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<br />Gilbert, Hanna <br /> <br />From: <br />Sent: <br />To: <br />Subject: <br /> <br />Tom Pointon [tomw7@centurytel.net] <br />Tuesday, December 09,20038:37 PM <br />SWSl (Statewide Water Supply Initiative) <br />swsi <br /> <br />On the Methodology for Estimating Ag Demands for the Arkansas Basin The Arkansas River is probably the <br />most over appropriated river in the State. Ag demand for water has almost always exceeded supply, Since the <br />Fry Ark Project was finished Ag has used almost 85% of all trans-mountain water and even bought water <br />from cities if they had any extra. Conservation and best management practices is not the real key because all <br />the good farmers that I have known over the years did not waste water in fact they lived with the water day <br />& night the modem technology is more of a convenience and you can do the same thing if you live with the <br />water and know how to use a shovel and work 22 hours a day. As a young person lots times I only got 4 hours <br />sleep in 24 when we had water. You can do surge irrigation with canvas dams and a shovel I know because I <br />have done that. The Arkansas is return flow based but not all of it is from bad irrigation practice ,some is from <br />earthen canals. One more run of water might make one more ton of hay What this basin needs is higher <br />annual rain & snowfall. There was no Tamarisk here nntil1921 since then tamarisk has continued to use more <br />and more water which effects everyone. <br /> <br />You have done an excellent job compiling the info from previous discussions, Thank You Tom Pointon <br /> <br />I will be at the Basin Roundtable in Pueblo on Jan. 7th, 2004 <br /> <br />1 <br />