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 UC-4
Upper Colorado River Basin
Estimated Water Use by States. Major Tributaries. and Types of Use
1978
(1,000 acre-feet)
Agriculture Munici pal and Industrial Exp ort
Stockpond Thermal
Reservoir Irri- Evaporation Mineral Electric Outside Within
State Tributary Evaporation ga[ion b Livestock Total Resources Poorer Otherl~ Total System S stem Total
Arizona San Juan-Colo. 4.,3 4.3 1,1 5.4 0.0 19.4 3.8 23.2 0.0 0.0 32.9
N Colorado Green River 7.1 121.3 3.2 124.5 4.8 8.2 1.7 14.7 0.0 0.0 146.3
V Upper Main Stem 47.7 921.1 7.0 928.1 12.0 0.9 10.6 23.5 632.8 115.9 1,748.0
San Juan-Colo. 7.2 140.0 4.3 144.3 2.3 0.0 2.6 4.9 2.0 (-115.9) 42.5
Total 62.0 1,182.4 14.5 1,196.9 19.1 9.1 14.9 43.1 634.8 0.0 1,936.8
New Mexico San 3uan-Colo. 26.6 157.1 1.3 158.4 3.4 25.8 5.5 34.7 105.1 0.0 324.8
Utah Green River 39.3 436.8 3.4 440.2 7.5 11.9 4.2 23.6 108.6 0.0 611.7
Upper Main Stem 0.4 12.4 0.1 12.5 1.5 0.0 0.6 2.1 0.0 0.0 15.0
San Juan-Colo. 6.3 44.2 2.7 46.9 1.2 1.2 0.9 3.3 (-4.6) 0.0 51.9
Total 46.0 493.4 6.2 499.6 10.2 13.1 5.7 29.0 104.0 0.0 678.6
Wyoming Green River 30.2 244.8 3.8 248.6 17.2 25.2 3.7 46.1 8.5 0.0 333.4
Upper Basin Green River 76.6 802.9 10.4 813.3 29.5 45.3 9.6 84.4 117.1 0.0 1,091.4
Upper Main Stem 48.1 933.5 7.1 940.6 13.5 0.9 11.2 25.6 632.8 115.9 1,763.0
San Juan-Colo. 44.4 345.6 9.4 355.0 6.9 46.4 12.8 66.1 102.5 (-115.9) 452.1
Total 169.1 2,082.0 26.9 2,108.9 49.9 92.6 33.6 176.1 852.4 0.0 3,306.5
1/ Includes urban, rural, and other industrial uses.