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<br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />the increment or run-off derived from 178 square miles. During the <br /> <br />,,~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />1955-54 water year, the lowest on record, some 250,000 acre-Ieet of <br /> <br /> <br />water in the main c~nnel ~ouJ.d have been &Tailable for use in this <br /> <br />, <br />~, <br /> <br />portion of the basin. <br /> <br />Records of the \Yhite" River near Watson show that during the <br /> <br />10-year period, 1929-50 ,to 1958-59, the average annual discharge was <br /> <br />469,800 acre-feet, or 86 percent of the 17-year average discharge. <br /> <br />The lowest annual discharge recorded in 17 years of record at this <br /> <br />station was 280,700 acre-feet recorded during the 1955-54 water <br /> <br />year. The lowest recorded monthly discharge for the entire period <br /> <br /> <br />of record, 6,700 acre-feet, was recorded in the month of July 1954, <br /> <br /> <br />with ~ly discharges renging from a minimum of 106 acre-feet to a <br /> <br />maximum of 790 acre-feet. <br /> <br />As stream discharges recorded near Watson represent the un- <br />- <br /> <br />used water supply of the vYhite River Basin, it is concluded that the <br /> <br />, <br />available vmter supply is sufficient to meet the water demand of <br /> <br />present irrigators. <br /> <br />0822 <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />