7806

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7806
• Author: U.S. Department of the Interior.
• Title: Quality of Water, Colorado River Basin.
• USFW Year: 1997.
• USFW - Doc Type: Progress Report No. 18,
• Copyright Material: NO

Present and Future Development
Table 3.-Colorado River Basin depletion projections-Continued
(Unit: 1,000 af/yr)
1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060+
Colorado (continued)
Anticipated depletions
Agricultural
Silt 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Dolores 0 13 40 40 40 40 40 40
Municipal/domestic
Dallas Creek 0 5 8 10 10 10 10 10
Dolores 0 1 2 4 4 4 4 4
Taylor Draw 0 2 5 5 5 5 5 5
Wolford Mountain 0 7 15 15 15 15 15 15
Exports 0 70 110 130 150 175 175 175
Miscellaneous 0 1 3 4 5 6 7 8
Power/industrial
Craig/Hayden 0 6 6 6 8 8 11 13
Tri-State (Colorado Ute) 0 5 5 8 8 8 8 8
Industrial
Blue Mesa 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Green Mountain 0 3 8 13 18 18 18 18
Ruedi 0 8 13 13 13 13 13 13
StagecoachIY amcolo 0 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Minerals
Ruedi 0 0 5 15 30 30 30 30
Other
Upper Gunnison Basin 0 5 10 10 15 20 25 34
Aqua-Chem 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
Paradox-Salinity 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Total anticipated 0 143 248 291 339 370 379 391
Potential depletions
Agricultural
Animas-La Plata 0 0 0 10 25 65 83 83
West Divide (area) 0 1 1 1 1 4 20 38
Fruitland Mesa (area) 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 21
San Miguel (area) 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 13
Savory Pot Hook (area) 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12
Municipal/domestic
Animas-La Plata 0 5 20 38 38 38 38 38
San Miguel (area) 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12
Minerals/oil shale/energy 0 0 0 0 1 4 18 36
Unspecified use by basin
Yampa 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 28
White 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 25
Colorado mainstem 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 30
Gunnison 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 32
San Juan 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 24
Total potential 0 6 21 49 65 111 356 392
Total scheduled depletions 2,027 2,176 2,296 2,367 2,431 2,508 2,762 2,810
Evaporation storage units 269 269 269 269 269 269 269 269
Total 2,296 2,445 2,565 2,636 2,700 2,777 3,031 3,079
State share of 6.0 mat 3,079 3,079 3,079 3,079 3,079 3,079 3,079 3,079
Remaining available 783 634 514 443 379 302 48 0
Percent ot State share 25 21 17 14 12 10 2 0
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