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Show TELEPHONE: EXECUTIVE 3300 THE PRESIDENT'S WATER RESOURCES POLICY COMMISSION 718 EIGHTEENTH STREET NW. WASHINGTON 25, D. C. COMMISSIONERS MORRIS L. COOKE CHAIRMAN GILBERT F. WHITE VICE CHAIRMAN PAUL S. BURGESS LEWIS WEBSTER JONES SAMUEL B. MORRIS December 1, 1950 Mr. Morris L* Cooke Chairman, The President's Water j Resources Policy Commission Washington 2f>, D* C. Dear Mr, Chairman: I am transmitting herewith a survey entitled "Ten Rivers in America's Future." It consists of studies of the Alabama-Coosa, Central Valley of California, Colorado, Columbia, Connecticut, Missouri, Ohio, Potomac, Rio Grande, and Tennessee River Basins, prepared by the two Committees on River Program Analysis and mem- bers of the Commission staff* These studies were based on exten- sive data, many of which were compiled especially for this purpose by Federal departments and agencies responsible for water and land resources activities* Each of the ten basins analyzed has been studied as a whole in terms of its problems and potentialities* The resulting survey may be considered a progress report for the Commission and the public on water development in the major regions of America* While this survey does not represent a complete examination of all details of the water resources programs of these basins, the important policy problems have been carefully analyzed in terms of the particular characteristics of each basin* The analyses would not have been possible without the devoted and fair-minded participation of committee members assigned to the Commission by the Federal agencies having responsibilities in the field of water resources development* As committee chairman, I owe them a debt of gratitude, both for the wise counsel and the exten- sive time and effort which they gave* I also wish to express appre- ciation to the Commission staff for their equally fine work* Their contribution in research, compilation, and editing has been invalu- able* Sincerely yours . urs ./^ Edward A* Ackerman Geographer-in-Cnarge |