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<br />0') <br />co <br />~ <br />..--I <br /> <br />new lands under the project and will practically eliminate the existing shortages <br />on presently irrigated lands. There is adequate water available within the <br />subbasin area to meet project needs without encroaching on other existing <br />, <br />rights. <br /> <br />Completion of these two projects will provide for the development of about <br />14,290 additional acres, essentially all of the remaining suitable lands in <br />the subbasin, and the increased water supplies made available during the <br />late season will meet most of the irrigation water needs of the subbasin. <br />Only limited areascwill remain with deficient water supplies. There are <br />no other known project possibilities in the subbasin. <br /> <br />Estimates of potential consumptive use requirements by crops on eXi,ting <br />and proposed new lands have been made by the Blaney-Criddle procedures <br />based on local climatological data and cropping history and recent trends, <br />with adjustments for cultivated lands to be inundated. Likewise, estimates <br />of requirements for riparian vegetation, nonbeneficial phreatophyte use, <br />seeped lands, and other water using areas incidental to use and development <br />of the lands have been prepared. Minor water use estimates include require- <br />ments for domestic and livestock use, increased reservoir evaporation, with <br />adjustments for use on inundated cropland, and recreation, fishing and <br />wildlife requirements. <br /> <br />Total potential water requirements or water-supply depletions in the sub- <br />basin are summarized in table 26. <br /> <br />Table 26.- Potential water requirements, North Fork Subbasin II <br /> <br />Net crop consumptive use II <br /> <br />115,424 acre-feet <br /> <br />Riparian vegetation, nonbeneficial <br />phreatophytes, seeped lands and <br />incidental areas <br /> <br />21,138 acre-feet <br /> <br />Municipal, domestic and livestock uses, <br />reservoir and lake evaporation, <br />foreseeable recreation development <br /> <br />12,127 acre-feet <br /> <br />Subbasin total 11 <br /> <br />148,689 acre-feet <br /> <br />1/ Exclusive of industrial requirements. <br />2/ 76,190 acres including potential project development. <br />1/ Does not include 2,008- acre-feet Md&- I water export to Uncompahgre <br />subbasin for city of Delta use. <br /> <br />- 68 - <br />