Preface -- Orientation to the Social Assessment -- Introduction, Purpose of This Book, and Organizing Assumptions -- The Social Well-Being Account Within the Multiple Objectives Planning Context -- The Foundation of the Social Well-Being Account -- Theoretical and Methodological Basis for a Social Well-Being Account -- The Structure and Organization of the Social Well-Being Account -- Instructions for the Preparation of the Social Assessment -- Organizing the Preparation of the Social Assessment -- Basic Water Development Context and the Various Plans -- The General History, Social Profile, and Community Characteristics of the Planning Area -- The Social Impacts and Effects of the Alternative Plans -- Summary of Social Benefits and Adverse Effects Across Plans -- The Recommendation of a Plan with Optimal Balance of Beneficial and Adverse Effects -- Tables to be Used in Preparing the Social Well-Being Account.