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<br />001109 <br /> <br />Dr a ft - 9/81 <br /> <br />2000. However, it is extremely difficult to determine which <br />projects are the most iikely to be built. To establish a medium <br />estimate, it is assumed that projects currently under construc- <br />tion wili be completed and that some combination of projects will <br /> <br /> <br />be completed whose total agricultural consumption would be ap- <br /> <br /> <br />proximately 110,000 acre-feet annually. This might, for example, <br /> <br />consist of the Narrows Project and the Savery-Pot Hook Project or <br /> <br />the Animas-La Plata and the West Divide Projects. The 110,000 <br /> <br /> <br />acre-foot figure does not accurately reflect either possibility, <br /> <br />but attempts to take into account several different possibili- <br /> <br />ties. It would be misleading to assign this extra 110,000 acre- <br /> <br /> <br />feet per year to specific hydrologic regions. Therefore the <br /> <br />medium estimate is left intent ionai ly vague and is not incorpo- <br /> <br />rated in Tables 3 through 8. <br /> <br />I <br />- <br /> <br />The High Projection <br />If all the authorized projects were built, the additional <br />water available for consumption by irrigators would be about <br />32',250 acre-feet annually. It is extremely unlikely that this <br />amount will be surpassed. Within a given hydrologic region, <br /> <br /> <br />increases in water consumption by irrigated agriculture in a par- <br /> <br /> <br />ticular locale could be at least partially offset by concurrent <br /> <br /> <br />decreases in consumption elsewhere. This could result from <br /> <br /> <br />transfers of agricultural water to industrial or municipal users <br /> <br /> <br />or the decline in the viability of the agricultural sector in a <br /> <br /> <br />given location. <br /> <br />, <br />