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<br />I <br />t <br />f <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />, <br />I <br />1 <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />1 <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Of)'1')59 <br />uu l)~t <br /> <br />various times over a long period of years. A status of study report <br />issued by the Bureau of Reclamation in 19,4 outlines a plan for full <br />utilization of the water resources of the Animas River for the irriga- <br /> <br />tion of the land of Red Mesa in the LaPlata River Basin. <br /> <br />The project plan of development as reported would provide a supple- <br /> <br /> <br />mental water supply for 20,100 acres of presently irrigated land and a <br /> <br /> <br />full supply for 4,,920 acres of new land all in Colorado. The project <br /> <br />would also provide water for irrigation of land in New Mexico. Future <br /> <br />municipal and industrial water requirements for the City of Durango have <br /> <br />been provided for in project water supply studies. A feasibility report <br />is scheduled for release in 1962. <br /> <br />The present and potential stream depletion of streams of the division <br /> <br /> <br />for use in Colorado is given in the following Table XXI. <br /> <br />TABLE XXI <br /> <br />Present average annual stream depletion ............ 32,800 Acre Feet <br /> <br />Potential annual stream depletion <br />for irrigation................ <br />Potential annual stream depletion <br />by reservoir evaporation...... <br />Potential annual stream depletion <br />by municipal and industrial <br /> <br />82,700 Acre Feet <br /> <br />2,200 <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />use........................... 18,200 It " <br /> <br />Total <br /> <br />103,100 Acre Feet 103,100 <br />13,,900 Acre Feet <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />Sub-total <br /> <br />-33- <br />