The Meramec Basin : water development plans, needs and problems, alternatives solutions

Abstract

"This publication had its beginning when the Meramec Basin Association expressed need for a review of the proposed plans and clarification of problems and issues associated with development of the Basin. Thus, the purpose of this report is threefold: (1) to review the plans proposed for the Meramec River Basin, (2) to identify some of the problems, needs and opportunities associated with the development of the water resources in the Basin and, (3) to discuss alternative courses of action, insofar as possible, on the problems that require action or decisions by public bodies. This publication had its beginning when the Meramec Basin Association expressed need for a review of the proposed plans and clarification of problems and issues associated with development of the Basin. Thus, the purpose of this report is threefold: (1) to review the plans proposed for the Meramec River Basin, (2) to identify some of the problems, needs and opportunities associated with the development of the water resources in the Basin and, (3) to discuss alternative courses of action, insofar as possible, on the problems that require action or decisions by public bodies. ... Alternatives are discussed, but in some cases additional questions are raised for further consideration. Adequate data were not always available to clarify thoroughly all the manifest and. latent consequences of alternative courses of action. But this report should be useful to Missouri citizens who are concerned with the problems and opportunities associated with development of the water resources in the Meramec Basin." --Preface.