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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />{)O~\)~'J <br /> <br />Present Water Use <br /> <br />The Bureau of Reclamation reported the irrigated <br />land of the subbasin amounted to 6,150 acres in 1937. A <br />recent study shows the land irrigated in 1964 totaled 7,500 <br /> <br />acres. This increase amounted to 1,350 acres for a 22 per- <br /> <br />cent gain over that reported as irrigated in 1937. <br />The irrigated land located in the main Little <br />Snake River valley generally has an adequate supply of <br />water, although shortages of water occur on almost all of <br />the tributary streams in years of low runoff. It is esti- <br />mated that 3,300 acres of land have an inadequate water, <br />supply. <br /> <br />The population of the subbasin consists entirely <br />of farm and ranch population and this has decreased in recent <br /> <br />years. <br /> <br />The results of an estimate of the present stream <br /> <br /> <br />depletion of the subbasin are given in the following table: <br /> <br />Present Stream Depletion - Units-Acre Feet <br /> <br />Annual Stream depletion by <br />irrigation <br />Annual stream depletion by <br />domestic, livestock, etc. <br /> <br />8,100 <br /> <br />Total annual stream depletion <br /> <br />700 <br />8,800 <br /> <br />Potential Use <br /> <br />Studies of the potential of future basin develop- <br /> <br /> <br />ment indicate new water use will be limited to the irrigation <br /> <br />14 <br /> <br />'- ,.di;s.,i,~ <br />