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Show PART VI FRAMEWORK PLAN AND ALTERNATIVES States' Alternative at the 8.l6 Million Acre-foot _____________Level of Development______________ Elements of plan This is an alternate plan of development which reflects 8.16 million acre-feet of man-made depletions in the Upper Basin. It includes the amounts of water evaporated from main stem reservoirs. This plan assumes the Colorado River water supply would be firmed to meet the division of water "by the Colorado River Compact. Depletion distribution among the states in 2020 equals their percentage shares under the Upper Colorado River Compact. Development of some resources would not be limited by present water availability. States have assumed that a market for the increased pro- duction associated with this level of development would readily be ab- sorbed within national and increasing western markets. This is especially true since the added increment is a small part of the national market and would accordingly have a small impact. Table 17 enumerates water depletions by states, subregions, types of use, and by time frames 1980, 2000, and 2020, and Table 18 details the installed capacity and water depletions for thermal-electric gener- ation. Arizona retained its allotment of 50,000 acre-feet for 2020 with no changes in types of uses previously described for the framework plan. Colorado plans to irrigate 1,256,300 acres in 2020, which is acres more than the framework plan, with a depletion of 1,9^1?500 acre- feet. Oil shale complexes, starting in the 1981-2000 time frame and totaling 2 million barrels-per-day capacity by 2020 are anticipated as divided equally between the Green River and Upper Main Stem Subregions. A coal "byproducts plant, using 15,000 acre-feet in the San Juan-Colorado, and a potash plant, capacity of 1.5 million tons annually, using 9?500 acre-feet, are projected. Fish and wildlife uses would total 713*+00 acre- feet, a substantial increase over the framework plan. Thermal-electric power capacity of approximately 10,000 megawatts would deplete 153,200 acre-feet annually. Export would increase to I.36 million acre-feet an- nually. This plan would meet regionally interpreted OBERS requirements for all sectors except power, which would be met by Utah. New Mexico plans no change in agriculture, fish and wildlife, or recreation from the framework plan. Population by 2020 is estimated at 189,500 and. the minerals industry is projected to increase as a result of available reserves and national need. Thermal-electric powerplant installed capacity would be 53623 megawatts. Export to the Rio Grande Basin via "the San Juan-Chama Project would be increased 125,000 acre- feet over -the framework plan for a total export of 2^3?000 acre-feet. 86 |