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<br />Artificial Recharge of Ground Water in Colorado
<br />A Statewide Assessment
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<br />Table VIl-2. Estimated Water Storage for Abandoned Coal Mines in Colorado
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<br />Coal Coal- Coal Estimated Water Stora~e (acre-feeO
<br />Region Storage Site Connty Aqnifer Prodnction Unadiusted for Subsidence Adiusted for Subsidence
<br /> Interval (Million Tons) Saturated Drv Total Saturated Drv Total
<br /> Boulder/Weld Boulder Laramie Fm 109 53,000 9,000 62,000 26,500 4,500 31,000
<br /> Weld
<br />Denver Levden Jefferson Coals - 6 1,000 2,300 3,300 900 2,100 3,000
<br /> Colorado Springs EI Paso Fox Hills Ss 14 5,400 2,600 8,000 2,700 1,300 4,000
<br />Canon Vermejo Fm
<br />City Canon City Fremont Coals- 46 25,800 0 25,800 12,900 0 12,900
<br /> Trinidad Ss
<br /> Vermejo/
<br /> Walsenburg H uerfano Raton Fm 75 35,400 6,200 41,600 17,700 3,100 20,800
<br /> Coals -
<br />Raton Trinidad Ss
<br />Mesa Vermejo/
<br /> Trinidad Las Animas Raton Fm 185 87,500 15,400 102,900 43,800 7,700 51,500
<br /> Coals -
<br /> Trinidad Ss
<br /> Somerset Delta Lower B & 91 20,200 30,400 50,600 10,100 15,200 25,300
<br /> Gunnison D Coals
<br />Uinta Carbondale Garfield Lower A, C, 36 5,000 14,900 19,900 2,500 7,500 10,000
<br /> & D Coals
<br /> Roadside/Cameo Mesa Cameo Coals 24 10,700 2,600 13,300 5,300 1,400 6,700
<br />San Juan Durango La Plata Menefee Fm 14 2,300 5,300 7,600 1,100 2,700 3,800
<br />River
<br />Green Moffat lies,
<br />River Yampa Routt Williams 63 17,600 17,700 35,300 8,800 8,900 17,700
<br /> Fork
<br /> TOTALS 663 263,900 106,400 370,300 132,300 54,400 186,700
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