WSPC05416

• File Number: 8064
• Description: Indian Water Rights
• State: CO
• Date: 5/1/1984
• Author: Western Governors As
• Title: Indian Water Rights in the West
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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THE BLACKFEET INDIAN ,ESE,VAT!ON

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::scimated ~nnual loo'.iJter" ~eauj~O!ments '-:lr tne
Deyelopment or Area ~e5vur~es . 3lac~feet ~ese~vation

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1300 2000 2020
'.Jacer u,. Ac~e-~~'!':. Ac:-e-;:'ee':. Acre.:e'!:
I rr i gat ion. Fu 11 servo 63,38" 253.442 3S 1. i43
,"lun i c i pa 1 & rUr"iill
domestic 293 3"" 337
Industrial & mi nera \ j~l 387 388
The rma 1 elec:ric IJO 550 1.310
l.ive5t~ck & dry C:"OI) J50 7;0 : ,:30
loJacers/"led t rea emen t 240 i4Q 1. :40
Secondary oi 1 I"eco....er., IIJ ;::5 !&50
=tll::creacion "5" I, i82 2,;:7
::"apclra t i on from
reservoi rs 1./ ( 1 ,260.) ( Z. S60) (J, ~J~)
Total 71 ,955 2'",200 3S~. :);

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~aooration From reservoir~ : 5 prOratea a~on9 some of t~e oC~er
uses and is. ':.l"Iel"eFore. not :0 Oil! incluQea in [!"Ie sl...dmIation.

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Accordi.ng t.o BIA(Recort ~lo. 252- The B'ackfe2~ Reser'lacion-!cs Land and
People, 1977) 359,535 acre-feet is aporoximately 2d% of the ~atcr that
flows through or adjacent to the reser'/ation annually.

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