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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />See/ion 5 - C%mdo H~I1('/" Use Trends <br /> <br />Commercial 0.6% <br />120 MGD <br /> <br />Domestic 2.3% <br />473 MGD <br /> <br />\\ ~lndustriaIO,7% <br />/ 138 MGD <br /> <br />Power 35.4% <br />7,393 MGD <br /> <br /> <br />OtherO,7% ~/ <br />138MGD / L- <br /> <br />Livestock 0,3% <br />61 MGD <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Irrigation 59,6% <br />12,430 MGD <br /> <br />Mining 0.4% <br />91 MGD <br /> <br />Figure 10 <br />Water Use by Category in Colorado, 1985 <br /> <br />million gallons per day), Among Colorado's counties. the mosl <br />water was used in Montrose County (3,260 million gallons per <br />day), Mesa County (1,940 million gallons per day), and Gunnison <br />County (1,520 million gallons per day), Figure II illustrates the <br />acreage of irrigated land in Colorado for the years] 95410 1992, <br />compiled from the data published by the Bureau of the Census <br />(1987 and 1992), <br /> <br /> 3,500,000 <br /> 3,000,000 <br /> 2,500,000 <br /><f) 2,000,000 <br />Ql <br />~ <br />(,) 1,500,000 <br /><( <br /> 1,000,000 <br /> 500,000 <br /> 0 <br /> ~ Ol ~ Ol ~ <Xl N <br /> Ltl Ltl co co ,... ,... <Xl <br /> Ol Ol Ol Ol Ol Ol Ol <br /> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ <br /> Year <br /> <br /> <br />,... N <br /><Xl Ol <br />Ol Ol <br />~ ~ <br /> <br />Figure 11 <br />Irrigated Land, Colorado, 1954-1992 <br /> <br />() <br /> <br />... COlOraDO <br />,.. Farm Bureau <br /> <br />5-2 <br />