WSP10478

• File Number: 8407.600
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications - Kansas General Publications
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 12/1/1942
• Author: Kansas Board of Agri
• Title: Report of the State Board of Agriculture - Volume LXI - Progress on a State Plan of Water Resources Development
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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quantity returned t.o t.he stream through the sewer system then con-
stit.uted the water supply for the next community below. Its
quality is often further impaired by mineral wastes which can be
treated only by dilution. For example, oil-field brines hm'e a con-
eentration of salts one hundred to three hundred times the max:muTll
permitted by public health standards.
TllUs the river becomes wholly undesirable as a 50urce of water
supply. In areas of high coneentration of minerals it fails to sup-
port fish and other aquatic life. Its value for recreation is destroyed
and it becomes a hazard to the health of individuals and communi-
ties along its course.

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General Problems

Aside from the problems along the main stream itself, there are
involved numerous problems of a more local character. There are
acute flood problems on Rock creek at Burlington, Labette creek
at Parsons and along other tributaries which must be dealt with
l3eparately since they cannot all be solved by measures applied to
eontrol floods along the main stream. LoeaUy there ;ue also many
water l3upply problems throughout the basin. The grazing of beef
cattle is one of the principal sources of economic wealth in the
region. Adequate supplies for this purpose must be a.,sured and
made readily available. In some instances upland communities and
industrial enterprises may also require impounded supplies for mu-
nicipal use and manufacturing processes. Needed reereational fa-
cilities frequently become available as a result of such development.
Making such :<upplies available is a part of the general problem of
water conservation of which some aspects are closely related to
erosion control, involving the direct application of measures to deal
with it.
The problem as a whole is extremely complex, and the prepara-
tion of a plan to deal with it in the most satisfactory manner to all
interests involved is influenced by the many factors which must be
taken into account in an area such as this which, with the exeecp-
tion of its water resources, is in \Uany ways already highly de-
veloped.
Briefly stated, the solution of the problem is essentially a matter
of determining first t.he degree and method of development and con-
trol of the water supplies which may be economically justified now;
and, seeond, to plan the needed project units in relation to an ulti-
mate plan of development which would be justified for such future
economic conditions as may be reasonably anticipated.

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