U.S. General Accounting Office

Effects of Federal Activities on State Water Availability, Management, and Use

55.
Which actions would be most useful in helping your state fulfill federal and tribal rights to water while meeting your state's water management goals? Rank each of the following actions from most useful (1st) to least useful (6th). (Select the action you think would be most useful and rank this action 1st by checking the column under "1st." Select the next most useful action and rank it second, by checking the column under "2nd." Do the same for all the remaining actions, ranking them 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th. Check only one box in each column and one box in each row.)
 
        1st         2nd         3rd         4th         5th         6th    
55a.
Better coordinate participation among federal agencies in the establishment and use of federal or tribal water rights
55b.
Clarify federal policy on tribal governments' authority to sell water rights
55c.
Improve the efficiency of water use, including increasing conservation when applicable, on federal and tribal lands
55d.
Increase financial and technical assistance to states for adjudication of federal and tribal water rights
55e.
Seek more state input into the use of federal or water tribal rights and potential effects on state water management goals
55f.
Streamline federal processes to quantify federal or tribal water rights
   

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