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<br />Sprin,gs <br /> <br /> <br />001823 <br /> <br />'Ilq~e-ne:Fal the lal'~er-pe!l'enll.ial spring-s have the same dis- <br /> <br />advantages as ,pe!l'ennialstreams,since most ha..ve-long, since PfLs sed <br /> <br />into private owne rsMp, and their v-alue to outside development is thus <br /> <br />ehal'ply'Um-ited. ,H.owever ,aJewhavebeen,deeignated;t.s public <br /> <br />wated,)!lg.piac,es.and; in-so~ec-asee,ueeo-f. -th.-e-se sour ees, j. s <br />, . - , . <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />bei'Rfexpandedby haulin~:ordistribution byp-ipel.ine.Spl'ings have <br />anatvan-ta;.g,e in thill re!!la'l'dl>e-eaulI,e,unlik-es-t,re-a,ms which genel". <br /> <br />ally,-oecupy the-lowe-lItpal'ts-ofJhe basin, they oHenarc- loc'!--ted <br />I <br /> <br />atrelaU'v-ely high elevati~n';; favorabl-e for gr-avity distribution by <br />" ' <br /> <br />pi.pe line. <br /> <br />Altho-ughmostmajel'sp-l'ings,ha\.ebe'en,.full y appropriated, <br /> <br />it is.obvious frem observatiQnsover the Southwest that many <br /> <br />s,pr<ingsare im!!>roperly~rinad~uately de'l'eloped.Tolman (1937) <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. ' <br />.' ,., , <br />atates -tha.t onlyae~H-.prhportion' of the worldl.--6I>rings 'are <br /> <br />d-eveloped-totheir fulleap;icity;andthat in fEemiaria, ,a.nd FLrid <br />l'eg-i6nesprin.gearerare ly fully developed. Evidence,s\Xpporting <br /> <br />,. these.&t-a-te-ment-s.'is. thephreat-6pny-t-egrowth, -ge-ne-l:'ally worth- <br /> <br />. '. , , <br />'le-s-&;aiJse,Gia.ttjii ;.;o~thm%tsp-ring:s, 'Al'oUghe-s-timat-eof the' wa te r <br /> <br />, , <br />, wasted':in:tM. manMrcanbEid.e,rl'l'edbYme&3Uringth-e'area of <br /> <br />s-wa~p..aM-p.lant ,g,r-0w;th-and.ap-plying.-an--aWli',opriate'c~-effic~<ent <br /> <br />of USe by evaporation and/or: transpiration, Experience inclicates <br /> <br />8 <br />