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<br />Water Use by States
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<br />1981-1985
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<br /> (1,000 acre-feet)
<br /> Average
<br /> 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1981-1985
<br />Arizona ........... . 6,8% 5,609 4,533 5,508 5,398 5,589
<br />Californa .. . . . . . . . . . 4,836 4,346 3,950 4,676 4,707 4,503
<br />Colorado .......... . 2,235 2,227 2,043 1,973 2,113 2,118
<br />Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 212 195 206 209 207
<br />New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . 345 477 477 444 440 437
<br />Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 836 795 762 810 933 827
<br />Wyoming . . . . . ..... . 327 316 331 289 320 317
<br />Other ............ . 1,548 1,483 1,716 1,657 1,713 1,623
<br />Sub-total
<br />Colorado River Basin 17,235 15,465 14,007 15,563 15,833 15,621
<br />Water Passing to Mexico
<br />Treaty. . . . . . . . . . . 1,751 1,495 1,646 1,694 1,671 1,651
<br />Minute 242 .. . 131 146 166 138 131 142
<br />Excess Releases .... . 2,115 176 7,970 15,160 11,594 7,403
<br />Sub-total
<br />Water Passing to Mexico 3,997 1,817 9,782 16,992 13,3% 9,1%
<br />Total- Colorado River
<br />System and Water
<br />Passing to Mexico ... . 21,232 17,282 23,789 32,555 29,229 24,817
<br />NOTE;
<br />Onsite consumptive uses and losses; includes water uses satisfied by groundwater overdrafts.
<br />Other water uses represents mainstem reservoir evaporation in the Upper Basin and mainstem
<br />reservoir evaporation below Lee Ferry in the Lower Basin.
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