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r . r'. . f: ~I ~I to'. ' WATER FOR COLORADO The 1980 census found Durango's population to be about 11,400 people, an in- crease of about 1,100 people in the last 10 years. In the future, per capita water consumption will drop a small amount because of the installing of water meters, but total water demand will continue to rise because of an increasing population. Beginning in 1980, the capabilities of the city's existing water system were exceeded during the summer months, when demand is highest. The projected water supply deficit would be 10 percent of total demand in the year 2000 and 17 percent of total demand in 2020. Shortages during peak summer de- mand would be up to 42 percent of peak demand in the year 2000 and up to 55 percent in 2020. The Durango City Council unanimously approved a letter of intent to participate in the project by contracting from the Animas-La Plata Water Conservancy Dis- trict for 2,500 acre-feet of water annually. This figure represents about I percent of the total water available to project users. The project would provide 2,000 acre-feet of municipal and industrial water an- nually to the South Durango Water District and 2,000 acre-feet to the La Plata area rural users. The Animas-La Plata Water Conservancy District would receive an additional 2,700 acre-feet of water for municipal and industrial purposes. The Southern Ute Indian and Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribes would receive 32,500 acre-feet of industrial water annually to develop resources on their reservations. Irrigable land in Colorado on Red Mesa along the La Plata River and on the Dry Side west of the river would receive project water each year to ensure a full crop yield. An average annual water supply of 103,100 acre-feet would be pro- vided to 31,500 acres of full service and 14,000 acres of supplemental service non-Indian land and 13,400 acres of full service land belonging to the Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribes. WATER FOR NEW MEXICO The project will supply municipal and industrial water on a firm or guaranteed basis to meet the projected requirements for Farmington, Bloomfield and Aztec and their surrounding areas, at least through the year 2020. Farmington and its outlying area would receive 19,700 acre-feet each year from the oroject. The City of Aztec and its surrounding area would receive up to 5,800 acre-feet each year and the City of Bloomfield and its outlying area would receive un to 5,300 acre-feet each year. The Navajo Tribe is allocated 7,600 acre-feet for service in the Shiprock area. Irrigable land Ln New Mexico alon~ tile La Plata River would receive project water each year to guarantee a full crop yield. The 8,560 acres of irrigable land would reCelve 15,100 acre-fc"t ",. ''''Dplemental and full service water. This supply represents a total of 53,000 acre-feet of water for municipal and industrial and agricultural use for tIle '~ncfit of the State of New Mexico. Approximately 21,100 acre-feet of water would annually return to the Animas and La Plata RiVer systems. The beneficial use 0f project water would deplete the Colorado River by 34,100 acre~feet, which completel~ uses all of New Mexico's 11.25 percent allocation of water under the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact.