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<br />TABLE 3 <br /> <br />N <br />W <br />00 <br />,.... <br /> <br />SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED USES <br />COLORADO RIVER BASIN <br /> <br />By Calendar Year <br />(thousands of acre-feet per year) <br /> <br /> By State 1973 . 1974 1975 1976 <br />uP1'er Colorado River Basin <br />Depletions) <br />Arizona 7 21 34 26 <br />Colorado 1,764 1,794 1,825 1,756 <br />New Mexico 3301 208 305 279 <br />Utah 7101 726 735 742 <br />Wyoming 320 330 334 337 <br />CRSP Reservoir <br />Evaporation 502 547 625 656 <br />Subtot;l.l - Depletions <br /> Upper Colorado <br /> River Basin 3,633 3,626 3,858 3,796 <br />Lower Colorado River Basin : <br />(Mainstream Diversions less: <br />surface returns except <br />as noted) <br />Arizona2 962 990 1,011 1,094 <br />California 5,080 5,354 4,935 4,610 <br />Nevada~ 95 99 105 108 <br />Reservoir Evaporation 1,207 1,150 1,389 1,156* <br />Subtotal - Mainstream <br />Diversions less surface: <br />returns, Lower Colorado: <br />River Basin 7,344 7,591 7,440 6,968 <br />Deliveries to Mexico4 1,625 1,665 1,728 1,774 <br />TOTAL - Colorado River Basin :12,602 :12,885 :13,026 :12,538 <br /> <br />IThe 1973 depletions for New Mexico and Utah have been revised since publica- <br />tion of the Forum Report, "Water Quality Standards for Salinity Including Numeric <br />Criteria and Plan of Implementation for Salinity Control, Colorado River System." <br />The values shown in the Forum Report have thus been superseded. <br />2Values for Arizona and California are diversions less returns including <br />estimated unmeasured return flows. <br />3Values for Nevada are gross diversions. <br />4Includes water bypassed around Morelos Dam in accord with Minutes 241 <br />and 242, and relatively minor amounts of overdeliveries. <br />*Provisional. <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />-i <br />