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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />law enforcement personnel and facilities. Constraints imposed by water <br /> <br />~ <br />o <br />C.V <br />i-" <br /> <br />quality and allocation decisions will have important effects on those <br /> <br />demands. <br /> <br />Sewer and Water. Though these are usually treated in analyses <br /> <br />of public services, their intricate relationship to the broader problem <br /> <br />of water quality is important to the population movements and life style <br /> <br />of basin residents. <br /> <br />Impacts of Water Quality on the <br />Ma jor Social Institutions of Minority <br />Populations in the Colorado River Basin <br /> <br />The Colorado Basin contains a substantial Mexican-American <br /> <br />population as well as Indian Americans, Both of these two minority <br /> <br />groups will be greatly influenced by water allocation decisions. Decisions <br /> <br />about water utilization will have extensive implications for the Indian <br /> <br />population for several reasons, First, a large number of Indian <br /> <br />Americans live on isolated reservations experiencing the most profound <br /> <br />poverty in America, Infant mortality rates are significantly higher, <br /> <br />life expectance is ten years less, educational attainment is less, and <br /> <br />unemployment runs as high as 80 percent. Decisions that effect the <br /> <br />availability of jobs, the quality of educational opportunities, availability <br /> <br />of medical and health care, and other social services will have profound <br /> <br />impact on the Indian population. A second reason why water utilization <br /> <br />is of special significance to Indian Americans is that their physical <br /> <br />39 <br />