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TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) <br />Page <br />PAST, PRESENT AND PROJECTED SOCIO- <br />ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS .... 23 <br />Present Economy ....................... 25 <br />Population and Education ...............25 <br />Employment ............................ 27 <br />Income and Earnings ...................28 <br />PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES ....... 28 <br />Highway Systems ....................... 28 <br />Railroads .. .............................29 <br />Air Service .............................29 <br />Communications .......................29 <br />Pipelines .. .............................29 <br />Electric Power .......................... 29 <br />Outdoor Recreation ..................... 30 <br />Water Storage and Control Structures ... 30 <br />Major Storage Reservoirs ............30 <br />Flood Control Projects ............... 31 <br />LAWS, POLICIES AND ADMINISTRATION <br />OF WATER AND RELATED <br />LAND RESOURCES .................33 <br />State Water Laws, Policies, and <br />Administration .................... 33 <br />Surface Water .......................33 <br />Ground Water .......................34 <br />Water Quality Standards .............34 <br />Flood Plain Management .............34 <br />Interstate Compacts and Court Decrees .35 <br />The South Platte River Compact ...... 35 <br />The North Platte Decree ............. 35 <br />vi <br />Page <br />Federal Water Laws and Policies ........35 <br />The U. S. Constitution ............... 36 <br />Irrigation ............................ 36 <br />Municipal and Industrial Water Supply 36 <br />Flood Control .......................36 <br />Environmental Quality ...............37 <br />CHAPTER 3 — HISTORICAL, PRESENT, AND <br />FUTURE CONDITIONS WITHOUT <br />A PLAN <br />LAND RESOURCES AVAILABILITY AND <br />DEVELOPMENT ..................... 41 <br />Land Ownership ........................ 41 <br />Land Utilization and Development .......42 <br />Agricultural Land ....................... 42 <br />Nonagricultural Land ...................43 <br />WATER RESOURCES AVAILABILITY <br />AND DEVELOPMENT ................46 <br />Surface Water .......................... <br />46 <br />Seasonal Variations .................. <br />48 <br />Surface Water Quality ............... <br />50 <br />Ground Water .......................... <br />52 <br />Interrelationship of Surface and <br />Ground Water ....................54 <br />Ground Water Quality ............... <br />55 <br />Effects of Present Water Usage .......... <br />56 <br />Surface Water Supply ................56 <br />Changes in Ground Water Levels ..... <br />56 <br />Economic Effects .................... <br />57 <br />