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<br />00[1953 <br /> <br />-~- <br /> <br />d. II1gh Pla1na. The !11gb P1a1na oL eastern Colorado ore <br /> <br /> <br />1UXlerla1n by tJIe Og.11.,. tormation, vh1ch 18 one or the mat <br /> <br />........kable aquit.... in the Unl. ted stat... It underUee an area <br /> <br /> <br />oxteo:l1ng 1'raa tho Blaek Il1l1a oL South Dakota to the Bouthorn <br /> <br /> <br />part ot the Toxaa "-nhandle end inclndo. port. oL South Dakota, <br /> <br /> <br />~, IIeb....ka, Colorado, Ianaas, ~, lIev IIex1co end <br /> <br />Toxaa. In the ooutbern III.gh Pla1na oL fexaa it )'101d8 v.ter to <br /> <br /> <br />....... than )6,000 1rr1gatJ.an wlla 1dJ1ch in J.956 v..... used to <br /> <br /> <br />JlIIIIIP 7.000,000 """"-teet oL vater. In eutern lIev IIex1co the <br /> <br /> <br />&quit.... )'1.1ded about llS,ooo acro-teet oL vater in 19So to~ <br /> <br />irrig.tion end other u.... In the othezo State. the aqu1t... 18 <br /> <br /> <br />onlT .Ughtl.7 dewloped but the dew~ 10 inc:reuing at a <br /> <br /> <br />rapid rate. <br /> <br />In Colorodo the OgaU.la t_tion undarU.. an area <br /> <br /> <br />oL mo... 1l1an 12,000 aquare 1Il1J.a. in all ... part ot the tol.lav1ng <br /> <br /> <br />OOUJrt.1eel Ltncoln, Illbert, 1U l'aao, ""eblo, Crovl.8)", Ilaca, Prow- <br /> <br /> <br />ere, Ot~, llova, Xl t Carson, Vash1ngt.on, Yuaa, Ib1ll1pe. <br /> <br />Logan end 5edp1c1c. In _ areas the t01'l:latJ.on 10 l.argeJ.7 <br /> <br /> <br />dJooiDOd end l..up auppU.. oL vater cannot be dewloped, but in <br /> <br /> <br />other ....... Ella oL large _c1t7 can be clanloped. <br /> <br />The (lpn. b tOt'lll8t1on beneath the III.Bh Pla1na oL <br /> <br /> <br />Color~o hu . larp atorage capac1t7 but a 1011 ~ate oL ""charga. <br /> <br /> <br />It 18 ....ntialJ,y nMewloped. Qdne to it. _t 1lliclmo.., <br /> <br /> <br />larp quantJ.t1ee oL vater have acCUll1l.ated eradualJ,y in the aqui_ <br /> <br /> <br />ter OW~ · period ot _ thouaend 7NN. It 10 eatiJlated that <br />