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0(, " n (\ 0 U.:IU., .1 THE ADOlilON Or PROJECT WATER TO THE WATER SUPPLIES OF THE SOUTH PLATTt VALLEY HAS , By ~o MEANS ELIMINATED WATE~ SUPPLY PROBLEMS IN THE DISTRICT. THE INCREASED USE OF IRRIGATION WELLS IN THE VALLEY TO SUPPLEMENT wATER AVAilABLE THROUGH SURFACE DIVERSIONS AND TO SUPPLY fULL JRAIGATION REQUIREMENTS OF LIMITED AREAS HAS CREATED GROWiNG COMPET1- liON FOR THE AVAILABLE WATER. ATTEMPTS ARE CURRENTLY BEING MADE TO FIND WAYS TO RESOLVE CONTROVERSIES THAT HAVE ARISEN BETWEEN SURFACE AND GROUND-WATER USERS THRDUGHOUT THE SlATE. COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES ARE NOW UNDERWAY TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM. THESE WILL BE DISCUSSED LATER IN THIS REPORT. THE STABILIZING EFPEcr OF THE ADDITION OF PRO~ECT WATER SUPPLIES TO THE ECONOMY OF IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE IN THE DISTRICT IS REFL~CTED TO SOME DEGREE IN THE ACCELERATED GROWT~ Or CITIES ~NQ URa~N ~RE~S ~ITH\N RECLNT YE~RS. NU~EROUS, RUR~L OOMESTIC WATeR ASSOCIATIONS AND DISTRICTS ~~VE ALSO BEEN FOAMED TO SERVE RURAL AREAS WITH TREATED WATER FOR DOMESTIC USE. ACQUISITION OF THE ADDITIONAL, RAW WATER SUPPLIES REQUIRED BV THE CITIES AND THE RURAL DOMESTICS TO MEET T~E GROWING NEED HAS RESULTED IN A GRADUAL SHIFT OF WATER FROM IRRIGATION TO MUNIC!PAl, DOMESTIC, AND INDUSTRIAL USES. IN PROPORTION TO THE TOTAL WATER USAGE FOR ALL PURPOSES, THE QUANTITV SO CHAN~EO IS NOT LARGE. IT DOES, NEVERTHELESS, ADD TO THE GROWING COMPETITION FOR THE AVAlLAaLE WAltR SUPPLIES IN THE SOUTH PLATTE VALLEY. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * THE REMAINDER o~ T~IS REPORT COVERS THE ACTIVITIES O. THE DISTRICT FOR THE 1966-1967 FISCAL YEAR. THE DETAILED RECORDS OF THE YEAR'S OPERATIONS ARE CONTAINED IN THE "STATIS- TICAL ApPENDIX" TO THE REPORT. . -6-