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<br /> <br />. , <br /> <br />. -12- <br /> <br />A s.imHar 'expansion to a greate", or l.essar extent can, be shown. by. <br />the many .othermunicipal systems in the area. Already there has been <br />considerable conversion in the use of water and many irrigation ,rights have <br />. . ',- , <br /> <br />been purchased :,for 'municipal and industrial development. Ifpresent <br />'populati~ntrends persist and industry continues its present westward <br />expansion, the .demands for industrial and. munJcipal.water will increase by <br />leaps' and bounds.- <br />Sound planning inefficient usa. of municipal and industrial water. <br />is essential. Industry.should use and re-use avaihblesupplies.and employ <br />every known modern method to:keep ~onsumptive use ,to ,a minimum. Many <br />industries have already made such conversions. Others sh~uld be. encouraged <br />to follow their example. <br />. Municipalities need to carryon an aggressive and constructive <br />educational program'with householders in order that maximum use may be <br />,obtained. fromavai.lable supplies.. .Controls should be established .to reduce <br />waste andineffic1ency. . <br />,A'report on. Water Resources of Colorado, prepa:r;ed by. the Midwe.st <br />Research Institute for the Department pf .NaturalResources, commented:, <br />"Thew-ater suoolv is limited and is di.fficult of alteration,but the water <br />.~ and the water oollution control' deserve atten:t:ion." <br />Control and abatement of stream pollution must have high.priority in <br />the development of the Basin." The future .demands of ,water in the Basin <br />make imperative that the water be used and re-used as many times as <br />possible. The problems of pollution may be expected to increase more <br />rapidly than population trends would indicate. New industries and new <br />methods of operation often present additional pollution problems requiring <br />new methods of control. Many communities are at present inadequately <br />