The 1978 General Assembly adopted Senate Joint Resolution No. 1 which calls for the continued study and analysis of the water supply and allocation problems of the entire Commonwealth, with a report, including recommended solutions, and such implementing legislation as deemed necessary and advisable. A 12-member State Water Study Commission was appointed to accomplish this task .

The Commission has held eight public hearings and has heard more than 20 hours of testimony in an effort to identify and evaluate possible alternatives for the water supply problems of the State. However, the magnitude and complexity of the work presents a formidable task and the Commission recognizes that it indeed has much additional inquiries, analyses, and investigations yet to be accomplished in the preparation of its final report due no later than December 1, 1979.

This interim report presents the status of the work of the Commission subsequent to its report December, 1977.

Respectfully submitted,

J. Lewis Rawls, Jr.
Chairman