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Show e. That construction of presently authorized flood control improvements be implemented as rapidly as funds and satisfactory local cooperation can be made available. This acceleration is essential to partially alleviate the 198O needs and the growing flood damage potential as the area becomes urbanized, to minimize disruptions to normal pursuits, to prevent increasing possibilities of loss of life and property, and to generally improve the well-being of the people of the Region, f. That flood plain information studies and effective flood plain management programs be accelerated to avoid potential flood damages. g. That improved evaluation procedures be established for measuring the impacts of water and related land resource developments on esthetic, ecologic, public health, fish and wildlife, and other environmental aspects. A better measurement of these intangible effects is needed to more accurately weigh the relative merits of alternative development opportunities. h. That Federal, state, and local agencies should monitor, coordinate, participate in, and support early completion of the Western United States Water Plan studies, especi- ally those studies pertaining to importation of water to the Colorado River by 1990. Such importation should include the water required to satisfy the United States' obligation for delivery of water to Mexico under the Mexican Water Treaty, thereby relieving the States of the Colorado River Basin of the burden of meeting this obligation. i.. That implementation of an effective salinity control pro- gram in the Colorado River Basin be given high priority. Because salinity control in the Upper Colorado Region has a major effect on the salinity in the lower Colorado River, support should be given for a basinwide salinity control program. j • That studies of the quality of ground water in the Gila Subregion be intensified to determine the rate of degra- dation with continuation of current water-use practices, the effects of augmentation programs, and the effects of alternative solutions to ground-water degradation. ki. That present studies be accelerated to locate potential power sources, to determine locations for electric power plants and transmission facilities, and to devise new technologies for minimizing adverse environmental effects. 148 |
