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Key Findings <br />îððð б°«´¿¬·±²ô ×®®·¹¿¬»¼ ß½®»­ ¿²¼ Ú´±©­ <br />400,000 <br />310,000 <br />110,000 <br />N. <br />N. <br />LARAMIE <br />LARAMIE <br />PLATTE <br />PLATTE <br />1,530,000 <br />YAMPA <br />YAMPA <br />SOUTH PLATTE <br />SOUTH PLATTE <br />WHITE <br />WHITE <br />560,000 <br />4,500,000 <br />COLORADO <br />COLORADO <br />510,000 <br />164,000 <br />EAST SLOPE <br />EAST SLOPE <br />WEST SLOPE <br />WEST SLOPE <br />Population: <br />Population: <br />3,869,000 <br />467,000 <br />Irrigated Acres: <br />Irrigated <br />320,000 <br />1,780,000 <br />2,270,000 <br />Acres: <br />880,000 <br />13 <br />Key Findings <br />5. Conflicts Over Use of Groundwater are Increasing <br />•Groundwater use is affected by both legal and <br />physical constraints <br />•Need for augmentation of agricultural alluvial <br />groundwater pumping <br />•Reliance on non-renewable, non-tributary <br />groundwater raises serious reliability and <br />sustainability concerns <br />•Issues associated with designated groundwater <br />basins <br />14 <br />7 <br />