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Show - 23 - mountain and foothill areas for the 10-year period 1941-50, amounted to about 2,600,000 acre-feet. Question XIV. According to your records, how much water in acre-feet has been available and utilized on an average annual basis for the past 10 years of record from all surface and ground water sources? The average annual use of water for the past ten years is shown in the table below. Water use (acre-feet) Maricopa-Pinal area (Basins 1 and 2) From surface water 1,293,000 From ground water 1,926,000 Total 3.219,000 All Central Arizona area including Basins 1 and 2 From surface water From ground water 1,454,000 2,190,000 Total 3,644,000 The expansion in use of ground water is following data for the year 1949: shown by the Water use (acre-feet) Maricopa-Pinal area (Basins 1 and 2) From surface water From ground water 1,206,000 2,784,000 Total 3,990,000 All Central Arizona area including Basins 1 and 2 From surface water From ground water 1,430,000 3,050,000 Total 4,480,000 |