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<br /> t';i '~, "', " ., -'" <br />I I_,~. .'~; ,;., J Y <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Main-stem flows tributary to Heach No. 2 during the <br /> <br /> <br />storage season exceed the ability of the existing <br /> <br /> <br />agricultural water supply system to conserve and disburse <br /> <br /> <br />water to areas where it can replenish the ground water <br /> <br />reservoir. <br /> <br />Aquifer recharge is essential to ens lIre continued long- <br /> <br /> <br />term productivity of the valley fill aquifer. Recharge <br /> <br /> <br />programs such as that proposed by the Badger-Beaver Water <br /> <br /> <br />Conservancy District represent an extremely valuable means <br /> <br /> <br />of conserving resources by replenishing the alluvial system. <br /> <br />Ability of agricultural water supply systems to conjunctively <br /> <br /> <br />utilize both surface supplies and ground water reserves <br /> <br />provides the degree of flexibility necessary to accommodate <br /> <br /> <br />conditions of drought. However, any increase in ground <br /> <br /> <br />water pumping and ground water replenishment activity will <br /> <br /> <br />alter the existing hydrologic regime and further impair <br /> <br /> <br />existing water quality. Hydrologic considerations are <br /> <br /> <br />appropriately addressed in a sophisticated water quantity <br /> <br /> <br />modeling program, such as that being conducted by Resource <br /> <br /> <br />Consultants, Incorporated, in the lower reach of the South <br /> <br /> <br />Platte valley. Water quality considerations are critical <br /> <br /> <br />to domestic and agricultural use. Potential quality <br /> <br /> <br />implications need to be evaluated. <br /> <br />xiii <br /> <br /> <br />;1< <br /> <br /> <br />i( <br /> <br />, <br />it <br /> <br /> <br />j <br />J <br />l <br />