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<br />"I,'n "f Ihe L,'klf.l,k, ~lIrreme Li'un In
<br />1~75, ,I p.:fs<>n (.mnl'l -....Ih-J~'.- W,llt'r ,md
<br />(('Un! Ih.lI w,llef .b p,nt ,,1 ;] W.ller n:;:hl
<br />If Ihis appn1.l..:h wac (,lk.:n" J((,'rdln~ [.'
<br />(hc ((,un"s "pInIL'n, ~the uS<:' "I .1 p"wer
<br />",IW (IT a nulld":L'r \Hluld !'!.ent'r,lIe ,I bdler
<br />w,lh:r nghl Ihan the eilrhe<;1 da.:h on Ih,'
<br />n\t':f The roun rukd lhat Jny ....lh-.lgcd
<br />waler hd,'ngs 1.1 Ih\.' w,ltt'r<;hed" nl't Ihe
<br />mdindual \\hl' T,'JU(C!- ,'\"Jp..'TJlIl'l1 .'r
<br />fl.'m,wes W.llef-Ilm:;t\ pl.mt"
<br />-",l\'ed- W31,'r. ,I:> I'l'p..'~cd hI fl.'tUrn
<br />n,m5 ,'r s-11v'1c,ed w.ller b n,)1 \.";pr"551\
<br />ddmed In C"II'rJd" \\Jta 1,1\\ Jnd Ihat'.
<br />f,)fe, 15 also much dch'llt'd l:5mg It\('
<br />sallW <;(Tnano, Jll tfngJtLlT Whet fl'ptlL't'S J
<br />prl'\"I,'u"ly unlLn,'d dULh wlIh pip" -:'41\',,"'-
<br />wal,'l hy rcdu(ll1g ;"eel',I,c'" H,'\\\.'\'Cf,
<br />unlike W,ltl'r 1.";<;1 h' c\-ap,'ratl,'n, thIS ,;eep-
<br />.l,ge w,'uld h,1\"o.' ft'turned to ne,uh\ nn-ro;;
<br />or JqUlfers alld \It.'en u",'d by I'ther W,ltL'f
<br />uS<-'rs I" fulfil1lhelr waIn nghLs
<br />..;", em Ih.: ungaL,'r :;.ell "s;l\ed'" \\,,11L'f
<br />Of US<:' It tll Irn);Jte nlLlf!: a..rcs~ Ag.lln th,'
<br />JnswL'f IS nl' l:kcall",' J\I'\-n~!reJm 1I~'r5
<br />d<.'pend ,>n thc"C fetUrn 11L1W5 tL' lulrill
<br />the If w;-lIef nght5, ""m:d W.llef emn,'t be
<br />Ll(ked ,nllLI In indi\'ldual'5 C\lSl1l1g \\,Il<'T
<br />nght delft',' ,If madc mIll ;1 n('\\' W,llcr
<br />Lil'acc Sa\l'd \\ ,llt'r \\,'uld reJu,.' luWr<'
<br />rclurn 11tlW~ 1'[ surLKe fUl1o!T and shal-
<br />1,1\\ ~,r"tmdw,l!t'T h,1c"k to ncarhy nn,T"-
<br />Tlmln~ l,f thc return !lows llll~ht al;..", be
<br />,llteR'd, Jnd ,)\hcr waler nl;ht'" lllllld bt-
<br />IllJured ,IS a result
<br />!\"fTcnhc1ess, ;;,WIll);. wall.'f III thl'io m.m.
<br />ncr (,m he J. yaluJhle nmmhulI,'ll to w,ltl'r
<br />effiut'nl:", eSp<:'fially dunn~ dl'ou~hl Wala
<br />nO! kIst to ~n'pa~l' (an 1:1.." held III 'I reS<-'r-
<br />'"Olf for Luer U:>l' By nlll1lml::ln~ watef Il'5t
<br />to Sl'ep.lge. nlLl'~ or farmers ("an Illl're elh.
