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<br />In the ....c'>'cm l'.S.. Ih~' J<:\-ClllpOlt:nt of nc..... v. ;llcr '>upplic,> hi!... bc:cornc .:o..tly III c\'onomi..: ,JOd environment,llle-nn'>, Thu.. it
<br />j, imponam Ihill ....alcr b.: lfan..ltT,lhk from oldcr.lov.cr-valut'd u'><=, to 1lC"v.cr. highcr-\'alucd U"C". Thi.. i.. c..pcci<llly true ..incc
<br />roughly X5Q of the l.:on..umplL\C u'>\: 01 "alcr ..till take.. pb..:e in Irrigated .Igri,,'ulturc. mu..:h in the proJU\"II0l1l1t' 10.... -valued ,:mp'
<br />IV.S. Gt'ologi..:al Sur""~y. 199.\1. Waler m,uk.:'" arc ill1ptlnJ.Il1 in inlTCa.,mg Ihi"t!c\ii)iliIY.
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<br />The goal of Ihl" ,.udy 11;" Dct"11 to in,"rca-.e undcNanding of the il1tlu<:Ilu.~ thaI ...COfllllTlll: and ,>ol:ial-d"'nlographi..: nllldiliom
<br />han: on the fun..:tiolllng of \\ Jh:r llI.uke"'. NJlh Oil the kind" of lr.llha..:llorh .md the impa..:" of Iran,la, nil The ba,ill of origin.
<br />The dlara..:ten,IU":", 01 waler tram,fer, IIlllle S,)ulh Plane: H,!"'llI 01 C"loraJo were l'ompared w ilh the dlJ.ra..:leriqj..:\ of tran..fer'!!o
<br />llo...,,:urring in the ,\rkan,.l'" Ri\'cr Ba,in of Colorado. Ml"llran...kr.. "t:re from a!?-T1cuhure to \I,\:I u..e.... Tra/hfer, in the South
<br />Platte hJ\e becn w u...c, in Ihc ....lIne: ba,in and It'nL! 10 Ix ,mall v. ilh .1 pattcrn uf c{lntinuou.. Iran...a..:IJOlh o\C'r limt:. In lhe
<br />..\rlan....\'>. rCCcnllrall...kr\ ha\'c,' I~ pi..:aJl~ been oUI-of-ba...in. large and di...l.orninuou.... Dired plu, indire..:t impac", 01 reduced
<br />agril.:uhun: on pt'l">onal in..'ome,. employment and tax re\'cnuc, were e,tim.lIed f(lt ....Imple' 01 tran...fa' in eal.:h Ba,in. Lo....,e"
<br />"ere e"limated 10 Ix mot!: '>l,'\'ere 1"" aUt'-folll and "t'r I'll/mil in the ATkan"a, B;hin. III the Soulh Pl;llIe the g.lin... and llh'<'
<br />"ere in Ihe ...ame ba,ill. while the I\rLIll,a.' ab.....,rhcd unl'omplm...<tled lo.....e.. with the bendl"- going t(lthe purl'ha,in:; Jrea.
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<br />All waler righh lran"ler" in Ihe pcrj(xJ ull979 lhrough 1945 and tr.IlI'fcr... lit ~onhem Colorado \l,.'alcr COll'oCT',an..:y Di..lri..:I
<br />l:-';CWCD, ,hare, laJ]ulmelll...' were analyzed for lh... South Platt...lkl'lll. Similarl~. 1<17"_19'15 Ir.Uhkr.. in lhe Colorado
<br />.\rLlll<';l,> Ba,>in Isere ilwe'ligaled. Tran..tcr' \H'1't' d.I,..ilit'd h~ SIll.' (;.llTl'-I"ct:l) and n;llure (11 bu~t'1' ;lOd 't'lIt'r le.g. agri\.ulture-to-
<br />Jgricullure. ;Jg.lO-urban, non-ag In non.,'g t.
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<br />Tht' diagram,> belm.. dlar;ldcrilc Iht' Iran...k" of trJdillOnal w.l!er right.. inlhe South PI..lIlt' B,l,inl Di\ i,ion I) mer Iht' 197(,1-
<br />11)95 JlI..'riod. Figure I ,hO\\... ,ll'1't'-k..:1 01 w;lla 1'ighh IT<UlSleITt'd b~ ~\'<Ir.
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