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<br />0912 <br /> <br />SUMMARY <br /> <br />In addition to developing Indian resources, the Animas-La Plata <br />Project will make water available to the non-Indian population for: <br />(1) substantial industrial development; (2) municipal and rural <br />domestic uses; (3) recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement; <br />(4) development of agricultural land and; (5) will provide flood <br />control benefits. Essentially all of the water for agriculture will <br />be for lands now partially irrigated or dry-farmed. In large segments <br />of the rural areas, the residents now haul their domestic water from <br />distant sources and store it at their homes in cisterns. The Animas- <br />La Plata Project would provide supplemental water for the previously dis- <br />cussed Fort Lewis Mesa. <br /> <br />The projects are encompassed within the boundaries of the Four Corners <br />Economic Development Region currently designated under the Public Works <br />and Economic Development Act of 1965 beyause of high unemployment and <br />depressed incomes. The economic benefits of the projects would cer- <br />tainly go a long way toward eliminating the depressed conditions of the <br />Four-Corners Region. <br /> <br />~ <br />