Accession Number:

ADA037566

Title:

Comprehensive Study of Water and Related Land Resources. Puget Sound and Adjacent Waters.

Descriptive Note:

Summary rept.,

Corporate Author:

PACIFIC NORTHWEST RIVER BASINS COMMISSION VANCOUVER WASH

Personal Author(s):

• Neale,Alfred T.
• Steinborn,Sydney
• Chavez,I. Paul
• Kehne,Lewis F.
• Phillips,Earl L.

Report Date:

1971-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

274.0

Abstract:

This report describes the expected needs of the Puget Sound Areas future population for water and related land resources projected to the year 2020 and presents a comprehensive plan for meeting these needs. This plan is intended as a guide to the future use of water and related land resources. Along with a plan and alternatives, a discussion of the effects of the plan on the Area and the requirements of implementation are included together with the conclusions and recommendations of the Puget Sound Task Force. The Summary Report is supplemented by fifteen appendices. Appendix I contains a digest of public hearings. Appendices II through IV contain studies on the political, natural and economic environments. Appendices V through XIV each contain an inventory of present status, present and future needs, and a means to satisfy the needs, based upon a single use or control of water, Appendix XV contains a detailed description of the Comprehensive Plan for the Puget Sound Area and its individual basins and describes the alternatives considered in formulating this multiple-purpose plan.

Descriptors:

• *ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
• *WATER RESOURCES
• *PUGET SOUND
• ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
• NAVIGATION
• PLANNING
• USER NEEDS
• PUBLIC RELATIONS
• WATERSHEDS
• INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
• WATER QUALITY
• LAND USE
• WATER TRAFFIC
• AGRICULTURE
• BASINS(GEOGRAPHIC)
• URBAN AREAS
• WATER DISTRIBUTION
• WATER SUPPLIES
• FLOOD CONTROL
• RURAL AREAS
• FEDERAL LAW
• STATE LAW
• WASHINGTON(STATE)

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE