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TABLE LC-3
<br />Lower Colorado River Basin
<br />Colorado River Mainstream Water Use and Exports by States and Mexicol~
<br />1976-1980
<br /> (1,000 acre-feet)
<br /> Estimated Consum ptive Use
<br /> Thermal Fish Unmeasured Water Passin g to Mexico
<br />Water Irrigated Municipal and Electric Wildlife Return Adjusted Minute Excess
<br />Year State Agriculture Industrial Power b Rec. Export Total Flow?/ Total Treaty 2423/ Releases Total
<br /> Nevada .1 90. 1 0. 0.0 10 .7 30.7 75. - - - -
<br />1976 Arizona 1,238.3 I1.0 0.6 55.3 0.0 1,305.2 136.9 1,168,3 - - - -
<br /> California 535.5 3.4 0.0 0.0 4,336.9 4,875.8 63.1 4,812.7 - - - -
<br /> Total 1,773.9 104.5 15.3 56.1 4,336,9 6,286.7 230.7 6,056.0 1,474.7 205.6 68.6 1,748.9
<br /> Nevada 0.1 89.9 15.1 0.9 0.0 106,0 32.4 73.6 - - - -
<br />1977 Arizona 1,162.8 12.6 0.8 41.9 0.0 1,218.1 139.7 1,078.4 - - - -
<br /> California 521.9 3.3 0.0 0.0 4,372.1 4,897.3 60.3 4,837.0 - - - -
<br /> Total 1,684.8 105.8 15.9 42.8 4,372.1 6,221.4 232.4 5,989.0 1,553.5 209.4 68.5 1,831.4
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<br />Nevada
<br />0,1
<br />93.4
<br />9.6
<br />0.9
<br />0.0
<br />104.0
<br />33.8
<br />70.2 - - - -
<br />1978 Arizona 1,186.6 13.5 1.0 46.4 0.0 1,247.5 137.6 1,109.9 - - - -
<br /> California 537.8 2.9 0.0 0.0 4,146.1 4,686.8 62.4 4,624.4 - - - -
<br /> Total 1,724.5 109.8 10.6 47.3 4,146.1 6,038.3 233.8 5,804.5 1,513.0 194.2 37.3 1,744.5
<br /> Nevada 0,1 105.7 11.0 0.9 0.0 117.7 37.5 80.2 - - - -
<br />1979 Arizona 1,086,3 11.4 0.9 47.1 0.0 1,145.7 133.8 1,011.9 - - - -
<br /> California 542,6 3.1 0.0 0.0 4,111.8 4,657.5 66.2 4,591.3 - - - -
<br /> Total 1,629,0 120.2 11.9 48.0 4,111.8 5,920.9 237.5 5,683.4 1,668.0 170.6 921.7 2,766.3
<br /> Nevada 0,1 122.7 11.7 1.1 0.0 135.6 42.1 93.5 - - - -
<br />1980 Arizona 1,096,0 12.3 0.8 56.4 0.0 1,165.5 130.7 1,034.8 - - - -
<br /> California 538,8 2.8 0.0 0.0 4,207.9 4,749.5 69.3 4,680.2 - - - -
<br /> Total 1,634,9 137.8 12.5 57.5 4,207.9 6,050.6 242.1 5,808.5 1,706.8 185.0 4,251.0 6,142.8
<br />1/ From the Bureau of Reclamation calendar year reports Compilation of Records in Accordance with Article V of the Decree of the Supreme
<br />Court of the United States in Arizona va. California dated March 9, 1964." ExporEs to California and water passing to Mexico are demands on
<br />system water and consumption is outside the system.
<br />2/ Estimates of unmeasured return flows are for the Colorado River diversions portions of Las Vegas Wash (Nevada) surface water discharge
<br />to Lake Mead, ae found in decree accounting, Total unmeasured return flows for Arizona and California are estimated to be 200,000 acre-feet
<br />which is proportioned on the basis of irrigated agriculture diversions.
<br />3/ Source: Annual reports by the Bureau of Reclamation, "Operation of the Colorado River Basin and Projected Operations."
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