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<br />t <br />t <br />t <br />8 <br />I <br />I <br />:1 <br />f' <br />a <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br />" <br />,t <br />,I <br />t <br />, <br />t <br />, <br />I <br />, <br />I <br />,I <br /> <br />003257 <br /> <br />Water Runoff <br /> <br />The annual runoff of the Animas River as measured at Durango and the <br /> <br />annual runoff of the LaPlata River as measured at Hesperus is given in the <br /> <br />following Table XIX: <br /> <br /> TABLE XIX <br /> ANIMAS RIVER AT DURANGO <br /> Runoff in Runoff in nunoff in <br />Year 1000 Acre Feet Year 1000 Acre Feet Year 1000 Acre Feet <br />1942 831. 6 1948 769.0 1954 364.0 <br />1943 538.3 1949 774.9 1955 409.7 <br />1944 768.0 1950 410.2 1956 378.6 <br />1945 547.4 1951 324.4 <br />1946 421.8 1952 813.0 15-yr. 1942-56 Av. 557.9 <br />1947 625.8 1953 391. 9 4-yr. 1953-56 Av. 386.1 <br /> LaPLATA RIVER AT HESPERUS <br /> Runoff in Runoff in Runoff in <br />Year 1000 Acre Feet Year 1000 Acre Feet Year 1000 Acre Feet <br />1942 46.2 1948 36.8 1954 18.6 <br />1943 32.5 1949 47.0 1955 20.3 <br />1944 41.4 1950 20.4 1956 20.1 <br />1945 28.8 1951 17.9 <br />1946 -15.8 1952 53.4 15-yr. 1942-56 Av. 29.9 <br />1947 .26.4 1953 22.3 4-yr. 1953-56 Av. 20.3 <br /> <br />Present Water Use <br /> <br />Irrigation is the principal use of water, with large acreages of land being <br /> <br />irrigated in both Colorado and New Mexico. The irrigated land in Colorado is <br /> <br />at elevations of 6,000 to 7,000 feet. Other water use in Colorado includes <br /> <br />;; <br /> <br />ranch domestic and livestock use, municipal use by the City of Durango and <br /> <br />the City of, Silverton, hydroelectric power and industrial use. <br /> <br />-31- <br /> <br />1 .i <br />,};l iI !,,~ <br /> <br />