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<br />. OU12~G <br /> <br />1)(, available t() future generations in perpetuity; however. <br /> <br />I he ",ining 'If Wilter can be justified as readily as the mining <br /> <br />')f ',ur other Inin,'rill resources such as gold, oil. or coal. The <br /> <br />practice should be followed only with complete awareness of <br /> <br />1 "e problems to be faced in the future. <br /> <br />Current Development <br /> <br />Much of the water that New Mexico is entitled to under <br /> <br />t.he i.nt.erstate compacts has not yet been applied to beneficial <br /> <br />IIse. And some major works still are needed on our streams <br /> <br />t"r fl')od, sE'diment., ,md c}J,lnnel control. Hc:>wever, with the <br /> <br />help of the federal a~lencies we are making great strides, and <br /> <br />it ilpp('ars thil t the oa 1 ancc ....f Ncw Mexico's entitlements could <br /> <br />Ll{' ilbsorbed hy hcnefi.ciill uses expected to arise in the near <br /> <br />futllre. <br /> <br />In the past. tcn years IIl1reau of Reclamation. Corps 'Jf <br /> <br />!-:nqinf'€'n' and O'.'!J,lrt,mcnt. '.>f J\gri.culture projects completed, <br /> <br />lInder construct inn. ')I' i.n the preconslruction planning stagc <br /> <br />in Nr'w M"xico have il total cost of about $460 million dollars. <br /> <br />"h i f< construction i B not the end of the line. The C'")rps. <br /> <br />tlie BlIrf',Iu, and the! S C S are continuing intensive and extensive <br /> <br />;nvestiqat.i"ns clirected toward the improved control, conservation <br /> <br />and UBI' ....f the stdte' s water resources. The state cooperates <br /> <br />j,\l ;md c'oorclinatf's the work in these planning investigations <br /> <br />4 <br />