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-5
Upper Colorado River Basin
Estimated Water Use by States, Major Tributaries and Types of Use
1979
(1,000 acre-feet)
Agriculture Munici pal and Indies trial Exp ort
Stockpond Thermal
Reservoir Irri- Evaporation Mineral Electric Outside Within
State Tributary Evaporation gation b Livestock Total Resources Power Otherl/ Total System System Total
Arizona San Juan-Colo. 3.7 5.3 0.9 6.2 0.0 20.4 3.6 24.0 0.0 0.0 33.9
Colorado Green River 7.1 119.9 3.4 123.3 4.9 6.7 1.8 13.4 0.0 0.0 143.8
N Upper Main Stem 45.2 911.9 7.0 918.9 12.1 0.3 11.1 23.5 505.5 124.3 1,617.4
San Juan-Colo. 5.3 171.2 3.8 175.0 2.4 0.0 2.7 5.1 2.1 (-124.3) 63.2
Total 57.6 1,203.0 14.2 1,217.2 19.4 7.0 15.6 42.0 507.6 0.0 1,824.4
New Mexico San Juan-Colo. 23.9 174.8 1.1 175.9 3.6 27.8 5.7 37.1 164.2 0.0 401.1
Utah Green River 38.0 450.1 3.4 453.5 7.6 12.0 4.4 24.0 127.5 0.0 643.0
Upper Main Stem 0.3 13.8 0.1 13.9 1.5 0.0 0.7 2.2 0.0 0.0 16.4
San Juan-Colo. 5.8 56.3 2.6 58.9 1.2 4.8 0.9 6.9 (-5.2) 0.0 66.4
Total 44.1 520.2 6.1 526.3 10.3 16.8 6.0~ 33.1 122.3 0.0 725.8
Wyoming Green River 31.8 253.5 4.0 257.5 18.1 27.0 3,9 49.0 9.7 0.0 348.0
Upper Basin Green River 76.9 823.5 10.8 834.3 30.6 45.7 10.1 86.4 137.2 0.0 1,134.8
Upper Main Stem 45.5 925.7 7.1 932.8 13.6 0.3 11.8 25.7 505.5 124.3 1,633.8
San Juan-Colo. 38.7 407.6 8.4 416.0 7.2 53.0 12.9 73,1 161.1 (-124.3) 564.6
Total 161.1 2,156.8 26.3 2,183.1 51.4 99.0 34.8 185.2 803.8 0.0 3,333.2
1/ Includes urban, rural, and other industrial urea.