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. . 10 P~ojeet. The New Mexieo Inte~state St~eam Co~ssion has indieated that if eommunities in the Ship~oek area are not served by the AniMa.-La Plata P~oject, other Mil ut.. in New Maxico will be developed to utilize the full 34,100 aere- foot depletion of water identified fo~ the New Mexico portion of the An1mas- La Plata proj.ct. Thu., in any ease, the Animas-La Plata Project will eonsumptively use 34,100 acre-feet. San Juan-Cnema Project !he San Juan-Cbama Project waa authorized by Public Law 87-483. Transmountain diversions began in 1971 and have averaged about 110,000 acre-feet for the period 1975 to 1980. Future authorized diversions are also expected to average ~10,000 acre-feet a. indicated by the Supplemental Project Report dated May 1957. aowever, recent hydrologic .tudies performed by the Southwest Region indicate that the long-term 'average yield MaY b. elo..r to 104,500 acre-fe.t. Navajo a.s.rvoir Evaporation Res.rvoir evaporation is bas.d upon a 60-year Colorado Riv.r Storage Project sequence study mad. in 1973. Hogback Expan.ion Minor incre.... in depletions are expected to occur b.tw.en now &ad year 1990. Studies are underway by the Bureau of Indian Affairs aDd the Navajo Tribe to determine aeditional water requirements in this area. Utah International Inc. (Private Right) The primary use under this right is the sale of water to Arizona Public Service Company for the.five units of the Four Corners Powerplant. Aver..e historieal use over the past 12 years has been 19,000 acre-feet. It is expected that increased use of the five unitS at Four Corners, plus the traa.fer of up to &,000 acre-feet to the San Juan Powerplant, will fully utilize the total right of 39,000 acre-feet by year 1990. Farmin~ton Municipal and Industrial !he city of Farmington, New Mexico, is expected to develop additional water for municipal and indu.trial u.e by year 1990 under rights held by the city. Reeently, the city of Farmington expressed interest to the Southwest Region in obtaining treated water from the proposed treatment plant or building t raw water pump Itation in conjunction with the Gallup-Navajo Indian Water Supply Project faciliti.... Navajo Indian Irrigation Project The project has now 5 of 11 planned development bloeks completed. The use of an annual depletion figure on the project is not yet firm project operating cri- teria. Varioul e.timate. for project agricultural u.e depletions have been prepared, including the studies for an all-sprinkler irrigation 'Yltem prepared