Laserfiche WebLink
<br /> <br />001141 <br /> <br />,~ <br /> <br />.' <br />'. <br /> <br />-9- <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />from the watershed of Colorado River above Hot <br />Sulphur Sprinqs excep~ to the extent of the--- <br />allowances already ma e~orpresent and committed <br />~." ffimphasis supplieaT - <br /> <br />Hot Sulphur Springs is situated above the confluence of the <br /> <br />Williams Fork River with the Colorado. <br /> <br />B. Supply at Cameo <br /> <br />During the recent severe drought period, the years 1931-1940 <br /> <br />inclusive, the average historic flow of the main stem of the <br /> <br />Colorado at Cameo was 2,843,500 acre-feet. <br /> <br />The average yearly depletion of the river, for the Period <br /> <br />1914-45, above Cameo and including Grand Valley Ditch was <br /> <br />384,900 acre-feet. To this depletion we should add S9me 44,000 <br /> <br />acre-feet for an increase due to extension of farmers' ditches <br /> <br />afterthe'original construction, and an additional 82,100 acre-feet <br />, <br /> <br />for new projects which may some day be constructed (see p. 4). <br />For agriculture, there will therefore be a maximum water con- <br />sumption (depletion) of 511,000 acre-feet on this portion of the <br />Colorado River system. <br />Now, if there is added to 511,000 the amount of 300,000 acre- <br />feet to be consumed in the future by industrial and municipal uses, <br />400,000 acre-feet for the northerly transmountain diversions and <br />69,000 for the proposed Fryingpan-Arkansas diversion, the total <br />depletion of the main stem above Grand Junction will be 1,280,000 <br />. acre -feet. <br />( <br /> <br />