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<br />Several areas of the State do not have adequate amounts of good <br />quality ground water for domestic purposes in some local areas. In <br />such cases it may be necessary for individual users to organize com- <br />munity pipeline systems and generally obtain a community source of <br />water from outside their immediate area. <br /> <br />Six rural community pipeline systems have been instal led (1969) <br />in the White River-Hat Creek Basin to serve 52 ranches. Additional <br />systems are being considered. Instal ling systems in this Basin is <br />simplified because good quality water Is avai lable at elevations <br />considerably higher than the areas to be serviced. <br /> <br />Several rural community systems are being investigated to serve <br />parts of the Nemaha River Basin. Locating a source of supply is the <br />primary problem. Ground water is not plentiful and the quality of <br />some sources is poor. <br /> <br />Installation of rural community systems in the lower Niobrara <br />River Basin also depends upon the location of central supplies. Ground <br />water is not avai lable in large quantities near the areas of need. <br />Consideration is being given to securing surface supplies. <br /> <br />In the Republican River Basin, the possibi lity of providing water <br />through community developments poses greater problems. The density of <br />need is low and potential sources of central supplies are limited. <br /> <br />Future Water Requirement <br /> <br />For this study the people considered as rural domestic water users <br />in the future are all those not being served by municipal water systems. <br />The number is the difference between the total projected population and <br />the projected population of cities and towns expected to have municipal <br />systems. It was assumed that al I present systems would be continued <br />and that systems would be installed in al I towns of over 100 population <br />that do not now have systems. <br /> <br />The past trend of instal ling running water systems is expected to <br />continue. It is assumed that by 1980 al I of the rural households wi II <br />have running water. The aval labi lity of ground water and wide distri- <br />bution of electric power wi II make conversion to running water rather <br />simple. The installation of community pipelines In areas of inadequate <br />amounts or quality of ground water wi II encourage the installation of <br />running water for domestic purposes. <br /> <br />The established future rural domestic per capita use rate Is the <br />same as the established use rate for domestic purposes in towns under <br />2,500 population. This is 80 gal Ions per capita per day In eastern <br />Nebraska and 120 gal Ions per capita per day in central and western <br />Nebraska (Table 10). Most of the rural domestic users wil I receive <br />their water supplies from private systems. Where adequate supplies of <br />ground water are not available in the immediate area, it Is assumed <br />that rural water districts wi I I be organized. <br /> <br />27 <br />