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<br />. <br /> <br />o <br />c.) <br />N <br />~ <br />-J <br />~ <br /> <br />Establishment of funding programs to develop needed recrea- <br />tional facilities. <br /> <br />The following conclusions and recommendation applies to Prob- <br />lem Area 6 in ASA ll07 which includes Atoka, Pushmataha, Bryan, <br />Choctaw and McCurtain Counties. <br /> <br />Funds be appropriated to initiate implementation of the <br />Oklaho~a Compre~ensive Water Plan which would utilize excess water <br />of the state to a maximum beneficial use. <br /> <br />Statewide there is a need for creation of a water development <br />funding and loan program to provide assistance in the establishment <br />of special purpose districts that would be legal. These districts <br />could be local or private entities empowered with distribution, regu- <br />lation, contracting and funding capabilities for municipal, industrial, <br />and irrigation water supply needs by establishing a revolving fund <br />of not less than $lOO million with reimbursement made by user revenues. <br /> <br />TEXAS <br /> <br />A problem of major concern to Texas is groundwater depletion in <br />the High plains. As may be noted in the "Identification of Severe <br />and Related Land Problems" chapter, the agricultural economy depend- <br />ing upon this depleting resource is a significant part of the overall <br />Texas economy. Supported by participation of Federal agencies Texas <br />knows the depletion rate of the resource, the predictable loss of the <br />resource, and the economic impact. Further studies of this type are <br />not needed. What is needed is a realistic resolution of the problem <br />by importation of a replacement water supply. Arkansas has identified <br />surplus water of suitable quality that could be conveyed to the area. <br />This potential and other plans should be studied in cooperation with <br />Texas, other States of the area, and the Federal government. Texas <br />views the pending problem with great concern and fee~ the impact on <br />the economy and loss of agricultuTal production is great enough to <br />be of National concern. <br /> <br />The Texas Water Development Board has surveyed public wateT <br />systems throughout the State. Six hundred systems, serving 734,000 <br />people cannot meet Primary Standards of the 1974 Safe Drinking Water <br />Act. The relatively small size of many of these systems and the low <br />density of customers present financial problems in meeting the new <br />standards. It is estimated that the systems serving populations be- <br />low 2,500 serve a total of 500,000 persons. It is recommended that <br /> <br />2l <br />