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THE principal constructive feature of the Joint Committee's report is its recommendation that a statutory Central Advisory Water Board should be set up, comprising representatives of the various ministries affected and other interested bodies, such as catchment and fishery boards, water undertakers and mill and riparian owners. In addition, it recom mends the extension and development of the nine Regional Advisory Committees, at present in existence in various parts of the country, by the addition of three or four others, so as to cover the remaining; areas, and it expresses the view that these bodies,, which are purely voluntary with representation con fined to water undertakers and the Ministry of Health, should be enlarged to include representatives of the-catchment boards and other interests, and that they should discuss and report to the Central Advisory Water Board on any difficulties or differences and on general matters concerning their respective areas. The Central Board would collect and marshal all the available statistical data and information of the country's water resources and requirements, and advise the appropriate Minister as to the initiation of any schemes or proposals considered necessary in the public interest. The Central Board should further submit reports to all Select Committees of Parliament considering Bills on water supply, and make an annual report to be laid before both Houses of Parliament. The Joint Committee's report also deals with the question of compensation water, admittedly beset with complications, some of which are pointed out. Rejecting the formula proposed by the Ministry of Health, and indeed any formula, since no suitable formula can be found for general application, the Joint Committee concludes its report with a statement of the considerations which must apply in the assessment of compensation water, each case being, of necessity, determined on its particular merits.
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Proposed Central Advisory Water Board. Nature 138, 319 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138319c0
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