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Show TABLE 7.-(Continued.) River basin. State. (a) 4) ©*-. (5) (6) "I (7) (8) S«ft ¦a * IS 5.5 If 9° <9*) (IO) Authority and remarks. (13) 6. Cache la Poudre: Poudre Valley.... 7. South Piatte: South Piatte and Tributary Valleys............... 8. Sevier: Sevier to Qunni-sod................ 0. Boise: Part Boise Project, U. S. Reclamation Service... Colorado., Colorado. Utah Idaho, 5 000 I 6 700- 18 600 5 800 2 500± 14 1.9 2.0± 1.5 48 60 11 8.6 1.26 1.25± 1.80 1.80 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.6 220 000 1 100 000 66 000 40 000 136 145 110 166 Special 2-year Investigation by Hemphili of the U. 8. Dept. of Agriculture, 1016-17, Bulletin 1026 (1922), pp. 24, 25; footnote on page 25 states credit for return seepage from Poudre Valley Land Into South Piatte would reduce slightly; the 1.25 figure determined includes reservoir evaporation. Water supply study and analysis for 10-year period, by R. I. Meeker. 1912-21. (See Engineering News-Record, July 20, 1922, pp. 105-109). Water-table still rising and return flow increasing; future consumptive use will be less than 1.25 acre-ft. per year; includes evaporation losses from 800 reservoirs. Exhibit A, Appendix, Salt Lake City Hearings, Colorado River Commission, 1922; C. J. Ullrich, eight-year record; 1915-22. U. S. Reclamation Service Special Investigation on area with drainage system; drainage recovery, 2.29 acre-ft. per acre per year; 8-year period; see North Piatte Cooperative Report, Vol. 2 (1919), p. 120; excludes seepage from Deer Flat Reservoir. DO OS |