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<br />',.11 ,:;: <br /> <br />irrigEtion of 65,000 acres of land. with the tota1 <br /> <br />f~he <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />reduction or loss in the river between these two points of <br /> <br />84.000 ecre"feet shows a consum:ptive use in the Sevier <br /> <br />Velley of one and three-tenths acre feet of wc.ter perecre <br /> <br />per season. <br /> <br />The increased utilization of seventy-five percent over <br /> <br /> <br />and above the inflow does not ~ll re~resent return flow. <br /> <br /> <br />The watershed area (See hxhibit B, A,~endix Salt Lake <br /> <br /> <br />City Hearings) between these points is approximctely 750 <br /> <br /> <br />square miles. Iii th Ln [,nnual ninfLll of eight inches', end <br /> <br /> <br />assuming tweaty-five par cent run-off that is not measured <br /> <br /> <br />or cannot be measured at the gaging stLtions will amount fa <br /> <br /> <br />about siaty thous~nd acre feet. Subtraoting thct from the <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />total utilization, leaves a present utilization over end <br /> <br /> <br />above the unmeasur&.ble rainf~,llrun-off of c:.pproximatelY <br /> <br /> <br />fifty-:thxe"per cen t. This is mainly due to re turn flow, <br /> <br />: <br /> <br />accumulative between Sevier Bnd the Gunnison ge.':"ing statillnsc.., <br /> <br /> <br />lie he ve fi ve or six dry dams on this ri ver gnd a quartex: <br /> <br /> <br />of Ii mile below each of these dams we have a river of w~ter- <br /> <br />this is ell dlle to return flow. <br /> <br />I have 'been told b~' old settlers on the river, that l7a:' <br />;j.,c]: li1 1890 E c.','~; <{ant up to the !.lormon Church not 'GO ssnd <br />en,;: ,'lore satl;ler:" onto this river system 2S the 1'I[,tar hed all <br /> <br />beEll ":'Y'l'O:",';'H te-:, c nil tl:e1'e was not sufficient We, "e~' ,:rJJ: th~:- I <br /> <br />::60 -';Odc.j' the l'i..'eJ. is doin: twioe the (',llty it (:i(l in 18<:10 <br /> <br />en(: tile;'e 13 ~'Gill ,,',,:!'ficient Water to in i:::f. te ell the <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />c.;.Cl"9c..~:c; t:..nd..er <br /> <br />:~i . I: ~ <br />