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Show Other communities are expected to meet most of their water needs through I98O by continued development of ground-water resources. Municipal and industrial water withdrawal requirements are expected to increase by about 2 million acre-feet between I98I and 2020. The major municipal water development would be participation in a regional water importation program. The fully developed facilities provided by the Southern Nevada Water Project will meet the water needs of Las Vegas Valley until about year 2000. A 100-million gallon-per-day desalination plant is included in the framework program for treatment of municipal wastes in Clark County in the I98I to 2000 time frame, after which a new source of water supply will be needed. Desalting facilities having capacities totaling 123 million gallons per day are included in the program to treat brackish ground water for municipal uses in several communities. An import of 7,500 acre-feet from the San Juan River is included to supply water for municipal uses in Gallup, New Mexico. Multipurpose regulatory storage facilities in upstream areas would meet the needs of many of the smaller communities. Continued development of ground-water supplies, with desalting where necessary, will meet the needs of most of the other small communities. Recreation Recreation needs of the Region are projected to increase from ikk million recreation days in I965 to 671 million recreation days (including fishing and hunting) in 2020. Within the bounds of existing legal, institutional, financial, and physical conditions, only about k2 percent of these needs can be met. Satisfaction of the remaining 58 percent of the needs will require elimination or modification of these constraints. Water-based recreation needs will climb to 193 million recreation days annually by 2020. Under the framework plan, maximum water augmentation, development, and use will supply a large part of the water-based recreation needs. An increase of about 60,000 acres of non-Federal development will be needed by year 2020 to satisfy recreation needs. The single-purpose recreation program is essentially one of land acquisition, recreation development, and operation, maintenance and replacement of facilities. By the year I98O, about $19^ million for development and acquisition will be required to meet total recreation needs. Water-based recreation needs will total k-3 million recreation days by I98O and will cost over $173 million for development and acquisition. The continuing (1981-2020) recreation program will require the acquisition of ^6,000 acres of land to satisfy projected needs. An expenditure of $858 million will be required for acquisition and development. 2k |