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~ -J -J acre-feet of this amount are used by Unit Nos. 2 and 3. Records provided by Pacific Power and Light Company indicate a level of use of about 25,000 acre-feet for all four units at the Jim Bridger Powerplant. Depletions in 1985 for thermal electric units built since 1965 are estimated to be 29,000 acre-feet a year. . . The Wyoming State Engineer estimates that water uses for new thermal electric power generation will increase by 12,000 and 22,000 acre-feet in 1990 and 2000, respectively. Also, an additional 10,000 acre-feet of depletion will develop at the Jim Bridger Pow~rplant when transmission restrictions are lifted. Water for the Jim Bridger powerplant is provided out of Fontenelle Reservoir by contract with the State. Water for the Viva Naughton Powerplant is developed from a private water right. (2) Mineral Considerable development of the trona, oil, and natural gas industries has occurred in the Green River Basin since the Comprehensive Framework Study was made. In 1982, the wyoming State Engineer estimated that 23,700 acre-feet of additional depletions had occurred in the mineral industry since 1965. It also projects that depletions will increase by 10,000 and 26,000 acre-feet by the years 1990 and 2000, respectively. Part of this increase could result from a proposed fertilizer plant under construction by Chevron. Chevron has signed a contract with the State of wyoming to purchase water from the State's allocation in Fontenelle Reservoir or from the Big Sandy River Unit for use in a phosphate fertilizer plant. A slurry pipeline will carry phosphate ore from the mining area near Vernal, utah, to the plant located near ROCK Springs where the slurry water will be used as process water. (3) Coal Gasification The Wyoming State Engineer has estimated that by the year 2000 the coal gasification industry will deplete about 19,000 acre-feet yearly. (4) Oil Shale Predictions on the future development of the oil shale industry always involve a high degree of uncertainty. The Wyoming State Engineer has estimated a depletion by this use of about 3,500 acre-feet in the year 2000. Projections of industrial uses beyond the year 2000 are largely arbitrary and reflect a growing use until the year 2010. No attempt has been made to identify individual industrial uses. 3. New Mexico a. Adjusted Comprehensive Framework Study Several water uses listed in Table VI-l were included in the Comprehensive Framework Study. The Comprehensive Framework Study values in Table VI-1 were adjusted by subtracting out the foll~'ing values to avoid VI-8 ...