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<br />" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.., <br /> <br />irrigation use along these two streams. Any development in the Canadie:. <br />River Basin, however, would be limited by the provisions of the Canadian <br />River Compact. <br /> <br />In the Bre~s of the South Canadian River suitable lands occur as <br />isolated tracts, small and irregular, that cannot be served by gravity <br />diversion. The flood plain consists for the most part of river channel with <br />only small disassociated tracts available for cultivated use and these are <br />often covered by a deposition of poor soils. lands on the Llano Estacado <br />proper suitable for irrigation are extensive but excessive pump lifts of <br />600 or more feet eliminate them for consideration. The authorized Canadian <br />River Project contains provisions for irrigating from 5,000 to 13,000 acres <br />of these high plain lands with sewage effluent from the cities of Amarillo <br />and Pampa. <br /> <br />In discussing lands suitable for irrigation in the Canadian and <br />Red River drainages, the vast High Plains, or Llano Estacado, are of major <br />importance. These soils, already demonstrated to be highly suite~ to irri- <br />gated use in the developed ground water areas, occur in extensive compact <br />units possessing excellent topographic features. By virtue of the fact <br />that the ava:<.J.able lands are far in excess of any existing or foreseeable <br />surface water supplies, delineation of these lands would serve little <br />purpose. <br /> <br />The following table entitled "Lands Suitable for Irrigation, <br />Arkansas~Red Basins of Texas", gives a sumroarY of tatal acres by counties <br />and basins of the lands physically suited to irrigation use and having a <br />potential available surface "'later supply. <br /> <br />34 <br />