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<br />Summl\ry of mo~t importilnt pr mo!;t illtC!rr~tillg !id~l1lifiG ;Inrl 1'r:ol1f1ll1ir. finrlil1r~ or c:nndll!".lilll f(~:-}r::Ill:d :,.., :l r'~-
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<br />wells withdraw 'Water from Rrtesirln and watl?r-tnhle Bt'Juifers in Baca Rnd sOllthl"rn PrpwcTR
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<br />Counties, Colo. About 70 percent of theR" wellR tAp more than one aqui.fer; the 0r.Al1Al".
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<br />the Dakota, the Cheyenne, snd the Dockum. In north-central Bac,! County, the 0r,.,1 L,la
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