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<br />3 <br /> <br /> <br />03182!t <br /> <br />Range water for livestock can be and usually is widely dispersed. <br /> <br />There may be cases, however, where large number,S of stock ponds are <br /> <br />concentrated in drainage areas contributing to str,eam flo",! for which <br /> <br />prior water rights need to be satisfied. In these ,cases there may be a <br /> <br />1,"1, <br />sufficient depletion of surface runoff to interferew1th existing rights. <br /> <br />Range livestock water facilitie,s in the Pacific -Southwest con- <br /> <br />tribute to'economic stability and growth. Ordinarily the facilities for <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />the storage of surface water are for the single purpose of furnishing <br /> <br />,water for livestock. In some rare cases surface storage facilities are <br /> <br />used for the incidental purposes of fish production and for other wild- <br /> <br />life and rectieation purposes. For the most part, however, surface <br /> <br />storage facilities may be located, spaced, and designed for the single <br /> <br />purpose of range livestock use. <br /> <br />In the field ,of agriculture, water is in basin-wide demand for <br /> <br />use at farm and ranch headquarters, for irrigation, and for utilizing <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />the range resources. A high percentage of agricultural operating <br /> <br />units is comprised of a combination of irrigated cropland and range, <br /> <br />livestock production. The water used for range purposes 'is closely <br /> <br />and perhaps inextricably associated with water used for the irrigation <br /> <br />of livestock feed crops and ,other cash crops. Wastage of water either <br /> <br />in the utilization of the range resource or in irrigation of croplands <br />