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<br />. it in l'eporta of the War Department, Ii.uthorizedthe construction 51! ..
<br />anuniber of projectS within the state including the Kanopolis reser-.
<br />voir on the. Smoky Hill river in Ellsworth county, the Tuttle Creek
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<br />reservoir on the Blue river above Manhattan and a system of four
<br />.. reservoirs in.the Verdigris basin. .,.... .
<br />.. In 1941 state funds were first provided with which to start work'
<br />'on a, plan .which would reflect the needs and desires of the people
<br />of the state for water d.evelopi:nent. 'Some progress has b.een .II?ade
<br />since-that time but most of the .effort to date haS of necessity' been.
<br />. ,..devoted to anexamil')ation and study of maj~r reservoirprojects.;.
<br />. There are at times l~rge quantities.~f water leaving the state as'
<br />floods which have caused much damage and resulted in great econo- .
<br />. mic losses. There are other times when '\Vater fs needed and could
<br />. . beutilized to advantage for various useful}>urposes. Thepr~bleins
<br />which arise are first to eliminate or at least reduce. the damage and
<br />losses which are sustained from. floods arid second ~o make more of
<br />the :water ~vailable for use. It is apparent that this canbli ac"
<br />c?mplishedprincipally by providing storage. facilities. of . vari6us
<br />kinds by means of which runoff can be controlled andreguiated:..
<br />- The first opportunity .for the storage of water, of course; is 'di~.
<br />reCtly \n the soil on which it: falls. . The soil is porous to.varyin~
<br />degrees and depths ,and spaces betweeh particles of soil provide a
<br />. reserVoir for .some of the .water..There .is a limit, however,io the
<br />exte~t oOhis storage~il.paCity as well 'as to the rate atw,hichs~i1
<br />can ,absorb water. Whenever rainfall .occurs either in. irnamount.
<br />" . exceeding the capacity of the soil to store it or in excess otth.erate
<br />at which it cailbe absorbed,surface r.unoff results. . Both theciipa~ .
<br />city ofthe soil and its oppOrtunity to store water can, be Improved
<br />. by better cropping imd. tillage Cpracticesand by terracing, contour. .
<br />. . f~nning and cithermeth<ids calculated toprevenfs'oil~rosioIL . Pro:
<br />,vision has been made by the 'legislature for the establishing of soil
<br />conservation distJoicts within the state of ",hfch 'a considerable nuni~
<br />be~ have been organized and soil conservation measure'sare beIng
<br />. putin'to effect. These programs are well started 'and should . be con~
<br />tinued. . . '. " .. . .... . .
<br />. Surfacereserv()irs are utilized to store water for various purposes: \ ..
<br />The most numerous of these are commonly referred to as. farm. ponds
<br />of which. several thousand. have alre~y' 'been constructed;. J;lrin-
<br />cipa.Jlyto, provide water for livestock .and in some. instances for a
<br />Ii;nited amount of. frrigation;.. Larger surface reservoirs. serve to . .
<br />im~und ,water supplies for community, municipal and industrial
<br />uses and.1orrecreational purposes, . Reservoirs of this type .as wen
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