<br />u\.'ntly cllrt'u wal,'r dclLwnC'" t" Ihe de5lrt'J
<br />hllmes llr ridl.b ,\1<'<'1" w,lIer n,1 bnga
<br />di\"t.'nt'd Jl tht' hcaJgJIC W wmfl'-'ll....lte It'r
<br />"'-'epagl.' ,md e\";lpo.'f,Ill<')l1 c.m he left m th,ll
<br />pan t,f Iht' str,'am I,' P"It"t1lt.llly Lmpnlw
<br />J4U,llic h,lhlt;11 ,'r hewmc re,idily .W;IIl.1hle
<br />III other dowlls.tre,lll1 uSt:"f"'<
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<br />Water Delivery Systems
<br />lmprtwmg. IfTlgJtlO1l water deh\a~
<br />systcm~ IS ,Ill Important "trall.'gy Il'l'
<br />ll1..-reasmgagricultural WaleI' use dh(wl1l-y
<br />To rcdu..-c SC'rpag(' .md <,vapor.Ill,'n, dach
<br />nr ifngJII,1n ':\lmp.mlcs (an mu..:ao< the
<br />efftdCIlCY tll thelf water lkhn.'ry sy<'lems
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<br />Efficicnt Water Use in Agriculture
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<br />h\ hmn~ op,.'n <,an hen dllche~ N l',mwn-
<br />1l1~ Ihem 1,1 plpclmt.'s
<br />Results "j J It'-\"e;u ~tud\' (lmdu,"It.'d
<br />by th,' L" Btlfl'.l\I of R,'cl.1m,ltl,m mdl'
<br />..:at,' Ih,ll ltl1ln," JlI..h,'~ ,If rcpbC1n~ tht'm
<br />with bun,'d plf't-'hne5 (an rcdu.:e "",'p.l~e
<br />by ~\' to yl) pt'flcnt Eifcdt\e IInmgs
<br />mclude p;l\"lng m.ucn.lb su,-h ,IS 'l)(l,Tl'IC
<br />npt,o;ed .Illd buncd m,'mbrJ.nt'5 m,ldl' oj
<br />ph~Il,. s~nth<'ll, ruhbl.'f" I'r h.:ntlmU,' (la\'
<br />.IllJ pI.lymcr5 5ulh ,b p"ly.lt'ry\.lmides
<br />H'\\~l'Wr, hnln~ Ilf watt'l' Jdl\"efY
<br />~\'5tcm~ '-Ill dr,IIllJ.Il(.lll, rcdu_t' J.nd .11(a
<br />h1SI,'r1l H'lurn fll'w pJ.tl..:rns III sh.lllll\\
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<br />Uncompahgre Valley Begins
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<br />Replacing Ditches With Pipeline
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<br />The Uncompahgre Valley Waler Users Association III southwest Coloradn began
<br />convening some of ItS {rpen-ducn ddwery system 10 pi]X'hncs III 1999, wnen it
<br />inslalled us first 7.5 miles of pipe_ The association now boasts a 25-milc network of
<br />delIVery pipe and continue<; to add a few miles each year. according to manager ~hrc
<br />Catlin Howcyer, convening the entIre dehvcry s)"stcm will take y-c3r5--il still includes
<br />mort" (han 500 miles of eanhen ditches, In Ihe meantime, Catllll says, Ihe association
<br />lines ditCh sectil,ns lhal have pronoun.:ed seepage leaks \\ilh a polymer called poly-
<br />acrylamIde or a new synthetic rubber matenallhat is resistant tn ulUa\iolet light and
<br />maintains 11exlblht), in temperatures as low as 25 degrees below :ero,
<br />.-\sked why the- J.ssocialion began replacing ItS unlined ditches with Plpelme, Gulin
<br />cites three reasons: a desire to improve the quaht)' of waler deli\'eroo to famlers, the
<br />avaIlability of federal funds for salinit}' control and selenium reduction projects. and
<br />water .:onservallon_
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