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<br />00166~ <br /> <br />c <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />the Mexican Treaty obligation, the permanent allocation to the State of <br /> <br /> <br />New Mexico would be expanded accordingly and could provide as much as 84,000 <br /> <br /> <br />acre-feet per .year of additional water (11.25 percent of 750,000 acre-feet). <br /> <br />Presently existing and authorized projects for the State are estimated to <br /> <br />have a potential depletion of about 646,000 acre-feet of New Mexico's <br /> <br />entitlement in the Colorado River. Any use in New Mexico beyond the <br /> <br />State's permanent compact entitlement, although allowed by the Upper <br /> <br />Colorado River Basin compact, must be limited in time so that the proposed <br /> <br />temporary use does not interfere with compact deliveries at Lee Ferry <br /> <br />and with permanent uses in other states within the upper basin. <br /> <br />An up-to-date survey of projected water use requirements for Reclamation <br /> <br />irrigation projects and both Federal and non-Federal projects being <br /> <br />planned for the utilization of water for M&I purposes, including energy- <br /> <br />related industries, indicates that total water use in the upper basin <br /> <br />will not likely reach 5,800,000 acre-feet per year until after year 2005 <br /> <br />when the ~!&I contracts from Navajo Reservoir terminate. Table I, attached, <br /> <br />shows the projected water requirements within New Mexico as well as within <br /> <br />the total upper basin at the end of each decade through year 2000 and in <br /> <br />year 2030. <br /> <br />The implications of the above analysis are that on the basis of the <br /> <br />most recent program and planning documents, plus other information on <br /> <br />planned or scheduled water use development in the Upper Colorado River <br /> <br />4 <br />