Water Resources Planning and Management Goals

The goal of water resources planning and management is to utilize water related resources for national economic gain, regional development, enhance the environment, and provide social betterment. Nevertheless, it must be recognized that because of great demands the resources, including dollars must be carefully husbanded. Only those projects or programs clearly fitting a national long-range plan should be inplemented with Federal funds. A system of priority selection is needed to assure that only those projects having high justification will be placed in the budget cycle for implementation. Water resources planners must develop new techniques to shorten the time required to plan and foreset priorities. They must improve reporting methods and present all relevant factors. By so doing they will be playing a more decisive role in the decision-making process.