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

FOREWORD
This report was prepared pursuant to
the Colorado River Basin Project Act of
1968, Public Law 90-537. The act
directs the Secretary of the Interior
to "make reports as to the annual
consumptive uses and losses of water
from the Colorado River System after
each successive five-year period,
beginning with the five-year period
starting October 1, 1970....Such
reports shall be prepared in consulta-
tion with the States of the lower Basin
individually and with the Upper
Colorado River Commission and shall be
transmitted to the President, the
Congress, and to the Governors of each
State signatory to the Colorado River
Compact."
This report reflects the Department
of the Interior's best estimate of
actual consumptive uses and losses
within the Colorado River Basin. The
reliability of the estimate is affected
by the availability of data and the
current capabilities of data evaluation.
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