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<br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />TABLE 3b <br />SUMMARY OF COLORADO WATER SUPPLIES BY WATER DIVISION <br />EAST SLOPE AND RIO GRANDE BASINS <br />(1000 acre-feet) <br /> <br /> (C) (D) (E) (F) (G) (H) (I) (1) <br /> Average "Prescnt" "Present" 1993 Potential <br /> Annual Available Estimated Basin Basin for Future <br />Water Natural Exports Imports Water Depletions Outflow Oulnow Development <br />Division Ba~in Flow (a) (b) (b) (col C-D+E) (c) (col F-G)(d) (c) <br /> South Platte River 1,441 0 336 1,777 1,473 304 387 (f) <br /> Kansas RiverfRepublican River 353 0 0 353 231 122 47 (g) <br /> Subtolal 1,794 0 336 2,130 1,704 426 434 <br />2 Arkansas River 875 7 lOt 969 791 178 142 (h) <br />3 Rio Grande River 1,576 0 4 1.580 1,302 278 325 (g) <br />6 North Platte River 600 22 0 578 110 468 436 (g) <br />TOTAL 4,845 29 441 5,257 3,907 1,350 1,337 <br /> <br />(a) From Ref. J. Table 1.1 (Native Water Supplies). Based on data through 1970, Water Division 6 also includes Green River Basin; see Table 3a. <br />(b) From Rcf. I, Tablc 1.1. 1968-1970 annual avcragc. <br />(e) Estimated depletions under 1970 conditions of development. Comparison of 1970 and 1993 basin outflows indicates total depletions have not changed significantly. <br />Rio Grande Basin depfetions incfude 658,000 ac-ft uf nonbcneticial use in Closed Basin based on limited data available in 1974. <br />(d) Difference between Available Water and Estimated Depletions, Based on 1970 conditions. <br />(e) Long~term average basin outflows from USGS Water Resource Data for Colorado - 1993. <br />(0 The potential to consume additional water in South Platte Basin is constrained by the South Platte River Compact and any constraints which may result from the <br />Endangered Species Act that can not be addressed through a basin-wide recovery plan. <br />(g) Basin currently at or very near limit of development. <br />(h) Future water development suhject to outcome of current compact litigation (Kansas v. Colorado). <br /> <br />Reference I - Senate Joint Resolution 94-32 Concerning the Management, Conservation, and Preservation of the Water Resources of Colorado, DNR, July 1995. <br />Reference 2 - Colorado River Compact Water Develooment Proicction, Endangered Fish Flow and Colorado River Comoact Water Development Workgroup, Novernher 1995. <br />