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TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) <br />Page <br />Environmental Effects ................57 <br />Water Utilization .....................58 <br />FLOOD DAMAGES ........................ 58 <br />Present Situation ....................... 58 <br />Flood Problems ........................59 <br />Elkhorn Subbasin ....................59 <br />Loup Subbasin ......................59 <br />Upper Platte Subbasin ............... 59 <br />Lower Platte Subbasin ............... 60 <br />Summary of Flood Damages ......... 60 <br />Current Flood Costs ................. 60 <br />Future Prospects Without a Plan ..... 61 <br />AGRICULTURAL WATER ..................62 <br />Irrigation ............................... 62 <br />Historical and Present Development ..62 <br />Future Development Without a Plan ..65 <br />Economic Impact of Future Irrigation <br />Development ..................... 74 <br />Livestock Water ........................75 <br />MUNICIPAL, RURAL DOMESTIC, AND <br />INDUSTRIAL WATER SUPPLIES .....76 <br />Municipal Water Supplies ............... 76 <br />Rural Domestic Water Supplies .......... 77 <br />Industrial Water Supplies ............... 77 <br />Water Quality .......................... 78 <br />Future Conditions Without a Plan ....... 78 <br />LAND CONSERVATION AND <br />MANAGEMENT .....................78 <br />vii <br />Page <br />Present Situation ....................... 78 <br />The Problem of Soil Loss ............... 79 <br />Sheet and Rill Erosion ...............79 <br />Gully Erosion ....................... 80 <br />Stream Erosion ...................... 80 <br />Wind Erosion ........................ 80 <br />The Problem of Water Quality ........... 80 <br />The Problem of Drainage ............... 80 <br />Present and Future Conditions Without <br />Plan .............................81 <br />Land Treatment ..................... 81 <br />Cost of Treatment ................... 82 <br />Soil Losses ..........................82 <br />Drainage ............................82 <br />Needs and Opportunities ................ 83 <br />ELECTRIC POWER ........................ 83 <br />Present Situation .......................83 <br />Hydroelectric Plants .................... 84 <br />Thermal - Electric Plants ................. 84 <br />Future Power and Energy Demands ..... 86 <br />Future Power Plant Locations ........... 86 <br />Future Problems ........................87 <br />WATER QUALITY CONTROL .............. <br />88 <br />Present Wastewater Treatment .......... <br />88 <br />Individual Disposal Systems .......... <br />88 <br />Municipal Treatment Systems ........ <br />88 <br />Industrial Wastes ....................88 <br />Feedlot Wastes ......................88 <br />Agricultural Runoff .....................89 <br />Future Problems and Opportunities ...... <br />89 <br />