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<br />J24 <br /> <br />Water Conservancy District, which has membership extending <br />over several counties, to request that studies of ground <br />water supplies be made in drainage of the South Platte <br />River. <br /> <br />As you may know, the members of our district feel that <br />their surface water supplies are being destroyed because <br />of the use of ground water in the plains along the South <br />Platte drainage. Inasmuch as the General Assembly appro- <br />priated considerably more money for the study of ground <br />water than ever before, why cannot some of this be used <br />along the South Platte drainage, so that we may determine <br />whether or not the use of ground water is actually taking <br />the river flow away or not. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />We understand that the areas of most concerned, the <br />areas where most people live, are along the South Platte <br />River, and we are at a loss to understand why there has <br />been so much study of ground water supplies in remote areas, <br />rather than in the areas in which most of the people are <br />affected. <br /> <br />We enclose an extra copy of this letter, in case you <br />may care to forward it to the Federal Government partici- <br />pating agency. <br /> <br />Very truly yours, <br /> <br />sl J. L. Settele <br />President <br /> <br />sl Walter J. Coil <br />Secretary <br /> <br />In answer to the second paragraph, <br />studies on supplies were started in the <br />'dust bowl' area several years ago. <br />Secondly, the United States Geological <br />Survey feels the work they are doing <br />will help solve this relationship be- <br />tween surface and ground water users <br />but that it cannot be solved by taking <br />a portion of an area at a time. It will <br />be best solved by starting on. the lower <br />reaches of the river and following up <br />through the areas where pumping is <br />going on. <br /> <br />I <br />