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<br />N01" Fq..res a'" tor J,,_..,. 1 to May 17.
<br />USN&WR--&allCd.ll',"l>OnaIWe.l~Se"'I()eI.4llOt1l
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<br />. tll".dl: Two Forks Dam COlJld be the
<br />last or the big dam projects It would assure
<br />wate, \0 the la5\-g,0"",<09 Oenllel ares but
<br />could COl>\ $1 billion and endangel .....,Idllfe
<br />Mayor Fedenco Pel'la has backed 011 flOm
<br />hls onglnal support Governor Roy Romet
<br />ITlUl>1 decide the dam's fate by June 10
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<br />. $.ulllwnt: T.....o years ot l>parse ra,nfall
<br />has kIlled rangeland grasses Ranchers In
<br />southern and western Te~as are seeking
<br />ledmal rellet and selling oft mall'lol.ltIshed
<br />herds Some cattle wergh only 150 pounds,
<br />a fractIon 0' the usual 600-poond average,
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<br />. 'Iut l.I.CI: A U.S-Canad'an commISSIon
<br />'S calling ror a cleanup of 42Io~'C hot spots
<br />~and around the Great lakes lhat pose a
<br />'ealto water supplies, Among the sItes
<br />argeted Green Bay, WIS.: Waukegan, Ill.,
<br />and DeUOlt's Rouge RIver. At Il>sue IS who
<br />Will pay lor the multibillion-dOllar taSk
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<br />US NEWS & WORLOREPQR1, M1I, 30 19811
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<br />In Florida, a .inkhole ......allowl a house
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<br />. Ifew V.I'\: As part of the Big Apple's
<br />"Oon't (k,p New York Dry" campaIgn, the
<br />hrst 01 630,000 .....ater metels Will be Installed
<br />In cIty bUltdlfl9S Meters, by penaliZing water
<br />wasters, could help conserve 300 million
<br />gallons a day The step IS II reachon to a
<br />severe dfoughtln 1965, whICh ra,sed
<br />concerns about whetl'ler upstate reservo",s
<br />could be counted on 10 supply the 1.5 billion
<br />gallOi'll> of watel New Yorkers use each day
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<br />. Southust: Ifs the lhird hot. dry yeal In 8
<br />ro..... lake lanter-Atlanta's ma,n source of
<br />.....aler-lS 6 leet belOw normal, leaVing boat
<br />dOCkS on cracked red clay and IOfcmg the
<br />city to order a 10 percftnt eulback In waler
<br />use In southwestern Flonda, volunlary
<br />walerCulbaCks.....ererOQuesled lh,s month
<br />DepletIOn 01 underground aQullers causes
<br />Ihe ground to COllapse m SInkholes, usually
<br />In the centlal part 0' stale, and portends
<br />long.term damage 10 Florida's w,ldl,le areas,
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<br />~cuti\e Lucille Pattl..on ~a}~ her Ilud..on
<br />Valle)' re~ion I" ~rll""'m~ fa..ter than the
<br />Cil)', and before the city tuh\ up~lllle
<br />I/>ater, it ou~ht In "get ~eriou~ about
<br />comervation" Cara Lee, of St:emc Hud.
<br />~Oll, Inc., an ~nviron01entaJ ~roup, I/>arm
<br />of endan&enng the river',> fi..hcrie.. and
<br />increa..mg the "!llinll)' of drinlin~ watcr
<br />for milhon~ of re..ident\ up and d(ll/>'n lhe
<br />mer if Koch'" plan i.. implemented.
<br />Stop doublu dlPPCfI, There's the ruh:
<br />Somebody al.....a)'.. fj~urt'\ he'" the lo..er
<br />I/>hen .....ater is d;\'l:rted from 01'11:" place 10
<br />another. That i.. .....hy North Carnlina i..
<br />"Uillf.lo hall Virginia"s con\lrUC\lon of all
<br />85.01ile pipeline to Virginia Ucach from a
<br />rt'\enOlT on Ihe Virginia-North Carolina
<br />bord~r, And Ihal is .....hy Ihl' year'"
<br />droughl, I/>'hich 1M the We~l could rival
<br />the bl()ekbu~tcr of 1977 and could leave
<br />parh of central California and wC!>tern
<br />l'Oe\'ada as parched a.. in the Du\t Bowl
<br />day.. of the '3<h, ha.. inten"lfjed the long.
<br />running battle betl/>cen urban d.....ellers
<br />and farmc~ throu~hout the We..\.
<br />Many .....ater experts ..ay the solution to
<br />managing walcr in the W('\t i.. ..imrle:
<br />Give growing cities snme of thl' waler
<br />no..... set aside for Irrigation. En\lron01en.
<br />tali~t ~farc Rei..ner, author of Cadillac
<br />Desert: ]"h(' Amcr;;an Wesl and lIS Di.lap.
<br />praring Waler, arguC!> thai ..mee Califor.
<br />nia farmen u..e 85 percenl of the water
<br />yel contribute-he daUll\-only 3 per-
<br />ccnt of the Wc,t'" econom)', llle} ~hould
<br />be forced to stop growing mar~lJIal crops..
<br />I'erhap.. lhe mo~t egreglOU\ wa..le
<br />stem~ from the dubiou<" practl(:e of allow-
<br />ing man)" Wcslern farmer.. to colleel two
<br />linds of federal surn..;dy--ont for waler
<br />from federall)' ..pomorcd irrigation proj.
<br />tth and a M'eond for the surplu\ crop"
<br />they grow with that water, Acwrding 10
<br />a rC\:cnt Inlerior Departmenl report,
<br />some 38 percell I of Western farmland
<br />getting water from federally "I"<'rlwred
<br />irrigation projccl~ i\ u\Cd to grow crop..
<br />that, becau!.C thty art in O\ltrsuppJy, are
<br />eligible for federal !.ub~idle\,
<br />Another targel I~ farmers I/> ho plan I
<br />crops n('(:ding abundanl amounl\ of wa.
<br />ler-\uch as COlton and rice or ha)" and
<br />alfalfa u..ed to feed caltle-thill could be
<br />grown more efficiently in oth~'r parl\ of
<br />thecounlry, Roger ManningoftheArilo-
<br />na ~1unicipal Water U!>t'r.. A....oeiatlon,
<br />I/> hich reprt'\enl..I'hocnl~.area "lIies, says
<br />!>Caree waler ..hould be u..ed "for people.
<br />not for cotlon or \urpJu..crop... 1 he water
<br />is there. It\ a mailer of priorttie.. of use."
<br />One hot spol ill Ihe water II>' ar.. COil.
<br />ecrn..themcrea..ingl)' popular pr;lcli,'c in
<br />the We..t uf "watcr ran<:hmg"-hiddmg
<br />by citie, such ii' J'hucni.. h) bu~ the ...ater
<br />nghl\ to oUllymg cropland. State.. al'>O
<br />get lII\'ol\lcd by ..hifllllg watl'r u..ed for
<br />irngation to cille.. or hy Irym~ 10 ("reate a
<br />form of "free marlct'" in water hy ("h.lllg.
<br />IIlg laws to male il ea..;t'r for f;lrmer.. 10
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