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<br /> <br />001143 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-11- <br /> <br />'., <br /> <br />been present assuming that 1,035,000 acre-feet were consumed by <br />agriculture, 60,000 acre-feet were taken for historic trans- <br />mountain diversions and 587,000 aore-feet for possible additional <br />depletions by present and committed uses. <br />If we consider the period 1934-53, assuming 1,035,000 acre- <br />feet fo.r agriculture, 131,600 for historic transmountain diversions <br />and 561,000 for possible additional and committed uses, the <br />uncommitted Colorado water amounted to 1,472,000 acre-feet. The <br />share allotted by the Compact would have been 3,200,000. Should <br />Colorado reoeive its full allotment of 3,855,375 acre-feet, the <br />uncommitted water under similar conditions to the 1934-53 period <br />would amount to 2,069,000 acre-feet, disregarding evaporation <br />losses and salvage gains. <br />Under the most adverse conditions, the Mexican Treaty might <br />call for 390,000 acre-feet per year fr~ Colorado's share ofi the <br />river flow. Expert opinion, as has been noted, is divided on this <br />subject, some maintaining that this liability will never amount <br />to half the quantity mentioned. <br />7. Water SU'PP1vof the Gunnison, ~i v'!,I. <br />The Hill Report states that "Hence, 500,000 acre-feet per year <br />is about the physical limit on diversions from the Gunnison River <br />Basin into the Arkansas River". ThO proposed Curecanti Dam will be <br />built to create a reservoir of 940,000 acre-feet with no idea of <br />diverting water to the Eastern ~ope. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />.' <br />