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<br />Water needs assessment (Section 6) <br /> <br />· Assessment of future M&I and agricultural water <br />needs <br />· Potential approaches to defining environmental <br />and recreational flow enhancements <br />· Identified projects and processes <br />· M&I gaps in each basin <br /> <br />Rio Grande Basin <br /> <br />· The Rio Grande Compact and the effects of <br />sustained drought make new water development <br />very difficult. <br />· Agricultural water use is at unsustainable levels. <br />· Economic impacts of reducing irrigation use of <br />groundwater supplies will be difficult to address. <br />· Groundwater is a key component of water use in <br />the basin for both M&I and agriculture. <br /> <br />45 <br /> <br />46 <br /> <br />23 <br />