4001

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 4001
• Author: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
• Title: Colorado River System Consumptive Uses and Losses Report 1976-1980.
• USFW Year: 1981.
• USFW - Doc Type: Washington, D.C.
• Copyright Material: NO

TABLE C-2
Summary of Estimated Water Use by States and Types of Use
1976

(1 000

acre-feet)
Estimated Beneficial Consumptive Uses and Losses_
Municipal Fish and Export Export
Reservoir Irrigated and Wildlife Outside Within
State Evaporation Agriculture?/ Industrial,3/ Recreation System System Total
Arizona 222.5 4,338.2 413.7 55.3 0.0 3.1 5,033
California 0 472.4 3.4 0 4,336.9 0 4,813
Colorado 41.5 1,104.1 38.4 0 494.8 0 1,679
Nevada 7.3 93.4 127.6 0.8 0 (-3.1) 226
New Mexico 25.2 160.6 40.1 0 84.4 0 310
Utah 44.0 528.7 .22.3 0 110.0 0 705
~-- Wyoming 26.1 207.9 39.0 0 9.2 0 282
`O Other4 1,931.0 0 0 0 1,748.9 0 3,680
Colorado River
System Total 2,298 6,905 685 56 6,784 0 16,728
1/ From Tables UC-1, UC-2, LC-1, and LC-2.
2/ Includes livestock water use and stockpond evaporation.
3/ Includes water uses for thermal electric power generation and mineral resources.
4/ Reservoir evaporation represents mainstem reservoir evaporation in the Upper Basin and mainstream
reservoir evaporation and channel losses below Lee Ferry in the Lower Basin. Exports outside system repre-
sents water passing to Mexico.