PUB00155

• Year: 2007
• Title: The Colorado River The Story of a Quest for Certainty on a Diminishing River
• CWCB Section: Administration
• Author: Eric Kuhn
• Description: The Colorado River The Story of a Quest for Certainty on a Diminishing River
• Publications - Doc Type: Other

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Tributary Uses in Arizona 1971 - 2000 (includes groundwater overdrafts)

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FIGURE V-I: Tributary Uses in Arizona

In contrast, Figure V-2 is a graph showing Arizona's mainstem consumptive use. Pumping
by the CAP began in 1986. One can see that Arizona reached its full 2.8 maf normal year mainstem
apportionment in 2002. In the late 1990s, Arizona developed a groundwater bank. A portion of the

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