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<br />salinity and non-point source* contamination will be included in future <br />considerations, The water problems of the next 100 years could consist of increased <br />social and legal conflicts, since water, for the most part, is appropriated. It is already <br />over appropriateduon paper, at least, <br />Mounting tensions over the most efficient use of water and the increasing <br />demand for water can be lessened only by conscious effort. Coloradans need to <br />consider the best use of all the state's water, Joining together to solve common water <br />problems will be challenging but most worthwhile. Water systems used by past <br />civilizations, as well as those used in Colorado, will be considered as models in the <br />public discussions, <br />Values regarding water held by traditional societies in arid areas differ from our <br />values, Traditional societies practiced conservation by restricting almost all uses to <br />subsistence activities, Those who study the water use of traditional societies conclude <br />that these societies have used and consumed, per person, only a fraction of the water <br />consumed by our society, <br /> <br /> <br />fountain near Phoenix <br /> <br />Today's values about water use and management differ <br />from those of indigenous people in the Southwest <br />iv <br />