WSP08519

• File Number: 8281.300
• Description: Colorado River Studies and Investigations - Colorado River Consumptive Uses and Losses Report
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 6/1/1991
• Title: Colorado River System Consumptive Uses and Losses Report 1981 - 1985
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Table C-2.-Summary of estimated water use by States and types of use
1981

0,000 acre-feet)
Estimated beneficial consumPtive uses and 1 osse S1
Municipal FISli'and 'Export Export Unmeasured
Reservoir Irrigated and wildlife outside within return
State evaporation aQrlculture2 Industr ial' recreation system system flow Total
Ariz.ona 219.1 5,452.6 513.2 53.9 0_0 3.0 -135 6,161.4
California 0.0 641.9 3.0 0.0 4,258.1 0.0 -65 4,838.6 \0,(10/0
Colorado 82.7 1,418.7 46,1 0.0 538.0 0_0 0 2,086.1 .....
Nevada 4.2 96.8 294. 5 1.2 0_0 -3.0 -43.6 350.1
New Mexico 44.3 190.5 52.0 0.9 54.6 0.0 0 342.3
Utah 65.0 571.0 40.7 0.0 99.5 0.0 0 1S2.2
Wyoming 41.6 241.1 50.1 0_0 1.0 0.0 0 341. 0
Other. 1,598.4 0.0 0.0 ~ 3,996.4 II -2. 5,594.8
Colorado River
System total 2,115.9 8,619.2 1,000.8 56.0 8,954.2 0.0 -243.6 20,502.5

1 From tables UC-1, UC-2, LC-1, and LC-2.
J Includes livestock water use and stockpond evaporation.
, Includes water uses for thermal electric power generation and mineral resources.
4 Reservoir evaporation represents main st~m reservoir evaporation in the Upper Basin and Lower Basin and main stem
channel losses for Lower Basin. Exports ootside system represent water passing to Mexico.