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<br />8 <br /> <br />liIlllAi;hiU;'ly tbrll th~ .Sa.u L~:l.ll lakell to the Rio Grande. for the pUX1\OSg 01' relieving <br /> <br />~e\\lJ:l'<l1;e conditions, ~d t(l prevent the aceullU1ation of water in San Luis lakes. In <br /> <br />p:rellel'lt us en in We'll Mexieo, whQSO rights antedate all righta in San Lv.is Valley <br /> <br />alllll "lIl<<~l1ile watlllrfl supply haebeen SIll'i<lU.sly impaired by Colorado dev"J.opilWnt, $.ny <br /> <br />prllJ,lelllU t,e have a part of Rie G-rande :!'low designat0d 1'l0n-div@rHble by sueh inter- <br /> <br />.st$ w01Ald fail to reeei1ravle respOllS"'. Without such agreement, ineluding full <br /> <br />e..~l!'ation b1 NlfW f,{exicQ state authol'itias in charge of water distribution, the <br />lllan 1$ dOll_d .to taU.ul"" <br />!tJoot. !It "~il1\"ae o.!! Water f.lul'J:lly: <br />'rhe olljO$1> or- drainage i.. tQ prevent th" loss of cultivated lands thru <br /> <br />liIelil1.age and the rectrvary of seeped lands. The thet class is lloW reeeiving a wator <br /> <br />@l1<~pJ.1 "ltd the lowering of thilir underlying watIH' table by drainage will :l.Mvita'llly <br /> <br /> <br />rl!dueiil eva'Poratio.l'! lGllloes Mil saye some waterFJ Qtherwiae lest. Tho second class Qr <br /> <br /> <br />lMdl,! \!l.r!l nGt now $1.l1:Uva.ted a.ltd ~ some places Vlatel" stand" at or very near the <br /> <br /> <br />;rQll.nd flu:ri'aee, but over lllO$te1: thUlil lands the wate:t' table lies trQlll two to au <br /> <br /> <br />fsetbelow the surlace. It<ll''taee coneent:ratiQ!l. of alkaJ.5, preelu4es their cropping <br /> <br /> <br />and while the lands navinga low table might be leached to produce a crep, their <br />