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<br />')1)1182 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Table 3. <br /> <br />- CRSS Shortened GrowinQ Season Data an Inci enta onsum <br />Sub-basin Shortage Average Incidental <br /> Percentage Days Consumptive Use <br /> (af/acl <br />Upper Gunnison <br />Alfalfa 0 87 0.157 <br />Pasture 33 81 <br />North Fork & Smith Fork <br />Alfalfa 75 97 0.522 <br />Pasture 64 90 <br />Lower Gunnison <br />Alfalfa 40 90 0,151 <br />Pasture 40 68 <br />UDDer UncomDah re <br />Alfalfa 0 85 0.199 <br />Pasture 20 85 <br />Lower Uncomoah re ,'. <br />Alfalfa 6 82 0.659 <br />Pasture 6 66 <br /> <br />d <br /> <br />d <br /> <br />1 C <br /> <br />tive Use <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The Lower Uncompahgre and North Fork & Smith Fork sub-basins are virtually <br />identical in their cropping patterns, as are the Upper Gunnison and the Upper <br />Uncompahgre sub-basins, The percentages of water short alfalfa and pasture <br />are much larger for the North Fork and Smith Fork sub-basin than those of the <br />Lower Uncompahgre sub-basin, This is due to the availability of Gunnison <br />River water delivered to the Uncompahgre Valley via the Gunnison Tunnel, and <br />the extensive canal system within the valley, which allows for extensive reuse <br />of water. <br /> <br />. <br />