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<br />. n018!C\ <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />unfortunately only a small portion of the State is covered by these <br /> <br />reports. Furthermore, the projected rate of completion of the detailed <br /> <br />soil surveys indicates that the entire State ~ill not be covered for <br /> <br />many years; therefore, there is a need for a classification of the <br /> <br /> <br />potentially irri~able lands in the entire State. This determination <br /> <br /> <br />is needed to project the future ~ater requirements for irrigation. <br /> <br /> <br />The levels to which the State of Kansas can develop will be <br /> <br />established by the economic base survey and the classification of <br /> <br />irrigable lands. In order to convert the units of economic activity <br /> <br />or production to water requirements it will be necessary to establish <br /> <br />present unit water requirements and to predict the unit water require- <br /> <br />ments for the future. There are some data now available on unit <br /> <br />water requirements, and some investigations are presently underway to <br /> <br />develop additional data. There are not available, however, adequate <br /> <br />unit water requirements by function to permit the necessary water <br /> <br />requirement evaluation. Unit water requirements applied to units of <br /> <br />future production will result in the municipal, industrial, and agri- <br />cultural needs for water in the future. The determination of water <br /> <br />requirements is therefore an important phase of this investigation. <br /> <br />Interim Report No. 1 revealed that there is a great deal of <br /> <br />surface water supply data available, with lesser amounts of data <br /> <br />available on ground water supplies and on the quality of water. <br /> <br />5 <br />