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<br />,~ <br />i ~~ <br /> <br />, . <br /> <br /> <br />THE :'!ATER BtJDG::.--:- <br /> <br />Table 5 ~ives an approxireate gross water bu~get for tte Upper <br />Basin. This bud~et is based cn the assusption that no vater is lost <br />from the casio by ground ~~ter underflow. 'The yearly volume of precipi- <br />tatic~ is taken to be 92.739.000 a~re-feet. ~hich is eQuiva~ent to <br />15.88 inches average deptL of :rearl:.: J:red~,it.etion. The qUAntity of <br />irrigation cons~?tive uZe is that co~?iled by the Upper Colorado River <br />Laslo Compact CO~;~$ion (1948),1/ All the preciritatio~ suP?ly not <br />accounted for in o'.ltflm; fro::: the basi~. t:-a:is:lO~ntair. exports less <br />i:tports, consu.'!l'ptive use due to the activities of ::Je.n. s:<J. e-"ra.poratior. <br />from water s~faces is considered to be natural ev~potranspiratior. <br />from tte land surface ar.~ fro: n~tive vegetation. <br /> <br />Table 5 <br />Di~~osal of orecinitntion in the Unoer Colorado River <br /> <br />Basin <br />Acre-feet <br />a. vear <br />12.133,100 <br />468,400 <br />-2,600 <br />1,169,100 <br />22,600 <br />515.000 <br />77.173,400 <br />02.139,000 <br /> <br />Ou~floy at Lees Ferry, Ariz. <br />Transmountuin exports . . . <br />Trans~ountain imports . . . . <br />Irrigatio~ cons~ptive use <br />Domestic and industrial cODs~~tive ~se <br />Evaporatiol: froe ....ater surfaces . <br />Hat~ra1 everotranspiration loss . <br />Total (Yehrl.v nrecipitation) <br /> <br />~I Upper Colorado River Basin Compact Comcission. 1948, Final <br />Re~ort of Engineerin~ AdvisoTj. Cc~~ittee to Upper Colorado ?iver Basin <br />Co~pact Co~.: Upper Colorado C~~~ission, 19~8, 203 r., 18 fics. <br /> <br />20 <br /> <br />