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<br /> <br />The city;presently intends to obtain its water Sup,ply. through <br />expansion of its well field. For this method of delivery, the present <br />administrative procedures of the state Engineer would be the basis for <br />determining the allWunt and time of depletion of surfaee water by th~ <br />city's well fields. Delivery of Albuquerque's allocated share of San. <br />Juan-Chama water at OtOWi, with appropriate reduction for storage and <br />conveyance lOl;lses above Otowi, would leave the Rio Grande supply <br />undiminished at that point. Jl,ppropriate conveyance losses WOuld be <br />deducted between Otowi and the point of delivery of Albuquerque's water. <br /> <br />Middle Rio Grande ConservanCY District Use <br /> <br />Delivery and accounting of San Juan-Ghama water for supplemental <br />irrigation within tbe Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District would not <br />present any particular problem. The District's a.1.located share of the <br />im;ported water eould, with a.ppropriate adJu.stments for storage and tra.ns- <br />mission losses, be delivered at Otowi. This San Ju.an-Chama water would <br />probably be delivered during tM latter part Gf July, in. August, and .in <br />September to s1q>plement the low flow period of the Rio Grande. The <br />present Jllethod of operatiolJ. of the Middle Rio Grande ProJect by the Bureau <br />is to <U"ert the required irrigation su;pply at the Ooebiti Diversion Dam., <br />the Angostura Diversion, the Islata Diversion Dam., and the San Acaoia <br />Diversion Dam.. Usually there is no flow in the river below Isleta or <br />SM Acac:La, and there 18 seldom Wly flow in the river betweenANgoetura <br />and Albuquerque during the period. when su;pplelllental water would be <br />. delivered.. \Yater diverted abw~ Isleta is used and reused many times <br />throngh the interconnected canal and drain systems which now extend. <br />essentially from ,Goe.h.i:l;! to' the southern end. of the District near San <br />Antonio. . There would be little or no return flow or operation waste of <br />San Jue.n-Chlima water at the .lowar end of the District after it is first <br />delivered to the upstream. pOint of diversion at Ooohiti. <br /> <br />25 <br />