WSP01381

• File Number: 8281.300
• Description: Colorado River Studies and Investigations - Colorado River Consumptive Uses and Losses Report
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 2/2/1989
• Title: Hydrologic Determination 1988 - Water Availability from Navajo Reservoir and the Upper Colorado River Basin for Use in NM
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

7. Addition~l Requests for Water from Navajo Reservoir

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Long-term water service contracts for municipal and industrial uses from
Navajo Reservoir involve a projection into the future of estimated water
uses and water supplies. The Bureau projection of water supply and
depletions from the Navajo Reservoir through the year 2039 is formulated
with the consultation of the State of New Mexico. The remaining block of
Navajo Reservoir water supply, as identified in the 1984 determination,
will still be marketed by the united States and will still be allocated in
consultation with the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission. New in-
dividual long~term water service contracts would also need the approval of
the Congress.

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With an increase in the consumptive use of the Upper Basin to 6.0 MAF, the
proportionate share for the State of New Mexico of that increase will be
22,500 acre-feet per year of depletion. The following is a list of
additional wa~er service requests submitted to the Bureau of Reclamation
for Navajo Reservoir water when it becomes available.

TABLE 4

Additional Requests for Navajo Reservoir Water Service
and/or Contract Extensions

Request
Jicarilla Apache Tribe
Gallup-Navajo ~roject
Paragon Resources
Public Service Company
of New Mexico
Bloomfield Refining
Southern Union Refining
Farmington Elks Lodge

Amount (Acre-feet)

40,000
24,000

17,000

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Contract Length

perpetuity
until 2039

40 years

16,200
340
Co. 50
20

until 2025
until 2025

40 years
40 years

1/ Diversion or depletion not specified.

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