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<br />Water Use by States
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<br />(Provisonal) *
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<br /> (1,000 acre-feet)
<br /> Average
<br />State 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1981-85
<br />Arizona ....... . 6,167 5,143 4,237 5,041 4,867 5,091
<br />California 4,839 4,349 3,953 4,679 4,710 4,506
<br />Colorado 1,890 1,917 1,716 1,686 1,803 1,802
<br />Nevada 350 352 339 355 372 354
<br />New Mexico . 296 412 411 382 377 375
<br />Utah .. . 705 669 640 677 781 695
<br />Wyoming 318 311 325 288 316 311
<br />Other 1,001 1,401 1,894 1,199 1,785 1,572
<br />Total
<br />Colorado River Basin .16,166 14,554 13,515 14,307 15,011 14,818
<br />Water Passing to Mexico
<br />Treaty. . . . . . 1,751 1,495 1,646 1,694 1,671 1,651
<br />Minute 242 .. . 131 146 166 138 131 142
<br />Excess Releases 2,115 176 7,970 15,100 11,594 7,403
<br />Total
<br />Water Passing to Mexico 3,997 1,817 9,782 16,992 13,396 9,196
<br />Total - Colorado Ri"'r
<br />S)'Stem and Water
<br />Passing to Mexico . . . . .20,163 16,371 23,297 31,299 28,406 23,907
<br />NOTE:
<br />Onsile consumptive uses and losses; includes 'Water uses satisfied by groundwater overdrafts.
<br />"Other" water uses represents mainstem reservoir evaporation in the Upper Basin and mainstem
<br />reservoir evaporation below Lee Ferry in the Lower Basin.
<br />* Source - Draft Report "Colorado Ri",r System Consumpti", Uses and Losses Report, 1981-1985"
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