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<br />lower concentrations of the neutralizing calcium. Two organic species, formate and
<br />acetate, were detected in the Laramie samples, but had no significant influence on the
<br />acidity of the silmples.
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<br />8. Ahlbrandt, T.S., 1982, Chronology and sedimentology of some North American cold climate
<br />dune fields, ;11 J. O. Nriagu and R. Troost, comps., Eleventh international congress on
<br />sedimentology, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Aug. 22-27, 1982: v. 11, p. 67.
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<br />9. Ahlbrandt, T.5., and Harris, R.E., 1975, Clastic dikes in the Fountain and Casper formations
<br />(Permo-Pennsylvanian), southeastern Wyoming: Contributions to Geology, v. 14, no. 1, p. 51-
<br />54.
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<br />10. Ahrens, T.P., 1950, Groundwater investigation, Granby Pump Canal, Colorado Big Thompson
<br />Project, Colorado: U.S. Bur. Reclamation.
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<br />11. Aiken, J.D., 1984, Evaluation of legal and institutional arrangements associated with ground
<br />water allocation in the Missouri River basin states: Lincoln, Nebr., Nebr. Water Resour. Center,
<br />Project Completion Report Grant No. 14-34-0001-8412, 88 p.
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<br />12. Aiken, J.D., 1980, The National Water Policy Review and Western Water Rights Law Reform:
<br />An Overview: Nebraska Law Review, v. 59, no. 2, p. 327-344.
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<br />Although economic development has traditionally been accepted as a primary
<br />objective in the formulation of State and federal water policies, the achievement
<br />of most economic development objectives has resulted in increased public concern
<br />regarding the protection and preservation of natural resources. Inconsistent federal
<br />water policies have resulted from the enactment of federal environmental legislation
<br />which conflicts with existing reclamation, flood control, and hydroelectric power
<br />production programs. Water development programs are also being subjected to closer
<br />budgetary examinations than in the past. The proposed major objectives of a review
<br />and development of a national water resources management policy initiated by
<br />President Carter in 1977 included modification of State water laws to meet the
<br />environmental protection and water use efficiency objectives. Strong protests by the
<br />western States resulted in the elimination of this reform in State water rights laws
<br />as an explicit objective. However, several existing innovative water policies adopted
<br />by some western States may serve as models for State and federal officials searching
<br />for water policy alternatives. These include farm-level irrigation water use efficiency
<br />programs in Nebraska; groundwater mining regulations in Nebraska; minimum
<br />streamflow legislation in several western States; procedures for resolving conflicts
<br />between surface and groundwater users in Colorado; and policies for conjunctive
<br />management of groundwater and surface water in Washington and California.
<br />These water law developments are described, and their relevance to other western
<br />States is evaluated. Social, economic, and political objections to reform objectives
<br />constitute the major obstacle to water law reforms. Alternatives which
<br />accommodate development as well as reform objectives are both necessary and
<br />possible. Better integration of federal water programs is perhaps the most important
<br />water policy contribution the federal government could make at this time.
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