We are not attempting to dump responsibility tor this in the
hands of our neighbors. While the Monocacy rises in Adams County,
Pennsylvania, by far the greater watershed area is in Frederick and
Carroll Counties, in Maryland. Then, too, the Cotoctin, Antietam
Creek, the Conococheague and many other streams of Western Mary-
land are tributaries. We do emphasize, though, that the protection
and the improvement of the Potomac River system is a joint obli-
gation, since improvements and controls to a very large degree must
take place on the tributaries. In this connection, it is fortunate that
the benefits from improvement and control will accrue proportion-
ately to the tributary areas.

It is the consensus of those who have knowledge of the subject we
are discussing this morning that the next twenty-five years will bring
about great changes in the Monocacy-Central Maryland area. Men
who study the great expansion of our country foresee the Washing-
ton and Baltimore metropolitan areas developing in a pincers move-
ment upon the Monocacy area. But let me remind you — the eco-
nomic development will depend to a great extent on the availability
of adequate supplies of good-quality water. In fact, the development
of this whole great metropolis will be limited pretty much by our
ability to protect and develop the water resources.

For your information, in the legislative session of this year, the
Interstate Compact was amended so as to pave the way for cooper-
ation in this river development. The District of Columbia has for-
mally indorsed the amendment. The legislatures of West Virginia
and Pennsylvania will consider it in 1961, the General Assembly of
Virginia, in 1962. We believe that the broadening and strengthen-
ing of this compact will be beneficial to everyone concerned, and
we look forward to favorable consideration by our neighbors.

State government must of necessity play an increasing role in water
development and management programs, particularly in the plan-
ning stages. In an article he wrote for a publication of the Council
of State Governments, Harvey O. Bankers, Director of the California
State Department of Water Resources, said the states "stand in a
unique position to insure the best development of their water re-
sources for the benefit of their citizens, " provided, he added, "each
state sets up a water program adequate for its needs and carries
out that program aggressively. " Since the tributary streams are of so
much importance, many of the programs of state government will
have a bearing on our water program in Maryland. Certainly our

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