Problems Affecting Usefulness of the National Water Assessment
CED-77-50
Published: Mar 23, 1977. Publicly Released: Mar 23, 1977.
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The Water Resources Council is conducting the 1975 National Water Assessment in cooperation with Federal, State and regional agencies. Scheduled for completion in December 1977, the project should cost $6.8 million. Problems have appeared raising doubts about the reliability and usefulness of the assessment. The agencies involved have been unable to resolve some discrepancies in the water data and some have questioned the assessment's usefulness.
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