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<br />IlJ.. <br /> <br />1 t ') <br />L , . <br /> <br />CHAPTER 5 <br /> <br />EXISTING WATER RESOURCES, <br />DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION <br /> <br />i!,'lh Iht' fnrll1 and 1l1a~nilud<, \,1" waler re'>Llur..::es <br />availahle ior utill/allLln \ary ,,:,)miJer:Jbl) wllhm the <br />\Ilssoun lkmn. Pre\'lpltatioll valles In (,lflll JnJ ill the <br />amount rc,,::clwd Sl'Jsonally ;lIId annually Runuff 150. lI\ <br />pan. predldable seawnally wherl' the pre"::lplI.Llion IS <br />r.'..::eIH'J a~ snowl;tll and a..::cUlllulall's dUTlIlg the wml<:r. <br />partl..::ularly In lilt' ll10UnlalllUUs JI!.'as. ("lllwr~ly. ralll- <br />fall is ]Jr~t'ly unpredl..:tahk and n1J) be:' re.:o:in'J 1Il the <br />furm of inll.'n'><.' summel storms or [<,lauvd)' light falls <br />spa\'ed 1I1Iernlllt<'lIlly. Periods 01 drtlu~ht In'' I1lH un- <br />"::01111110n III ~)lIle parts of tht' ba;,in III any yea! or J <br />su.:cessioll of two or l1Iore years. and o"::l'asionally <br />throughout Ihl' b.!SlII. as in Ill... 1930\, <br /> <br /> <br />Snov.lime In The Rocki~'~ <br /> <br />The \lis'lllui BHIn. In g~'ner31. I' well supplied In the <br />n1J\t~'f pf \<.)Ial ~urIJ":~' ,md gwund wJI.:'r rc~our":e~. In <br />the:' early 1\hIOlY 01 the basin. rhe walt'TWJYs phl\lde:'d a <br />means of transporlatlLm and ":OI1lIl1Urtlla!lon. Lady <br />e:\rlLH~'rs utili/cd the' flH'TS for trJ\d and tramporl <br />[l1l!lall~ lur traders u..cd Ihe malll slem and I'nn":lpal <br /> <br />uibUlarLc, as J me,lllS of brHl!!Ill~ 111 go"d, for trade and <br />e:\rurtlllg Ihell furs. L.,Ilcr. as w...,tward mJpatlOn III Ihe <br />..:nuntT} wa~ starling. tiL", \ILSS,lUfl River was uSt'd 10 <br />trampoll people and !!\lIHh tu Ihe nver towm whl..:h <br />werl' the !!Jteways for wJglln rOllles to th... west. As <br />~'ttlell1"'nl ot the Tl.'gion develof'l'd. the \IISSI,IUTI RiH'T <br />pJ(lvil.kd J means oluampull. but IIIlS us.: dwindled as <br />railroads were compkt<.'d rILe fir~t rlvel n;mgatlon <br />devel'lPI1l<.'l1t wOlk <.:OIISlsted of snagglJ1g and dearing to <br />U'lI111W obSlru..:twlI., caUSll1j! huard, I,) early steamboal <br />saf~'ty Sub"-'quently bank pfl.lledloll works at IJndlllgs <br />were 1111tlJted. In the ]S60's Iho: first "lgl1lTlCanl <br />Irrigation was undellaken Jud th~' IJractke has cIlntinucd <br />In mount. stimulaled in part by Ihe Re.:lalllJtlon A..:ts of <br />Il,lU~ Jlld laler. with many I.HIlJert developments, but <br />cspe..:ially by the fm..'es ()f g",neral in.adequJ<.:Y of <br />moisture- and an lIIslabihly in dry land agn<.:ulture. <br />Systematic de\"elopll1~'nl of Ih\' \llssouri River for <br />impro\'ll1g nJ\'lgalion WJS ~larted during the !Joer parl <br />of lhe 14th Century. and bur ,;:olllinuell by authorila. <br />tJon 01 the \a~lgali(}11 and (bnk StJbllilalLOll Project in <br />II) I~. <br />Lo.:al people unl.lt:nonk lhe illslal1JtlOl1 of water <br />supply Jnd waste disposal ~ystell1s for .:ities Jnll tOWIIS. <br />III the mld.1920's felleral Jnd S13t<.' Jssistal1ce 10 <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />1 <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />L~:~~] <br /> <br />. -- <br /> <br />~ <br />-=-~ . <br />ffM. ~~~V"- <br />I -;. ~'~.- _ <br />r'" h -~:" <br />;~ <br />. . <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.- <br /> <br />.\ Herilage And The ;\;e.... Frontier <br /> <br />55 <br />