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• <br />municipal water needs in excess of existing supplies is variable. <br />This depends on the water supply assumptions that are used to <br />estimate annual water requirements and the average daily per <br />capita water consumption t1~at is used to project future annual <br />demands. The actual water supply that a given community may have <br />available each year is dependent on precipitation levels, high <br />mountain snowpack, level of water rights regulation, and other <br />such factors. The actual water demand that a given community may <br />exhibit will also vary depending on precipitation levels as well <br />as community characteristics and the effectiveness of any <br />conservation measures that may be enacted. <br />2.17 Water use in Baggs is expected to grow from about 100 acre- <br />feet in 1986 to 276 acre-feet in 2036. Water use in Dixon is <br />expected to increase from about 35 acre-feet in 1986 to 97 acre- <br />feet after 50 years. With the proposed Sandstone project, it was <br />assumed that increased economic activity in the- Little Snake <br />valley would increase municipal water demand by an additional 160 <br />acre-feet in Baggs and an additional 40 acre-feet in Dixon by the <br />year 2016 (SWEC, 1986x). <br />2.18 A need exists for supplemental irrigation water supplies in <br />the Little Snake River basin. B&V (1984b) projected supplemental <br />needs to provide a full season irrigation water supply assuming a <br />reservoir is constructed on either the Little Snake River or on <br />Savery Creek (table 2-2). <br />2.19 The need for additional industrial water. supplies is <br />directly related to the level of industrial activity. Industrial <br />activity in Wyoming is closely related to the energy development <br />and mining industries, which are not expanding in Wyoming or the <br />nation at the present. <br />• <br />2-7 <br />