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<br />001830 <br /> <br />restrict further ground water development and when additional water <br /> <br />should be brought into the area. Considerable judgment will have <br />to be exercised concerning ground water resources. The Bureau of <br /> <br />Reclamation will participate in these determinations to the extent <br /> <br />that time and personnel are available. <br /> <br />The determination of surface water supplies will involve the <br /> <br />consideration of many factors, some of which are: streamflow, period <br /> <br />of study, upstream depletions, sediment, evaporation, return flow, <br /> <br />reservoir operation studies, compact limitations, and ~uality of <br /> <br />water. Because most of the existing and authorized reservoirs are <br /> <br />Federally developed, most of the costs of these structures are <br /> <br />Federally financed, and most of the basic studies have been m~de by <br /> <br />Federal agencies, the primary responsibility for this work is assigned <br /> <br />to the Bureau of Reclamation. Interested parties are basically the <br /> <br />McCook and Oklahom~ City offices of the Bureau, with the Kansas Water <br /> <br />Resources Board and the Regional offices of the Bureau's Regions 5 <br /> <br />and 7 participating in advisory capacities. <br /> <br />Research and Development <br /> <br />The availability of both surface and ground water must be con- <br /> <br />sidered in the light of current technology in m~ny fields related <br /> <br />to the use and development of water. Such techniques as weather <br /> <br />14 <br />