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<br />-frC-{; 2 2 2 <br /> <br />108 <br /> <br />.Additional salnlged water could also be lIsed to reduce irrigation <br />shortnges ill the Hio Grullde division. During .renrs of subnormnl <br />willer supply, salvnged wIller could be deli\'('fed directly to irrigated <br />lands within the Closed Basin. Part of the wntt'r previollslv diverted to <br />stich lands from the Rio Grulldc could be renpportiolH'lf throughout <br />the Rio Grnnde dh'i:.;ion. During' the nonirrigutioll 1'('115011, S!llvuged <br />WlltPf could lw utilizcd to fl'plcuish the sludlo\\" ground wuter lindeI' the <br />subirrigllted luuds in the C!os(.d Bnsin. 'I'lli' proposed wt'il field within <br />tlw slllvage nrCll would furnish II constant and dc!>cndll.ble supply of <br />supplementul irrigntion wuter. Tlu' druill flow WOI1 d pru\-ide llll fuldi- <br />tiol1ul, bllt yurinble, ~\Ippl.r of wnter. Othl'r slll\'tlg(~d wllter might be <br />ohtnined from the discharge of Little .spring Creek und f1oodflow~; bllt, <br />for tht, purpose of this 11l1!dysis, slIch surfllee wutt'r flows wern con- <br />sidered to lw un errntic source of supply [hut would be curried to tht. <br />Rio Grllnde nut! lIsed to muintllin the scheduled Hio Grunde comlHwt <br />delin~ries Ilt Lobutos. <br />Compllrison of the historic tli\'ersions from the Rio GrlllHle with the <br />ideal diversion demand for the Rio Gl'Ulltl(~ division in table 15 shows <br />thnt the historic diversions hu\"e llverng('.1 96,200 acre-feet !H'r year <br />less thnn the idelll dh-ersion demund. 'Vith the development of the <br />sulvnge nrcn, un llveruge of 41,:JOO ucn~-feet would IH' llxllilnble to <br />ulle\"iute the irrigntion shortuges in tIll' Hio GrundI.' dh-ision nftcr <br />supplying 5,300 Ilcre-fpct to the Alamosn Rt'fug(' llnd delivering' <br />54,800 Ilcf{!-fect to the Rio GfIlndl1 to lIlaintllin the sehl'c1uled Rio <br />Grande compllct delin'ries Ilt Loblltos_ <br />'Vith coordination betwl~{'n the din'rsions frolll the Rio Grundl' nnt! <br />t1w \lse of slllvng't'd wuter, till' distribution of the use of slllnlged water <br />would be somcwhut difT(~rent from that inclicatt'd in tahle 15. Inas- <br />much us the historic: divl'rsiol1s have uverllged about 91,200 ncre-feet <br />[H>r YNlr less thun the idcal irriglltioll llemllnd llnel the Ull1otlllt~ of <br />sah-ngt~d wllter thut. could be mude lLvuilublc to reduce irrig'Utioll short- <br />llges un' significllntly less than the dinmsion dflficiencies, it is apparent <br />thut nil of t.he snh-aged water in t~Xcess of tha.t required for the Alumos8 <br />Hefuge und to IHllintuin the scheduh~d Rio GflllHh~ eompuct lldiverics <br />at Lobat.os could be utilized to ullevinte irrigation shortnges in the <br />Rio Grunut.' dh-ision. <br />