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<br />0008~9 <br /> <br />OTHER STUDIES <br /> <br />In 1965, Tipton and Kalmbach did a study for <br />the UCRC (used 1931 -1964 hydrology). <br /> <br />This study concluded that if the Lee Ferry <br />annual delivery is 8.25 mat, the Upper Basin's <br />share (after CRSP evap) could be as low as <br />4.8 mat. <br /> <br />With evaporation, this equates to a Colorado <br />share of COLORADO SHARE OF 2,742,750 <br />at per annum. <br /> <br />'" <br /> <br />,- <br />, <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />THE OCTOBER 1995 WATER RESOURCES <br />BULLETIN OF AWRA PUBLISHED A SERIES OF <br />ARTICLES ON SEVERE SUSTAINED DROUGHT <br />IN THE SOUTHWEST <br /> <br />A paper authored by Ben Harding, Taiye <br />Sangoyomi and Elizabeth Payton modelled the <br />Colorado River Basin based on a reconstructed <br />drought from 1579 to 1616 and 1992 depletion <br />levels. <br /> <br />"Lake Powell contents were drawn down to dead <br />storage by the end of year 18. Active storage in <br />Lake Powell was zero for eight years." <br /> <br />10 <br />