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<br />How Much Colorado River Water <br />is Colorado Currently Using? <br /> <br />Every five years the Secretary of the Interior publishes the <br />Colorado River System Consumptive Uses and Losses <br />Report. Thirty years of data are available; the latest report <br />covers 1996-2000. <br /> <br />There are a lot of critics of the report. The CWCB and River <br />District staff believe it overstates Colorado irrigation uses <br />in certain years. <br /> <br />Other critics believe it understates Upper Basin irrigation <br />uses. HOWEVER, until revised (if ever) it is the official <br />record of the Secretary of the Interior. <br /> <br />L COLORADO RIVER WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT <br />