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<br /> <br />~ ..... . - <br />"(.v':, <br /> <br />eral times. The proce"." of de!Jalinalion of hrack- <br />i~h ....'aler i~ being refined and improved. and it is <br />hoped it \,-ill e\entuall~ hetunu; mure economical. <br />Irri~ation. municipal. and indu"'lrial u~e could <br />all be n;gulated by the Statc'" to maintain ccollom";' <br />of u_t' and prc\cnt \\'3-te. Surplu." surface water <br />could b(. "wred in underg-rnllnd f'f"ervoirs. XOIll' <br />of the~" mea.-ureo; is casy or incxpen~h'c. hut 'Ome <br />or all of them will lx-rorne n('ce~sa,: as time e:{~ <br />on, <br />I n the P;\_'t. the problem u~ed to be to lot'ate <br />iZwund-watcf "lJppliC!i. Xow. with ~ea[" of cx- <br />pc'rit'n((' behind Ihrm. e:('olop~{.." and w['1I drilkf!' <br />can find waler \c,: quickly and easily. The real <br />problem i~ not to find waler hul to e\'i1luate the <br />g-round.walc-r w'-Oune and to manage it prudent. <br />Iy, once \\c haw found it. <br />Ground wat('r i." our principal re,;crn' source <br />of frc'..h water. You may not ha\'e a wdl on <br />your propcny. You, a:> an indi\'idual. ma} me <br /> <br />26 <br /> <br />linle or no ground water. Yet your city, the in. <br />du",!"";' where you are employed. or the farm that <br />produces ;'/)m(' of your food may depend on <br />~round \.-ater for "uppl} or for emergency rc- <br />SCf\'C. If a nuclear war ,hould contaminate <br />surfa{-e watcr "upplie.... ~ound.\'ater re.<,cf\'oin <br />may hc~ tht' principal or ewn thl" onll uncon- <br />taminaled ~o\lrce~ of water. . <br />Thus. eH': indi\'idual ha., a ~take in our <br />grollnd.\\'a!cr rl"sourn.', whl"thn he is a .... ell o.....ner <br />or not. Group" of indi\'iduals in a community <br />"ill haw to mak(' dN:i~ion_" regarding water sup- <br />ply and di"po"al-----<ieri"ioru. which may affect the <br />l{Tounu-\,atcr resource. or lx- affened by it. The <br />citizc'n can make a sounder deci"ion if h(' has <br />-;()mc' under;"!.lnding- of the principles of ground- <br />water occurrence. Ewn the ~imple facts. con- <br />tained in this primer call help pt'op!l" make \\'i"er <br />judgment.'; about thc 1I"i' of our f,.'Tound-water <br />[{";,,(Juree. <br /> <br />o(:U.S-~tIV<f""""'O$0fl'lC['too---o-7"_7" <br /> <br />