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Show PART V ALTERNATE LEVELS OF DEVELOPMENT State Alternative at 8.16 Million Acre-feet This is an alternate level of development which reflects 8.16 mil- lion acre-feet of manmade depletions in the Upper Basin plus the deliv- ery of an average of 7*5 million acre-feet of water per annum at Lee Ferry. It includes the amounts of water evaporated from reservoirs re- lated to deliveries at Lee Ferry. The depletion distribution among the States in 2020 is on the "basis of percentage of consumptive use con- tained in the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact. Development of some resources will not "be limited by water availa- bility. State projections indicate the increased production associated with this level of development will be readily absorbed within national and increasing western markets. This is especially true since the added increment is a small part of the national market and will accordingly have a small impact. Arizona retained its allotment of 50>000 acre-feet for irrigation of 9,400 acres of land in 2020 with no changes in types of uses for region- ally interpreted OBERS. Colorado plans to irrigate 1,256,300 acres in 2020, which is 104,000 acres mor*e than the regionally interpreted OBERS showed, with a depletion of 1,91*1,500 acre-feet. New Mexico plans no changes in agriculture, fish and wildlife, or recreation from regionally interpreted OBERS and will irrigate about 17^,200 acres by the year 2000 and 2020. Utah, will increase its use by irrigated crops to 10,700 acre-feet over regionally interpreted OBERS and will irrigate about 401,200 acres by 2020. Wyomingf s agricultural base of irrigated land will be higher than OBERS allowed and increases to 513,300 acres by year 2020. Table 52 summarizes projected irrigated acreage by State for the 8.16 mill ion-acre-foot State alternative level. |