Water Research Foundation Act of 1985: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-ninth Congress, First Session, on S. 904 ... June 20, 1985U.S. Government Printing Office, 1985 - 159 pages |
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... serve as the coordinating center for new re- gional and / or State information clearinghouses . Our study also concluded that the research and information functions could be combined within a single organizational entity . Mr. Chairman ...
... serve as the coordinating center for new re- gional and / or State information clearinghouses . Our study also concluded that the research and information functions could be combined within a single organizational entity . Mr. Chairman ...
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... serves as a place to go to get available information . It is the place to go to ask , " Why is that important to me ? " It should not serve as a storehouse , but as a source of where to go for information and the meaning of the ...
... serves as a place to go to get available information . It is the place to go to ask , " Why is that important to me ? " It should not serve as a storehouse , but as a source of where to go for information and the meaning of the ...
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... serves as the place that translates what we know into " Why is that important to you ? " clearinghouse proposed in this bill should serve in that capacity . as a source of should not serve as a storehouse , but should serve " where to ...
... serves as the place that translates what we know into " Why is that important to you ? " clearinghouse proposed in this bill should serve in that capacity . as a source of should not serve as a storehouse , but should serve " where to ...
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... served as chairman of the group . The payoff from research was shown to vary widely . In the completed projects reviewed , the benefit to cost ratio ranged from a low of approximately two in a couple of cases , up to a ratio of well ...
... served as chairman of the group . The payoff from research was shown to vary widely . In the completed projects reviewed , the benefit to cost ratio ranged from a low of approximately two in a couple of cases , up to a ratio of well ...
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... served to make some very strong points concerning the purposes and structure of the Research Planning Center and the ... serve to define research priorities , coordinate existing activities and conduct multi - disciplinary studies ...
... served to make some very strong points concerning the purposes and structure of the Research Planning Center and the ... serve to define research priorities , coordinate existing activities and conduct multi - disciplinary studies ...
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Page 117 - OnJune 11, 1980, the Arizona Legislature passed the Groundwater Management Act. The next day, Governor Bruce Babbitt signed the Act into law, calling it "a statement by the legislature, the mines, cities and agriculture, saying 'We will put the common good above special interests.
Page 119 - ... its water consumption rate by nearly 20 percent in five years. Provisions of the Groundwater Code The Code has two primary goals. The first is to control the severe overdraft of groundwater currently taking place in many parts of Arizona. The second is to provide a means of allocation for the states limited groundwater resources to most effectively meet the changing needs of the state. To carry out the goals of the Code, the legislature established a new state agency, the Department of water...
Page 119 - Code, the legislature established a new state agency, the Department of Water Resources (DWR), which administers all state water laws except those directly regulating water quality. The director of water resources, appointed by the governor, is responsible for all decisions under the Code. Because groundwater problems are not uniform statewide, the Code established geographical areas known as Active Management Areas (AMAs), within which intensive management of groundwater is required. This management...
Page 11 - University and am here in my capacity as chairman of the Water Resources Committee of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. I appreciate the opportunity to appear before this committee to express the association's interest in S.