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^ ^ ~ ~~}~{ L ~ I~ e,~~~ .. <br />Gunnison River Basin Water Use Growth & Water ~~ <br />, ~,'~ ~ T ~ : ~,~ <br />. . ~ • ~~ ~'~. <br />~ ~ ~ ~~ <br />Demand Proect~ons ~ ~ <br />~: <br />~ ~- <br />r~ ~~ t ~= .~~, ~ <br />~, _, ~ ~ <br />De artment of Natural Resources - Colorado Water Conservation Board ~~3~ ~41~-` ~ <br />p ~ ~ <br />arch 2002 This is art of the CWCB's continuin effort to hel ~~~ t~ ~ wr ~` <br />P g P <br />communities determine whether their existing water <br />supplies are adequate. This latest effort began in 1999 Gre Walcher <br />with a conservation survey of local governments, g <br />DNR Executive Director <br />publication and distribution of a dam site inventory, <br />and series of ineetings in each major water basin. Tasks Rod Kuharich <br />yet to be completed include the publication of water CWCB Director <br />information fact sheets, a drought planning assessmentl <br />carry-over storage assessment, and these preliminary <br />growth and water demand projection fact sheets. These <br />~ <br />materlals and others are available at our website. <br />M <br />BaS111 StatlStlCS - These numbers give a general <br />overview of the current (2000) and future (2030) statistics <br />within the basin. <br />Year Population Irrigated Total Diversions (6) Current <br /> (3) Acres (6) Useable <br /> Storage <br /> ~g) <br />2000 93,908 336,000 2,405,000 acre feet 754,700 <br /> acre feet <br />2030 166,191 336,000 2,417,000 acre feet 754,700 <br /> acre feet <br />Percent +77% 0% +0.49% 0% <br />Change <br />Basin Population by Courity (3) <br /> Gunnison River Basin Projected Future Water Demands ~ 6,g <br />3000 <br /> S~ Native Supply = <br /> Undepleted, <br /> unregulated available <br />2500 <br />surface water. Total <br /> Demands/ <br /> Diversions = Total <br />~ <br />~ 200o <br />amount of water <br />~ Native Supply <br />removed from the <br />~ <br />0 Exports <br />r <br />~ <br />.. Municipal CU stream, some water <br />~ 1500 Irrigation CU may return to the <br />~ +Tota~ cu stream if it is not <br />~ <br />LL ~Total Demand <br />consuptively used. <br />~ <br />Q ~ o0o <br />CU= Consumptive <br /> Use= amount of <br /> water that is <br /> consumed and lost to <br />50o the system while <br /> applying water to a <br /> beneficial use. <br />o - <br /> 2000 2010 Year 2020 2030 <br />MES4 (~JNNISON DELTA MONTR~E SAGUACHE OUR4Y HINSDALE <br />Courity <br />