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<br />present +ter supply seoure and are' obliged to seek
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<br />Government aid to bring this
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<br />It s been oonoeded by a majority of the irrigation interests in tl).is
<br />seotiono the State that the water supply in 1926 was ample for all their
<br />present a reage now irrigated. In order. therefore. to determine the normal
<br />shortage n aore-teet over a period of years a oClllparison of the supply 1n these
<br />years wit that 01' 1926 was made and the ditferenoe obtained. ,:rhese differenoes
<br />are set u in the following table t
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<br />Table 1. - Showing water distriots. aoreageirrigated, defioienoies 1925 to
<br />1935 with tentative' allooation 01' total supplemental supply
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<br />; Differenoe.! Tentative al1ooation 01' sup-
<br />, 1926, i plementalsupply .,
<br />Water j A. ee. , 1926 ,A.verage, n..year 1 " i " I
<br />distriot) irr gat"d; diversion.; diversion.; average i Colorado'; Motfat! Present: Total
<br />no. 'aore-feet; 1925..35 required; Big ; and : seepage! supple-
<br />, , supple.. j Thcmpson ; Jones ; returit j mental
<br />mente.ry ! projeot : Pass aore- 1 supply,
<br />water in: water : tUllll61; fee'l:.jaore-
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<br />, acre-feet : water : i feet
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<br />(15) (16)' (17) j (18)! (19)
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<br />l 530,000 ! 398,000
<br /> 235.000 i 163,000
<br />5 113.000 i 94,000
<br />1 663.000 ! 457,000
<br />2 .170,000 i 154,000
<br />64 513,000\ 383,000
<br />Tote.l i 615. 36 2,224.000 i 1,649,000
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<br />ll,.oooj 83,OOO! 175,400:
<br />,4,500] 5.100: 14,600 1
<br />14.500f 37.400[ 88,600 1
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<br />30,000;214.5013'554.500
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<br />132.000 : 104,000
<br />72,000', 44,100
<br />19,000) 38,800
<br />206,000 , , 81,400 ,
<br />16,000 : 5,000
<br />130,000; 36.700
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<br />575,000' 310,000
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<br />It wi be noted frOlll oolumn no. 15 that the total average shortage in this
<br />projeot are whioh oomprises water distriots 3, 4, 5, 1,2, and 64 is 575,090
<br />aore-feet. Column no. 16 is a tentative allooation of the proposed supplell1ental
<br />supply to t e various distriots. Column no. 18 is the estimated usable return'
<br />flow that w uld arise frClll the addition of 310.000 aore-feet of new water to
<br />this area. Column no. 19 is the total usable supplemental supply amounting to
<br />554,520 aor -feet, an amount within 5 peroent of the 10..year average shortage.
<br />Xhe sale or rental 01' supplemental water, when available, in the Poudre Valley
<br />has average $4.50 per aore-foot over a period of years. In extreme oases it
<br />has sold as high as $9 per aore-foot.
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<br />The de ioienoy in water supply for the period 1925 to 1934, inolusive, re-
<br />fleoted a d reot eoonomdo loss in orop prOduotion of e.pproximately $42,355,000.
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