<br />The Fryingpan-.Arkansas Project proposes to import from the
<br />Colora.do ai vel' wat~rshed annually an a verage of 69,200 acre-feet .
<br />, to supplement the na. tive supplies of the Arkansas River Basin.
<br />The importation would be from the headwaters of t.he Fryingpan
<br />River. a tributary to the Roaring l1'ork River. The average annual
<br />runoff for the period 1914 to 1945 at critical points in the
<br />Colorado River Basin is shown' in the follOWing table.
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<br />Natural water supply for seasonal i~gation use,
<br />Pueblo to Colorado-Kansas State line
<br />(1911-1944)
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<br />Total water supply. . . . . . . . .
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<br />OUtflow - flow at State line. . . . . . It. . . .
<br />Histo~ic use of Arkansas River watert
<br />W:l,nter diver"<lions to irrigation . . . 160,000
<br />Valley-reservoirevaporation. . . .. 50,000
<br />SUlillllElr use (includes releases from
<br />valley reservoir) . . . . . . . . . 6$6.000
<br />-SUbtotal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
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<br />Colorado River at Glenwood. Springs. . . .
<br />Subtotal a 1; GlenwoodSpx-ings . . . .
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<br />, Colorado River at Cisco Utah minus
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<br />Total contribution of l:itate of Colorado
<br />to Colorado River flow. . . . . . . '. .
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<br />893,000
<br />250,000
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<br />Average all)'lWu
<br />runoff, in
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<br />130,600
<br />1,030.000
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<br />3,110,000 '
<br />.3,500,000
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<br />10,410,000
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