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Show Table 5 Estimated Water Withdrawal and Depletion Requirements (1965 and Projected) Lower Colorado Region Unit: 1,000 Acre-Feet Withdrawals Depletions Water Use 1965 19B0 2000 2020 1965 1980 2000 2020 Reservoir Evaporation 1/ 230 286 328 359 230 286 328 359 Mineral Development 105 178 264 357 51 89 135 185 Irrigation 2/ 9,138 9,429 8,1*96 8,to5 5,226 5,966 5,312 5,381 Municipal and Industrial 450 863 1,703 2,778 198 358 677 1,149 Recreation 3/ 11 21 4l 70 4 7 l4 24 Fish and Wildlife 196 2l4 325 556 110 142 233 405 H Power 10 37 106 435 10 37 106 435 Total 10,l40 4/ 11,026 11,264 12,960 5,829 6,885 6,805 7,938 Exclusive of Colorado River Mainstream evaporation. Includes nonbeneficial consumptive use, estimated as 15 percent of irrigation requirement. Also includes estimated 600,000 acre-feet in-transit water losses in central Arizona area of Gila Subregion (1965 and 1980). 3/ Exclusive of lake and reservoir evaporation losses. kj 8,391,000 acre-feet actually withdrawn in 1965, includes 230,000 acre-feet reservoir evaporation. V, Note: Columns do not necessarily add to total shown because of rounding. |
