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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />n ,\,,<"''' t. n <br />U:jlj,,"~',~U <br /> <br />of 110,000 acre feet of water arising on the watershed tributary to the <br /> <br />Colorado River in Colorado would be diverted annually to the Rio Grande <br /> <br />River for use in the State of New Mexico by the project. <br /> <br />Water Runoff <br /> <br />Table VIII gives the annual runoff of the Navajo and Little Navajo <br /> <br />River and the Rio Blanco River upstream from principal irrigation use. <br /> <br />TABLE VIII <br /> <br />NAVAJO AND LITTLE NAVAJO RIVER <br /> <br /> Runoff in Runoff in <br />Year 1000 Acre Feet Year 1000 Acre Feet <br />1948 98.3 1954 60.8 <br />1949 114.7 1955 62.5 <br />1950 63.2 1956 64.5 <br />1951 51.1 <br />1952 145.7 15-yr. 1942-56 Av. 88.8 <br />1953 65.7 4-yr. 1953-56 Av. 63.4 <br /> <br />Runoff in <br />Year 1000 Acre Feet <br /> <br />1942 164.5 <br />1943 85.8 <br />19l~4 112.7 <br />1945 112.7 <br />1946 53.4 <br />1947 76.1 <br /> <br />BLANCO RIVER <br /> <br />Year <br /> <br />Runoff in <br />1000 Acre Feet <br /> <br />Year <br /> <br />Runoff in <br />1000 Acre Feet <br /> <br />Year <br /> <br />Runoff in <br />1000 Acre Feet <br /> <br />1942 <br />1943 <br />1944 <br />1945 <br />1946 <br />1947 <br /> <br />110.6 <br />53.7 <br />82.2 <br />92.0 <br />37.4 <br />63.6 <br /> <br />1948 <br />1949 <br />1950 <br />1951 <br />1952 <br />1953 <br /> <br />75.2 <br />89.5 <br />46.2 <br />37.2 <br />108.6 <br />52.3 <br /> <br />1954 44.7 <br />1955 42.3 <br />1956 59.0 <br />15-yr. 1942-56 Av. 66.3 <br />4-yr. 1953-56 Av. 49.6 <br /> <br />Present Water Use <br /> <br />Water use consists of the flood irrigation of grass hay and livestock <br /> <br />pasture land and use for domestic and livestock purposes of the ranches of <br /> <br /> <br />the basin. The irrigated land is at elevation of 7,000 to 8,000 feet. <br /> <br />-14- <br /> <br />'-<-" <br />