Levelland Daily Sun News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 81, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 26, 1977 Page: 4 of 8
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Plant Built Near Quake Fault
refused to leave their home.
Some time later, when they
saw the water rising, they
did choose to leave, but it
was too late. They were
drowned.”
It is true that the warn-
ings reached most Idaho re-
sidents in time for them to
escape the flood. For thin,
the dam builders deserve no
credit; _thousands might
havpjieen drowned. Stamm
asMbred use that he and his
agency are “extremely sen-
sitive” to the Teton Dam
disaster. But if sterner mea-
the loss of the dam. the
other two weeks after the
toss ..." he reported blandly
to the Water and Power
subcommittee.
“There have been a num-
ber of heart attacks. I think
the drownings were a total
of five, two of whom were a
couple of 76 and 78 years of
age who were warned by
relatives in ample time but
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trophe, has been left un-
scathed.
Congresa, of course, con-
ducted its usual investiga
tions, but these didn’t per-
turb Reclamation Commis-
sioner Gil Stamm. He told
some bureaucrats, as we re-
ported last year, that he
“wasn’t losing any sleep at
night” over the eongression
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Water Board Releases Study
Of Floyd County’s Depletion
against the responsible
bureaucrats, the NRC might
be a little leas willing to
issue an operating permit to
a nuclear plant on the rim of
an earthquake fault.
Korean Drug Mag —
Intelligence reports indicate
that North Korea is so des-
perately short of hard cur-
rency that it is (Meeting s
worldwide drug ringeto raise
money. j r
North Korean diplomats
in the Scandanavitti coun-
tries have been ousted for
their drug and black*market
dealings. But the intellb
gence reports suggest they
were merely part of a world-
wide operation directed by
the North Korean govern-
ment itself.
The disgraced diplomats
were hastily hustled off to
Moscow. But intelligence re-
ports say they have now
been shipped back to Pyong-
yang. There were reports,
in fact, that the North
Koreans were smuggling
drugs to their Communist
comrades behind the Iron
Curtain.
age by 2020.
Pumping lifts in wajM
which now rangeJMp^MbT
than l<XU«flMKtr will
feet in
BP^sof the county by
and will approach 475
feet in some local areas by
2020.
Compared to the 254,000
acre-feet of water produced
in 1974, the amount ex-
pected to be produced in
the years 2000 and 2020 is
about 180,000 and 146,000
acre-feet, respectively, an
overall decline of 43 percent.
Nowhere in the county is
the water expected to be
exhausted, but yields of
wells will decrease and ex-
pense of irrigation pumpage
will climb. The increased
lifts will require more ener-
gy and thus greater cost in
bringing the water to the
surface.
During the past three de-
>C*fes. the withdrawal of decade throug,h the
JWaAer t g?atly year 2020. The report also
exceeded the natur re- c0„tains estimates of pump-
charge of the aquifer. If this pumping liftsand
overdraft continues, the Qther daU related to cum!nt
aquifer ultimately wiU be and future witer U9e fa the
depleted to the point that it counties
ry "0t economically The m to the report
feasible to produce water for ^ for
irrigation, the authors state, general guidelines only and
These findings, the .au- are not recommended for
thors emphasize, are based use in determining water
on Che continuation of past availability when buying and
trends. Future events can selling specific tracts of
be very different if these land. It is recommended that
trends change, the authors a qualified ground water
say. The most determinative f hydrologist be consulted to
factor may be the decisions make appraisals of ground
of the water users them- water conditions when such
selves. transactions are contem-
The report contains maps, plated,
charts, and tabulations Copies of the report are
which reflect estimates of available without charge
the volume of water in from the Texas Water De-
storage in the Ogallala Aqui velopment Board, P.O. Box
ter and the projected deple- 13087, Austin, Texas 78711,
tion of this water supply by said Rose. ,
Board, recognizing the im-
portance of the area to the
state’s economy, are contin-
uing to search for additouj
supplies of wata^^yiipP
^^■mJBUined by the
H^roectronte computers
that simulate the aquifer’s
behavior and should provide
the groundwater user in the
county with reasonably good
estimates by which future
management decisions can
be unde.
Floyd County had about
8.8 million acre-feet of
_______ ground water in 1974. The
TWDB"staff rtudy shows that 58 percent.
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■■a Vtdt. or 5.1 million acre-feet, will
ind Shelly ho left by the year 2000 if
. f past water-use patterns and
aquifer behavior are con-
met High t^Quod in the future. Only
know that 3.3. million acre-feet or 38
4 water is percent will remain in stor-
hose Who expect to reap the blessings
’ of freedom must undergo the
fatigue of supporting it.”
Thomas Paine Sept. 12,1777
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Levelland Daily Sun News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 81, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 26, 1977, newspaper, January 26, 1977; Levelland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1146529/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting South Plains College.