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Show Chaffer 5 Policy Problems and Their Relation to Plans for Development Twenty separate policy problems have been iden- tified in water resources development in the Rio Grande Basin. Several, like those relating to water- shed management for controlling erosion, trapping and control of sedimentation, and rehabilitation of water and land resources, are of outstanding im- portance in this basin. Problems are grouped in three categories: A. Problems in Beneficial Use; B. The Character of Development; and C. Distribution of Benefits and Responsibilities. A. Problems in Beneficial Use 1. Effects of expanding defense facilities on water supply and reservation of water for municipal and industrial purposes. 2. Inundation or acquisition of land and facili- ties of established enterprise. 3. Considerations involving preservation and propagation of fish and wildlife and recreation. 4. The extent to which flood plain zoning is prac- ticable. 5. Redistribution of water rights to permit retire- ment of inferior lands and the substitution of higher water use. B. The Character of Development 1. The effect of State water laws, rights, inter- state compacts, and interstate cooperation on water resources development. 2. Extent and nature of programs treating irri- gation and other croplands, and associated sediment problems. 3. Effect of watershed management on stream flow and sediment. 4. Effect of existing Federal policies requiring participation by project beneficiaries of Federal irri- gation and related drainage works. 5. Status of plans and programs for the further development and rehabilitation of resources in the Rio Grande Basin. 6. Adequacy of basic data essential for planning and programing basin development. 7. Policies for power development and power marketing. C. Distribution of Benefits and Responsibilities 1. The place of State and local public and pri- vate participation in planning, programing, financ- ing, and operation. 2. Application of principles of acreage limita- tions with respect to provision of family-size farms and subdivision of lands now in large holdings. 3. Allocation of funds to local political units in lieu of taxes. 4. Effects of international treaties in determining Federal responsibilities in basin developments. 5. The extent of Federal responsibility in rehab- ilitating water and land resources of economically depressed communities. 6. Extent of Federal and State concern with water pollution control. 7. Replacement of highways and bridges. 317 |