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<br />Code's Sept. 1943 Report <br /> <br />The tremendous value of water from wells in this Valley is uni- <br />versally admitted even by those whose river rights might possibly be <br />affecte'd. The tendency in late years is to recognize that wells are a <br />source of immediate relief in case of water shortage and that, even if <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />return flow is affected, the injury so engendered is probably of less <br />importance than the total economic benefits derived. The signifi- <br />cance of this attitude will be recognized from the fact that 80 percent I <br />of tbe pumping plants are operated in conjunction with surface water <br /> <br />I. <br /> <br />rights. It has the effect of diminishing the probability of litigation. <br />Such litigation could have far-reaching results of undesirable char- <br />acter unless it was properly presented in court and was of rather <br />broad scope. No legislation should be attempted which is directed <br />at the control of pumping without having at hand competent state- <br />wide data on the subject. The data gathered in the survey of 1940-41 <br />are bl1t a part of the information required for a full understanding' <br />of the problem. <br />