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Posted by KIP on April 04, 2005 at 10:55:25 from (200.67.157.98):
In Reply to: CNKS--Water Allotment posted by Allan in NE on April 04, 2005 at 05:50:04:
Allan, In the late 1800s and early 1900´s in New Mexico´s Pecos Valley, there were artesian wells that the farmers used to let run 24 hrs a day, even if they weren´t irrigating. Some would flow thousands of gallons an hour with no pump. They thought their water would never end, but by the time I grew up there in the 50´s and 60´s, all the wells had pumps and water meters and we were alloted 3 acre feet per year. Now, most of the alfalfa and cotton land is gone due to lack of water.
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