The Ohio River basin commission how to manage a river basin with out threatening or expanding existing authorities
The states and the federal agencies of the Ohio River Basin have learned through the years to jointly manage their water resources without having to create a new institutional authority. The Ohio River Basin Commission's nine years of experience has proven to be an inexpensive approach requiring only small marginal increases in total expenditures and professional staff applied to the management of the basin's resources. The Commission operates on a consensus rule, whihc gives each state and federal member equal status. While the Commission provides a basic forum for working out agreements, it does not threaten or impose its will upon the existing institutional entities in the basin nor does it dilute present authorities and responsibilities. The Commission conducts its business by integrating the work of literrally thousands of professionals rather than a handful or technical staff employed by the Commission. The successes of the Commission are due to the cooperative spirit and willingness of the participants to compromise, and in reaching solutions, to implement those agreed to solutions within their own authorities. The problems addressed by the Commission are limited only by the willingness of the Commission itself
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Minneapolis, Minn. (EUA)
1981
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| Subjects: | ASPECTOS INSTITUCIONALES, MANEJO DE CUENCAS, CUENCA RIO OHIO, ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA, |
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