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<br />January <br />February <br />March <br />Apri 1 <br />May <br />June <br />July <br />August <br />September <br />October <br />November <br />[lee-ember <br /> <br />Total <br /> <br />21,600 <br />19,500 <br />21,100 <br />26,500 <br />66,400 <br />126,500 <br />83,800 <br />50,400 <br />29 ,000 <br />25,800 <br />24,000 <br />23,500 <br />518,100 <br /> <br />17,000 <br />14,500 <br />14,800 <br />9,700 <br />26,000 <br />41,200 <br />24,600 <br />18,000 <br />17,200 <br />14,300 <br />13,100 <br />14,600 <br /> <br />225,000 <br /> <br />117,200 <br />120,200 <br />244,200 <br />274,300 <br />227,100 <br />121,700 <br />1\ ,800 <br /> <br /> <br />001227 <br /> <br />1924-1966 <br /> <br />Month <br /> <br />Average Flow <br />at Canon City <br />(acre-feet) <br /> <br />Minimum Flow <br />at Canon City <br />(acre-feet) <br /> <br />Headgate Water <br />Requirements <br />(acre-feet) <br /> <br />1,116,500 <br /> <br />It is to be noted that the average annual full water supply <br />requirements for the canals between Pueblo and the State line exceed <br />1,116,000 acre feet. This total average growing season water requirement, <br />less the estimated water pumped from wells and canal diversions during <br />the growing season, indicates an average annual shortage of almost <br />340,000 acre-feet from 1950 through 1966. <br />The need for a balanced water supply and the readily-available <br />e 1 ectr i c power in recent years have resu 1 ted in an expanded use of ground <br />water from the alluvial aquifer. The U. S. Geological Survey estimates <br />31,000 acre-feet and 227,000 acre-feet of water were pumped from wells <br />during 1950 and 1964, respectively. The estimated pumpage from 1940 <br />through 1949 averaged 10,600 acre-feet per year; for 1950 through <br />1959, it averaged 83,000 acre-feet per year; and for the 1960 through <br />1964 period the average annual use had increased to 168,200 acre-feet. <br />At present, there are more than 1,400 high-capacity wells under the <br />ditches between Pueblo and the state line. These wells have an <br />estimated pumping capacity of about ~770 cubic feet per second, or a <br />theoretical pumping capability of about 106,000 acre-feet per month. <br />The U,S. Geological Survey estimates 80% of the water pumped in the <br /> <br />9 <br />