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<br /> <br />Although there is a substantial quantity of water leaving the Missouri <br />Basin much of this water has served many purposes, such as municipal and <br />industrial water, irrigation water, production of hydroelectric power, <br />use for recreation and fish and wildlife purposes, and for navigation. It <br />can still be utilized more fully if we take care of it and maintain a <br />suitable quality. While the picture is rather bright when considering the <br />total Missouri Basin, there are parts of the basin which do not have quite <br />as favorable an outlook. Many of the areas have developments which currently <br />utilize most of the available supply. Areas most in need of water <br />resources use are generally lacking in the availability of the resources <br />because of low precipitation and high evapo-transpiration, which gives less <br />runoff . <br /> <br />16 <br />