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- For decades, Western water law has been based on the bedrock doctrine that the only beneficial use of water is consumptive use, and any water left in a stream is wasted.
- The Flood Control Act of 30 June 1948 approved the comprehensive plan for the project, and also directed the Bureau of Reclamation to look into methods of reducing non-beneficial use of water by phreatic vegetation in the Rio Grande flood plains and its main tributaries above Caballo Reservoir.
