically targeted areas, local councils or task forces with appropriate agency 

 representatives, would have responsibilities for guiding on-site multi-agency program 

 implementation. 



When watersheds are shared between two or more states, interstate compacts could be 

 formed to coordinate state programs. State councils, which already exist in many 

 states, could be asked to facilitate coordination and communication with their 

 counterparts in adjacent states. 



March 23, 1994 



