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<br />'"",,'''1\ <br />f''''. :->1 <br />'w.~ <br /> <br />~~F::) <br /> <br />"I' h)'mer's and ranchers who we)'e providing means for the existence of the <br /> <br />!nun ic rpallt ies tn the Uncompahgre Valley, These fa rme rs and rancher's ha ve <br /> <br />L,,' mor'e than 70 years lieen hauling water in wagons and in the back of pickups <br /> <br />t" pcuvidp the domestic water supply for their families, In recent years there <br /> <br />ha \ (, been a ft.w domestlC' water' systems organized in the rural areas to pro- <br />, , <br /> <br />,'i.ii' a centl'al station of domestic water service, Tbese systems senie only <br /> <br />In the more densely populated areas and the bulk of the far'mers and ranchers <br /> <br />'" 11"" lincol11pahgl'p Vallev are still without a central station of water supply, <br /> <br />1'11<' economv of t11P area is primarily agricultllral and In tbe present <br /> <br />s(",,' "I' prices lOr agr'icultur'al products, the farmers and ranchers have a <br /> <br />must dJfficult tinw keepmg thetr heads above lIater economically, Livestock <br /> <br />is 1Ill' base of the econonl\' of the area and even the most efficient Jivcstoek <br /> <br />operator h"s been losing gr'o'll1d ('('onomically fot, the past 10 year's, Without <br /> <br />some additional inc',)tne,this art'a, \\'bicb is on the verge of economic disaster, <br /> <br />\V111 not sUl'vi\"t'. <br /> <br />The' "',Jt1strnct 1<Jl1 of th,' I Jallas Creek ]'roject will make possible addi- <br /> <br />tie>l1Cll economic development 111 t}H~ al'ea in the form of tOllrist attractions and <br /> <br />,~mall industry )0 supplement the economy of present Clgl'iculturaJ industr'y <br /> <br />It, till' l'ncomp"hgre \'alley, The construction of the domest!(' water' svstem <br /> <br />lS ,d~ pr'in1c in1p()r~:lnl'f' to this over-~dl progJ'cHn. \\:ith (jomt'stic \vater aVf!il- <br /> <br />"hJ,' thi'e>llghout the Uneompahgre Valle\', the possioilities of small industries <br /> <br />] (J<"il ing Iwee 1,1'111 bp 121'",,11:, pnhanc't'd, It wllJ pt'omotc the standal'd of liVing <br /> <br />(,;' il,(' i'<:'ll'lP('I'S ,H1d t'dnch{"~s \\ho art' 3tl'ugglin.~ tl) t"n;-lke a li\"ing nnd will pel'- <br /> <br />I"" ,hl'tn Ie> de"'"t,, much of their time and talents, '.I'hlCII arc pt'Psenl1y being <br /> <br />\\";'-l:':"itcd in hauling water, to producti.ve uses. fvlan.y of the pt.:.oplc li\'11l,g in the <br /> <br />-3- <br />