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<br />.. Interior to e~tablish, construct, and maintain.. irrigation projects.
<br />This act was eventually. made applicable to the entire. area now
<br />comprising the seventeen ~estern states and resulted in the develop-
<br />';..;;";,'.: .meiJ.t of most of the great irrigation enterprises of the region. In
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<br />"That nothing in this Act shall .be construed as affectJing .or intended ta
<br />. affect ar'to in any.way interfere with the . laws .of any State. Or Territory re-
<br />. .lating to the contral.. appropriation, use, .or distribution .of ';'ater uSed in irriga- .
<br />tion,' ar'any vested right acquired. thereunder, and the Secretary .of the Interior,.
<br />. in carrying on t the pravisians of the Act, shall .proceed inconformity with such
<br />.I~ws, W;d nathin'g 'he~ein shall in any way affect any right 'Or any State .or' the
<br />Federal Government or .of any landowner, apprapriatar, or user. of. water .in,
<br />.ta, Dr f,om any interstate stream or. the waters thereof: ProlJided,That the. .
<br />. ,. i. tight to the. use' of wa.ter acquired under. the provisions of .this Act shan be
<br />apPllrtenant to .the . land. irrigated, and beneficial use. shall. be the basis, the
<br />. measure,' and the limit .of right."
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<br />'The Bcope of many problem~ involved in the development of water
<br />reso~rces are both local and regio.nal in character, This. is- recog-
<br />nized in both national. legislation and policies' cited above and in'
<br />,KatJsas by the Water Commission Act of 1917, all of which provide
<br />. .. for cooI*ration 1n these matters between the state and agencies. cif
<br />. ,.,) the :Federal Government. This prpcedure is being followed in the
<br />" ". i.preparatio.n of 'a Kansas State Plan or Water Resources Develop-
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<br />, . {):'h'ebasic data as to'water resources are being secured through
<br />,. , cooperati.on with the surface aiJ.dgroundwater'branches6fthe U.S.
<br />. Geological Survey. Plans for floodC6ntrol projects are being. de~
<br />veJoped jpintly with the D. S. Army Engiile,er District offices located
<br />ilt Kansas City, Tulsa and. Albuquerque. .Irrigation projects are
<br />beingpJanned in conjunction with the D',:3. Bureau of Reclamation
<br />who maintain a field he~dqUlirters office ~t Topeka. .
<br />) . :Workon the plan as a whole frcimthe state standpoint has been.
<br />" divided into six major drainage basin units as follows:.
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<br />.L Kansas Riv~r Basin. 4. Cimarron River Basin.
<br />. 2. Marais des .Cygnes River Basin. 5. . Verdigris River Basin.. .
<br />3. Arkansas River Basin. 6.N eosha River B'8in,: .
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<br />following sections of this publication. For each basin there is given
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