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<br />UUJ3::3 <br /> <br />-9- <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />,". <br /> <br />weather modific~tion, and to increase the usable part <br />of any given rainfall through measures to artificially <br />increase aquifer recharge. Such projections will be <br />made and will be properly qualified. This will have <br />value since the alternative is for the overall study <br />to make the implicit assumption that weather modifi~ <br />cation, desalting, and aquifer recharge technology <br />will have no impact on the region during the time <br />span of this study. <br /> <br />6. Institutional assessment <br />A comprehensive analysis of the development options <br />'available to the region must examine alternative <br />institutional arrangements and the potential impact <br />of institutional change on long-run water use and <br />overall economic development'. <br /> <br />c <br /> <br />These laws and water management institutions affecting <br />water use in the High Plains differ significantly among <br />the states. In some states the landowners have <br />property rights to the water underlying their land; <br />in other states water is part of the public domain, <br />but a water right is nevertheless a property right. <br />However, in all six states, regardless of whether the <br />water is privately or publicly owned, State Agencies, <br />policies and laws impose some restraints on its use. <br />