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<br />Total <br /> <br />. .70,000 <br /> <br /> <br />Denver, Colorado, December 15, 1922. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />LA PLATA RIVER BASIN <br />(Ralph 1. Meeker) <br /> <br />ACRES IRRIGA'l'ED <br /> <br />(1919) <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Acres <br /> <br />Colorado ............................................ .19,000 <br />New Mexico.......................................... 4,100 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Total. . . . . . . . . . . " . . . . . . . " ... . . .. . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . .23,100 <br />Additional acres that may be irrigated provided water is <br />available: <br />Acres <br />Colorado ............................................ .40,000 <br />New Mexico ......................................... .12,000 <br /> <br />Total .............................................52,000 <br /> <br />Note: 'l'he irrigable area is greater than the surplus waters of <br />the La Plata Basin. In Colorado trans-mountain diversions from <br />the Animas River and its tributlll'ies will be made (ultimately) <br />for the benefit of the La Plata lands. <br /> <br />WATER SUPPLY (Approximate) <br /> <br />WATER PRODUCED <br /> <br />Acre-Feet <br /> <br />Colorado Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60,000 <br />New Mexico Area .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .10,000 <br /> <br />WATER NOW CONSUMED <br /> <br />Acre-Feet <br />Colorado Lands ...................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . .24,000 <br />NeW'Mexico Lands .................................... 7,000 <br /> <br />Tota] ..............:...............................31,000 <br /> <br />[ 7 ] <br />