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0734 <br />Surface -water diversions under both plans and the differences are <br />TABLE <br />- -> shown in table 1. Booth Orchard Canal and Consolidated Canal no longer <br />(near here - �_....._ . <br />have any surface -water rights, but of the 21 remaining canals, 18 were. <br />affected by the transfer. The largest effect is at the Fort Lyon Canal, <br />where average annual diversions increased 660 acre -feet (8.1x10 m an <br />increase of about one -half of 1 percent. The largest relative effect is <br />on the Excelsior Canal, where diversion is increased about 1.3 percent. <br />All canals affected have an increase in mean annual surface -water <br />diversions. The total mean annual increase in canal diversions was 1,770 <br />acre -feet (2.2x10 m <br /> i <br />Even though most canals are affected by the transfer plan, in any <br />given year most canals are not affected. In the first year, six canals <br />are affected; in the second year, five canals are affected; in the third <br />year, three canals are affected. A number of factors determine which <br />canal will be affected any given month by the transfer plan, but the most <br />important factors are main stem and tributary inflow and return flow, and <br />stream depletion caused by prior operation. <br />M <br />