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<br />nD~!1{ <br /> <br />"'lCii- <br /> <br />cf 2.24 inoluding preoipitaticn (cr 1.56 excluding preoipitation) is bas- <br />ed cn a oalculated "equiVtl.lent water oonsuming area" ef 137.700 &.Ores. <br /> <br />Cemparing the water losses cf pre-drainage with after-drainage <br />cenditicns, as indico.ted in the fcregeing table, it appears that cem- <br />pletion of drainage facilities to. the extent harein assumed will accom- <br />plish a so.ving in water losses frcm seeped lands cf abcut 46,000 A. F. <br />annually. Or expressed in ancther and psrhaps mcre accurate wey. the <br />said drainage. though it will net eliminate seeped areas or lesses ef <br />water therefrcm, will add about 14,000 aores. er abeut 20% to. the irri- <br />gated agricultural lends, and at the same tilllll will reduce the tetal <br />""ter lesses abeut 28.000 A. F. annually. Thus, by means ef _ter cen- <br />servaticn threugh. drainage cf seeped lands. the irrigated areas in the <br />wwer Uncempahgre Valley will be increased. to. the benefit cf that val- <br />ley and the State ef Cclerade, without thereby dilninishing the uncon- <br />sumed outflews, and hence witheut adversely affecting other interests <br />dewnstream in Celerade er in ether states. <br />