What US Water Resources Planning Act (42 USC 1962 et seq.): Comprehensive Coordinated Planning, the Water Resources Council and River Basin Commissions requires
The Water Resources Planning Act, codified at 42 U.S.C. 1962 et seq., establishes the federal framework for comprehensive and coordinated planning of the water and related land resources of the United States. Section 1962 sets the declaration of policy: it is the policy of the Congress to encourage the conservation, development and utilization of water and related land resources of the United States on a comprehensive and coordinated basis by the Federal Government, States, localities and private enterprise, with the cooperation of all affected federal agencies, States, local governments, individuals, corporations, business enterprises and others concerned. The Act creates the institutional machinery to carry out that policy. Section 1962a establishes the Water Resources Council, composed of senior federal officials, with responsibilities including the continuing study of the adequacy of supplies of water necessary to meet the water requirements of each region, the establishment of principles, standards and procedures for federal participants in the preparation of comprehensive regional or river basin plans, and the maintenance of a national assessment of water resources. Section 1962b provides for the establishment of river basin commissions, on the request of the Council or affected States, to serve as the principal agency for the coordination of federal, state, interstate, local and nongovernmental plans for the development of water and related land resources in their areas and to prepare and keep updated comprehensive joint plans. The Act is the legal foundation of coordinated, basin-scale water-resources planning in the United States, designed to replace fragmented single-agency planning with a comprehensive, multi-jurisdictional approach.
Pillar: Water & Environmental Resources · Authority: US Congress / Water Resources Council and river basin commissions · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
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- Water Resources Planning Act, 42 U.S.C. 1962 - policy to encourage conservation, development and utilization of water and related land resources on a comprehensive and coordinated basis.
- Water Resources Planning Act, 42 U.S.C. 1962 - cooperation of the Federal Government, States, localities and private enterprise.
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