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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br /> Page <br /> Number <br /> Table of Contents i <br /> List of Tables iv <br /> List of Figures v <br /> 1. INTRODUCTION 1 <br /> 1. 1 BACKGROUND 1 <br /> 1 . 1. 1 Purpose of Project 1 <br /> 1. 1. 2 Nature of Project 1 <br /> 1 . 1. 3 History of Project 2 <br /> 1. 2 OBJECTIVE OF STUDY 5 <br /> 1. 3 SCOPE OF STUDY 5 <br /> 2. PHYSICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SETTING. . . 6 <br /> 2. 1 LOCATION 6 <br /> 2. 2 CLIMATE 7 <br /> 2. 3 POPULATION 7 <br /> 2. 4 AGRICULTURE 8 <br /> 2. 4 . 1 Value of Crop Production . . . 10 <br /> 2. 5 ECONOMY 11 <br /> 2. 5 . 1 Direct Effects of Irrigated <br /> Agricultural 11 <br /> 2. 5 . 2 Indirect Effects of Irrigated <br /> Agriculture 12 <br /> 2. 5. 3 Economic Benefits of Project . 14 <br /> 3. HYDROLOGY 16 <br /> 3 . 1 GROUNDWATER 16 <br /> 3. 1. 1 Description of Ogallala <br /> Aquifer 16 <br /> 3. 1. 2 Groundwater Level Trends . . . 18 <br /> 3. 1. 3 Pumping Economics 19 <br /> 3. 2 SOUTH PLATTE RIVER FLOWS 20 <br /> 3. 2. 1 Undeveloped Flows at Balzac. . 21 <br /> 3. 2. 2 Undeveloped Flows at <br /> Julesburg 22 <br /> 3. 2. 3 Trans Mountain Water 22 <br /> 4. PRELIMINARY PROJECT DESIGN 25 <br /> 4 . 1 GENERAL 25 <br /> 4 . 1. 1 Purpose of Preliminary Design. 25 <br /> 4 . 1. 2 Methodolgy 25 <br /> i <br />