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<br />projection indicat4lt that water would be ava~ble for all existing <br /> <br /> <br />and authorized uses and contracts from the Navajo Reservoir supply <br /> <br /> <br />aggregating 85,000 acre-feet as follows: <br /> <br />Jicarilla Apache 3,000 acre-feet <br />San Juan Power Plant 16,000 acre-feet <br />Utah International 35,000 acre-feet <br />Gallup-Navajo Project 24,000 acre-feet <br />Other 7,000 acre-feet <br />- , <br />Total 85,000 acre-feet <br /> <br />Under t~is projection, the total use at sites of use in New Mexico <br /> <br /> <br />would be 727,000 acre-feet annually, the amount which we estimate <br /> <br /> <br />to be our entitlement under the compacts. <br /> <br />Water Shortages <br /> <br /> <br />Public Law 87-483 which authorized the San Juan-Chama and <br /> <br /> <br />NIIP, provides that uses of water for the San Juan-Chama Project, <br /> <br /> <br />NIIP, Hammond Project and all uses of water from or above Navajo <br /> <br /> <br />Reservoir under contract with the Secretary of the Interior would <br /> <br /> <br />share water shortages. The priority of the Secretary of the Interior <br /> <br /> <br />for San Juan-Chama, NIIP and Hammond Projects is June 1955. The <br /> <br /> <br />Secretary of the Interior also has priorities for water arising <br /> <br /> <br />below Navajo Dam dated September 1957 and August, 1967. Water under <br /> <br /> <br />these last two priorities can be used to meet some of the demand <br /> <br /> <br />under Navajo Reservoir contracts. <br /> <br /> <br />The Animas-La Plata Project has a water right priority of <br /> <br /> <br />May, 1956. This project does not share shortages with San Juan-Chama, <br /> <br /> <br />NIIP, Hammond and Navajo Reservoir contracts under present law. <br /> <br /> <br />The matter of shortages becomes important if water use <br /> <br /> <br />in New Mexico exceeds New Mexico's Upper Colorado River Compact <br /> <br />- 9 - <br />