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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />need; <br /> <br />(4) The greatest quantity of Colorado River water <br />entitlement put to reasonable beneficial use, as reported by the water <br />user over the previous 5 years, adjusted by the Regional Director if <br />necessary for metering errors or other reasons, shall be considered to <br />be the base use of the entitlement for that period; <br /> <br />(5) The Regional Director may consider any Federal or State <br />statutory authority for the allowance of nonuse; <br /> <br />(6) For municipal contract users, the Regional Director may <br />take into account factors including, but not limited to, current <br />population, growth rate, market and economic fluctuations, current water <br />use per capita and projected use per capita, current industrial use, <br />documented and anticipated future needs, other uses of water, the amount <br />and sources of other water, and any other factors deemed to be relevant <br />to the municipality's actual need for th~ Colorado River water; and <br /> <br />(7) For agricultural contract users, the Regional Director <br />may take into account factors including, but not limited to, irrigable <br />acres and acres irrigated, cropping patterns, return flow rates, <br />diversions, evapotranspiration rates, irrigation efficiency, and type <br />and condition of irrigation systems utilized. <br /> <br />(b) Determination of nonuse and reduction of entitlement. Upon a <br />preliminary determination by the Regional Director that a 5-year period <br />of nonuse has occurred, the procedures set forth in S 415.22 shall be <br />followed. Upon a final determination of nonuse by the Regional Director <br />(which determination shall take into account, if applicable, the hearing <br />examiner's recommended findings of fact and conclusions of law), the <br /> <br />28 <br />