Pacific Southwest Water Plan - Proposed Draft Letter of Transmittal

Document: Pacific Southwest Water Plan- Proposed Draft Letter of Transmittal- Secretary to the President, December 1963, page 7In transmitting the report to the Governors of the most directly affected States I made it crystal clear that while the report had been approved as a proposed report for transmittal in accordance with the Flood Control Act of 1944, nevertheless as Secretary I had made no final judgments concerning the component parts of the plan and that it was my intention to maintain an open mind on all of its details until the comments and recommendations received in the course of the statutory review were taken into account. The obvious thoroughness with which the proposed report was reviewed by the affected States and Federal agencies, the statesmanlike nature of the comments submitted, the constructiveness of the many suggestions received, and the prompt responses were most gratifying. The suggestions for modification and improvement of the proposed plan were most valuable. They were instrumental in decisions leading to revision of the proposed plan and preparation of this final report. The wide acceptance and support expressed for the braod underlying concepts of a comprehensive regional approach, establishment of a Pacific Southwest Development Fund, and the attainment of optimum use of existing water supplies through maximum emphasis on water salvage, combined with the broad recognition of the great potential of desalting as a major future source of new water supply, constitute strong evidence that there exists common ground on which the leaders of the Pacific Southwest can unite in forging solutions to their interrelated water problems. 7Epson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 2,710,033 byte