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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />w <br />en <br />N <br />CJ) <br /> <br />TABLE I. ESTIMATED INCREASE IN WATER CONSUMPTION* <br />IN THE COLORADO RIVER SYSTEM <br />(1,000 af /yr.)' <br /> <br /> 1979 1985 1990 1995 <br />Arizona (Lower Basin portion) 1,071 1,666 2,800 2,800 <br />California 4,925 4,698 4,400 4,400 <br />Nevada 87 145 189 239 <br />Lower Basin Subtotal 6,083 6,509 7,389 7,439 <br />Arizona (Upper Basin portion) 35 38 42 46 <br />Colorado 1,760 1,857 2,011 2,246 <br />New Mexico 394 384 533 559 <br />Utah 770 826 982 1,092 <br />Wyoming 379 392 428 452 <br />upper Basin Subtotal 3,338 3,501 3,996 4,395 <br />Total 9,421 10,010 11,385 11,834 <br /> <br />These totals include a projected 435,000 af/yr. of water used <br />by 1995 for energy development in the Upper Basin and .in Nevada, There <br />is no concurrent decrease in water consumed by agriculture, export, or <br />any other use. <br /> <br />*Estimates of "moderate development" made in September 1980, by <br />each state's member of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum <br />work group, Santa Fe, New Mexico. <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />i <br /> <br />J <br />