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<br /> <br />, , <br /> <br />r\J3212 <br /> <br />-11- <br /> <br />heads of wate!!". ' Individual farm systems need revisiOn to insuremozie <br /> <br />efficient us~ of water. Soil structures need to be studied, and methods <br /> <br />of irrigation used should be related to the type of soil and slope of ' the <br /> <br />land. The proper amount of water applied and the time it is applied should <br /> <br />be adapted to the crop grown to prevent water wastage and leeching of,valuab~ei! <br /> <br />plant nutrients. All of these factors point to the fact that soil Conserva- <br /> <br />tion district supervisors and others need to avail themselves of the latest <br /> <br />technical information and help each individual owner and operator' , plan for <br /> <br />their present, as well as future water requirements. <br /> <br />,; ;J; <br />The construction of the proposed Narrows Dam offers an unusual opportuhi~f' <br /> <br /> <br />to make long range plans for the most effective use of its approximate poten~i~~' <br />'I <br /> <br />of 700,000 acre feet of water. <br /> <br />There are seep areas which in years to come will be drained. 'Future <br /> <br />needs of the Sasin must take into consideration the quantity of water these <br /> <br />drained lands'will require after high salt residue areas have been leeched. <br /> <br />Unfortunately there are no firm Basin-wide figures which Can beobtain~d'f <br />:i <br />indicating the past as well as present municipal and industrial use Of water~ <br />It is one of the fastest growing areas in Colorado, and in the past decade:h~s <br />'1 <br /> <br />shown an increase of approximately 317,000. Indications of the expandinq <br /> <br />demand for dOJ!lestic, municipal and industrial water is well illusb'a:t~d by <br /> <br />the following:comparison of figures of the Denver Water Board. <br /> <br />1950 -- 'Total number of taps -- 122,500 <br />Annual volume consumed - 112,044 acre feet. <br /> <br />1959 --,Total number of taps -- 148,859 <br />'Annual volume consumed- 135,317 acre feet <br /> <br />(A tap may vaziy frOm a single household or a small family to an industrial <br />user with sev$ral thousand employes). <br /> <br />';r' <br />,j <br />;{ <br /> <br />l' <br /> <br />, <br />:1 <br /> <br />:J, <br />'1' <br />, <br />, <br /> <br />'I <br />., <br /> <br />'j <br /> <br />!f" <br />:_L <br />f! <br />'. <br /> <br />1 <br />iJ' <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />I <br />:j <br />'H' <br />'l::, <br /> <br />~! <br />, <br />, <br /> <br />j' <br />