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Show tained when the minimum daily 187 stream flow was less than 1460 ( second-feet secondfeet ) ( , . ) As appears from the last mentioned exhibit , the gage at Lees Ferry showed a discharge of 1000 ( second-feet secondfeet ) on ( De- De ) cember 27 , 1924 ; on December 26 , '1924 , the flow was 1500 ( second-feet secondfeet ) ; and after December 27 , gradually rose until it reached 1500 ( second-feet secondfeet ) , the next day 2400 ( second-feet secondfeet ) , and thereafter continued a steady rise . We recall no evidence which explains this extraordinary drop of the river during those few days of December , 1924 . The minimum daily stream flow at Lees Ferry during any other year while that station has been maintained was 2290 ( second-feet secondfeet ) . STREAM DEPLETIONS CAUSED BY IRRIGATION . The fact that the waters of these streams have been greatly depleted as a result of diversions for irrigation ( pur pur- pur ) ¬ poses is set forth in many of the official documents ( intro intro- intro ) ¬ duced in evidence by Complainant . San Juan River . A . L . Kroeger , a civil engineer , produced a map that was received in evidence and marked . ( "Defendant's Defendants ) Exhibit No . ( 28 29 ) . " The heavy red line , including the areas colored brown , green and yellow , respectively , indicates the exterior ( boun boun- boun ) ¬ daries of the ( water-shed watershed ) of the San Juan and its tributaries . The area colored brown represents that section where the timber has been cut , the locations and dates of installation of the larger saw mills being there shown . The area colored green represents farm land ( irrigated irrigrated ) by water from the San Juan and its tributaries . ( R . 5156 , Vol . 29 . ) There are ( ap- ap ) proximately 782,000 acres of cut timber land in the areas ( col- col ) ored brown and 160,000 acres of irrigated land in the areas colored green . ( R . 5158-9 , Vol . 29 . ) The location of said ( irri- irri ) gated lands is shown with approximate accuracy on said ( map niap ) . the information as to acreage and location having been ( ob- ob ) tained by the witness from official records of the states of New Mexico and Colorado , copies of which records he had in his possession . ( R . 5154-5 , Vol . 29 . ) The amount of water ( re- re ) quired for each acre of said irrigated lands is approximately 3 ( acre-feet acrefeet ) per year . ( R . 5166 , Vol . 29 . ) Expressed in ( terms tern-is ternis ) of ( second-feet secondfeet ) , one ( second-foot secondfoot ) of water running for ( twenty- twenty ) four hours equals approximately 2 ( acre-feet acrefeet ) . ( R . 5168 , Vol . |
