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<br /> TABLE S.3 <br />,-;;) <br />) Mining Water Demand <br />.i <br />~ <br />f\} <br />~ 2035 Baseline 2035 Moderate 2035 Hiqh <br /> Consumptive Consumptive Consumptive <br /> Sector , Diversion Use Diversion Use Diversion Use <br /> Molybdenum 0 0 0 0 24,000 3,000 <br /> Base and <br /> Precious <br /> Metals 320 40 640 80 960 120 <br /> Other 240 30 640 80 24,000 3,000 <br /> Tota 1 560 70 1,280 160 48,960 6,120 <br /> <br />The estimated consumptive water use in the study area in 1986 related to <br />mining is estimated to be approximately 30 af annually. <br /> <br />AGRICUL TURAL WATER DEMAND FORECASTS ( u;;8 ~ PRtfMIfI)) <br /> <br />Forecasts of future agricultural water demand were prepared. <br />Agriculture, as treated in this study, consists of irrigated agriculture and <br />livestock production. Separate forecasts were made for those two segments. <br /> <br />The forecasts were prepared based on three scenarios of projected growth <br />The baseline condition for irrigated agriculture assumes continued cultivation <br />of current 1yi rri gated 1 ands with assoc i ated hi stori ca 1 croppi ng patterns and <br />water shortages, which is the present situationwith no change. The demand <br />identified under the moderate growth scenario assumes providing a full <br />irrigation water Supply to all currently irrigated lands regardless of land <br />classification. The high growth condition assumes providing a full water <br />supply to all currently irri,gated lands as well as to all other arable lands <br />that are present ly not irrigated. The probabil ity of market changes occurri ~ <br />which would make this level of development economical is low, but it does <br />illustrate the potenti a1 maximum growth condition and associated water demand. <br />-4- <br />