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<br />00167~ <br /> <br />.,O~~ <br />,~~~ <br />".>....."" <br />vJ!'",:, <br /> <br />k "fi!.~t~ <br />:<:~:,!; <br /> <br />Exclusive of the Animas-La Plata Project, New Mexico's water commitments, <br />estimated to the nearest 10,000 acre-feet, are as follows: <br /> <br />Acre-Feet <br /> <br />Navajo Reservoir evaporation <br />Other Colorado River Storage Project <br />evaporation (New Mexico's portion) <br />Uses prior to Colorado River Storage Project <br />Hammond Project <br />Utah Construction Co. right <br />Extension of Indian lands <br />Navajo Indian Irrigation Project <br />San Juan-Chama Project <br /> <br />30,000 <br /> <br />Total <br /> <br />70,000 <br />90,000 <br />10,000 <br />40,000 <br />20,000 <br />250,000 <br />no,ooo <br /> <br />620,000 <br /> <br />Thus, there remain 30,000 acre-feet annually <br />The New Mexico share of annual water use for <br />is estimated as slightly in excess of 30,000 <br />be available under the above analysis. <br /> <br />for other uses in New Mexico. <br />the Animas-La Plata Project <br />acre-feet. This amount woulc. <br /> <br />There are several factors not taken into account in the above analysis <br />that may well lead to increasing New Mexico's Colorado River allotment. <br />These include the possibility of increasing Upper Basin water supply <br />through water salvage measures, evaporation suppression, and weather <br />modification. Considering the analysis presented plus these additional <br />factors, we believe there is ample evidence of a firm water supply for <br />the New Mexico portion of the Animas-La Plata Project within New Mexico's <br />allotted share of Colorado River water. <br /> <br />Long-Term Contracts for Municipal and Industrial Water Supply <br /> <br />Determination of water available from Navajo Reservoir under long-term <br />contract for municipal and industrial uses in New Mexico permits a <br />different approach than that related to determination of water supply <br />for the Animas-La Plata Project because of the time element involved. <br />It is contemplated that such long-term contracts would not exceed a <br />period of 40 years and would expire not later than the year 2005. <br /> <br />Subsection (b) of Article III of.the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact <br />provides that New Mexico or any other Upper Basin State would be per- <br />mitted to use waters in excess of their percentage allotments, provided <br /> <br />4 <br />