CRDSS_Task2-09-11_OtherUsesCULosses_WhiteBasin

• Title: CRDSS Task 2.09-11 - Consumptive Use Model - Non-Irrigation ‎(Other Uses)‎ Consumptive Uses and Losses in the White River Basin
• Description: This task memorandum formalizes the computation of non-irrigation categories such as livestock, stockpond, municipal, thermal electric, mineral resource, export, fish and wildlife, and recreation categories for the CRDSS consumptive use ‎(CU)‎ in the White River Basin for calendar years 1985 to 1990.
• Decision Support - Doc Type: Task Memorandum
• Date: 1/21/1997
• DSS Category: Consumptive Use
• DSS: Colorado River
• Basin: Yampa/White/Green
• Contract/PO #: C153658, C153727, C153752
• Grant Type: Non-Reimbursable
• Bill Number: SB92-87, HB93-1273, SB94-029, HB95-1155, SB96-153, HB97-008
• Prepared By: Riverside Technology inc.

4.0 REFERENCES
Arnold, J.G. and J.R. Williams. (1985). ?SWRRB, A simulator for water resources in rural
basins - Volume I. Model Documentation,? USDA Agricultural Research Service.
Blaney, H.F. (1960). ?Evaporation from water surfaces in mountain areas of western United
States,? Assoc. Int'l D' Hydrologie, Bul. 17, pp. 27-37.
Bureau of the Census, 1991. 1990 Census of Population: Colorado, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
Bureau of the Census, 1981. 1980 Census of Population: Colorado, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
USBR (United States Department of Interior Bureau of Reclamation) 1991. Colorado Rive
System Consumptive Uses and Losses Report 1981-1985. USBR Upper and Lower Colorado
Region. June 1991.
U. S. Geological Survey, 1985, Estimated use of water in Colorado. Water-Resources
Investigations Report 88-4101.
5.0 SUPPORTING MATERIALS
TABLE 1.
Average Daily Consumptive Use by Livestock
Type Daily Water Use
(gal/head)
Cattle10
Sheep2
Hogs3
4
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