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-S.-Summaryet estimated water use by States and types of uSe
1984

11,000 acre-feet)
Estimated beneficial consumPtive Uses and losses1
Municipal Fish and Export Export Unmeasured
Reservoir Irriqated and wildlife outside within return
State evaporation aQrlculture2 industrial' recreation system system flow Total
Ar lzona 274.5 4,344.9 555.7 5.8 0.0 3.0 -143 5,040.9 f
California 0.0 446.3 3.0 0.0 4,286.5 0.0 -57 4,678.8 ~"I'j I.
Colorado 84.2 1,298.0 38.8 0.0 443.7 0.0 0 ../'
1,864.7
Nevada 5.1 95.4 323.6 1.0 0.0 -3.0 -66.9 355.2
New Mexico 44.9 199.7 58.0 0.9 114.1 0.0 0 417.6
Utah 64. 7 630.0 44.0 0.0 23.3 0.0 0 762.0
Wyoming 34.5 229.4 39.4 0.0 4.0 0.0 0 307.3
Other. 1,197.1 0.0 -.!1..J2. .!L.Q 16,991.3 .JW!. ......Q. 18,188.4
Colorado River (---'-~ t
System total 1,705.0 7,243.7 1,062.5 7.7 21,862.9 0.0 -266.9 \, 31,614.9 ,
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1 From tables UC-l, UC-S, LC-l, and LC-2.
2 Includes livestock water use and stockpond evaporation.
J Includes water uses for thermal electric power generation and mineral resources.
4 Reservoir evaporation represents main stem reservoir evaporation in the Upper Basin and Lower Basin and main stem
channel losses for Lower Basin. Exports outside the system represents water passing to Mexico.

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