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<br />001111 <br /> <br />Dr d f t - 9/ 81 <br /> <br />Platte <br />Under the high estimate, which presupposes completion of the <br />Narrows Dam, 49,645 acres of equivalent full irrigation are pos- <br />sible. Municipal return flows are not included in this projec- <br />tion. Table 3 shows ~he most likely distribution of crop types <br />in this new acreage. Cropping patterns for increased development <br />in this region are exrected to be similar to those which already <br />exist. Grain and forage crops will continue to dominate. Sugar <br />beets will lose some ground and vegetable production will expand. <br />Although acreage of new development is shown in terms of equiva- <br />lent full irrigatIon, most increased Irrigation In this region <br />would probably be supplemental irrigation on lands already re- <br />ceiving some irrigatIon water. Estimates by the Bureau of Recla- <br />mation for the Narrows Project Indicate that water supplied from <br />this project would be applied to 287,000 acres, all of which <br />would be supplemental irrigatIon. <br />Northern High Plains <br />No major surface storage projects are envisioned for the <br />Northern High Plains for the foreseeable future. Thus no agri- <br />cultural expansion is projected to result from ~ew surface sup- <br />plies. As previously explained, the net amount of ground water <br />mined and the net amount of acreage irrigated in the region are <br />likely to dIminish in the"years to come. <br />Arkansas <br />In the Arkansas Region the "likely" and "high" estimates are <br />identical. Both assume the completion of the Fryingpan-Arkansas <br />Project. The amount of addlt ional land that could be irrigated <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />) <br />...... <br />