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DRAFT Prelim/narV Water Demand Forecasfs <br />patterits. 5tatrCU may be applied i?1 a more genera l fashicm to obtain crop irriw tI( ? I, • <br />water requiremetlts if a statewide climate datii set is completed hV the state anii <br />consultants in a reasonable timeframe. Otherwise, histuric divcrsicros and <br />groiindcvater pumping estimates have been used to estimate the historir Water <br />application using avcragc system rffiricncies. Hxperted irrigation water requiremcnts <br />aild cunsumptit•e usr will then be drrivcd using this info?rniation and devcloped cro?p <br />corffirients frcnn tlle CUSS basins. <br />Summary of Demands <br />'I'able 3 represecits the prelimiilary estimate of 2000 gross divrrsions for agricultiiriil <br />uses per basin. These gross demands represent the total water used anci not tht- <br />amount ccrosumed. M&I consumpti?yc use numbers are ctirrently under developmrnt <br />and will be combiried with aKrictiltural consumptive use tc? develop all l'St1I11dtl' OF <br />fUtdl Cl)Iltillillfltlvl' l1SE'S hV bijtilll. <br />Table 3 Preliminiry Estimate of Gross Agricultural I igilj•e 2 shows the perceiitagrs of <br />Water Demands 2000 b Basin t"?tintated statewide M&l, self- <br />Basin <br />Arkansas <br />' 770,000 <br />"tiPpl«'?? ??id ijgrirultural watrr <br />Colorado '.99C1,000 demmnds for year 2000. A};rirultun•e <br />Dolores/San JuaniSan Mi uel 810,000 curreiitly represents 89 perrent uf the <br />Gunnison 1,730,000 total Or gross water usr. As M&I <br />North Platte 397,000 dti»???id incrrasrs and irriKatrd acr?,,, <br />Rio Grande 1,090,000 remain coilstant or derline, the <br />• <br />South Platte 2,100,000 <br /> <br />YampaM/hiteiGreen <br />630,000 Furcentagr of ag?•iculturil 'A'atrr utiL' ,1', <br />Total 10.520.000 tcital water use in the state will declin(I <br />W] M & I <br />a Self-supplied <br />PI Agricultural <br />89°10 <br />Figure 2 Statewide Gross Water Demands 2000 <br /> <br />• <br />MEF.'iNOS?LINC6 WAFLAPfiEI?MIN4RV IIEMAN(: SUNMAWV MI.:Mn TJ r-'WGy 1 ;1004