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<br />'f <br /> <br />1 <br />',: <br /> <br />/0 <br /> <br />r~ .! <br />W <br />..... <br />I4llo <br />~ <br /> <br />events, such liS occurred in 1979 and <br />1980, inflows to the Colorado River <br />mainstream ar~ negligible. Releases <br />throueh Painted Rock Dam in water year <br />1980 totaled' 2.385,000 acre-feet. with <br />only approximately l, 720,000 acre-feet <br />reaching the Colorado River. <br /> <br />Remaining area in Arizona, Nevada, and <br />Utah: Development away from the <br />Colorado River inainstream is limited by <br />the availability of water and the <br />rugged terrain.. In the Boulder City- <br />Las Vegas area ~here has been a signif- <br />icant increase in the municipal and <br />industrial demand for water. Construc- <br />tion on the second stage of the South- <br /> <br />ern Nevada Water Project began in 1977 <br />and continued through 1980. Completion <br />of the project will allow Nevada to use <br />its complete entitlement. from t.he <br />Colorado River. <br />Most of the irrigated lands in <br />this area are located in the lower <br />reach of the Virgin River and Las Vegas <br />Valley in Nevada, on Kanab Creek in <br />Arizona and Utah, and the lower por- <br />tions of the Gila and Bill Williams <br />Rivers in Arizona. Current irrigated <br />lands are estimated to include approx- <br />imately 47,000 acres. North Las Vegas, <br />Las Vegas, Henderson, and Boulder City <br />in Nevada, and Kingman and Williams in <br />Arizona are the leading cities. <br /> <br />9 <br />