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<br /> W.it~~r,l_e...IioMo--, <br /> Vt..-6-_+ ... ..._0..-.- J <br /> .....- ~..-\ <br /> .---. w..n_ ._... <br />Increased Water .- <br />.......r-..' <br />L:'_::':':"~~ . __ <br />Demand by Basins ""l..-"' J .-1,.,....... _ .r /" "- <br />._D_~ \" __ P.....~ <br />~.._._io. ., <br /> '...... <,1.__1 \ ,.._............ <br /> -',_.......tIl.......:J~ <br /> ..~~-=' ...(,,~ I <br /> ;h'H"""-",,,t_ ,--- <br />Basin Anticipated Additional Water <br /> Population Needed (ac ft) <br /> Growth <br />South Platte + 65% 409,700 <br />Arkansas + 55% 98,000 <br />Rio Grande + 35% 4,300 <br />Source: Colorado Water Conservation Board, SWSI Executive Summary <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.. Irrigated Agriculture as an <br /> Economic Engine <br /> Region Farm Gate Economic Representative <br /> Receipts Activity Cropping <br /> Relative to Generated per Pattern <br /> Regional GOpa Acre of Irrigated <br /> Cropland <br />Arkansas 31 % $350 Forages <br />Republican 37% $495 Continuous Corn - <br /> Alfalfa <br />Rio Grande 48% $1,127 Potatoes - Barley <br />E. South Platte 2% $690 Corn - Alfalfa - <br /> Sugar Beets <br /> <br />Includes all production agriculture. <br /> <br />3 <br />