Linstromberg, Robin2023-05-022023-05-021959-06https://hdl.handle.net/1794/28233245 pagesPublic policy for water is a national problem of major proportions and significance. Industrial and domestic water supplies have become increasingly inadequate to meet needs throughout the country. The problem of developing power sources from replaceable water resources becomes more pressing as the reserved of irreplaceable mineral power resources decline. In every major river basin of the United States, the annual losses from the ravages of flood are substantial. In the arid regions of the nation, an expansion of developed water resources appears to precede economic expansion; and available water supplies appear to offer an effective constraint upon economic expansion in even the more humid areas. The Mid-Century Conference on Resources for the Future concluded: The Nation’s base of water resources could be so diminished during the next 25 years as to precipitate a series of critical situations. Some ground water reservoirs could be exhausted, pollution could creep farther along the streams, the land cover of watershed areas could deteriorate further. Major needs for electric power, for cultivable lands, for municipal supplies could go unmet.enCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-UStaxeseconomic activitydemandThesis / Dissertation