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<br />transfer of up to 8,000 acre-feet to the San Juan Powerplant, will fully <br />utilize the total right of 39,000 acre-feet by 1990. <br /> <br />k. Navajo Reservoir Contracts <br /> <br />10-..... <br />-..J <br />~ <br />-..J <br /> <br />(1) Public Service Company of New Mexico <br /> <br />This contract provides water deliveries from Navajo <br />Reservoir for use at the San Juan Powerplant. In 1985, all four generating <br />units were in operation. Water use at this level is about 24,000 acre-feet a <br />year. The contract provides for delivery of 16,200 acre-feet. The remaining <br />water used at the plant is purchased from the private right of Utah <br />International, Inc. Thus, a value of 16,000 was used for the Public Service <br />Company of New Mexico and an additional value of 8,000 acre-feet has been <br />included in the total for Utah International, Inc. (private right). The <br />contract for water delivery from Navajo Reservoir terminates December 31, <br />2005. By letter dated July 10, 1985, the New Mexico Interstate Stream <br />Commission recommended to the Secretary of the Interior that the existing <br />contract with the Public Service Company of New Mexico be extended to the year <br />2025. <br /> <br />(2) utah International, Inc. <br /> <br />utah International, Inc., will furnish water to potential <br />customers for industrial uses in the area. A UII official indicated the <br />contract amount of 35,000 acre-feet was expected to be utilized by 1990 and <br />continued through the year 2030. At present the contract for water delivery <br />terminates December 31, 2005. By letter dated July 10, 1985, the New Mexico <br />Interstate Stream Commission recommended to the Secretary of the Interior that <br />the existing contract with UII be extended to the year 2025. <br /> <br />(3) Gallup-Navajo Indian Water Supply Project <br /> <br />The Bureau of Reclamation, Southwest Region, is currently <br />conducting project investigations to supply water to Gallup, Navajo Indian <br />communities and the proposed New Mexico Generation Station. Total project <br />needs identified at this time are 56,500 acre-feet per year of which close to <br />100 percent would be depleted. Reclamation has been asked not to address the <br />legal water availability issues of the project. So wltil a viable p~aI1 15 <br />identified and accepted, and until water right and water availability issues <br />are agreed upon, this report will use the values published in the Regional <br />Director's 1984 Planning Report. <br /> <br />(4) Not Identified <br /> <br />The remaining block of Navajo Reservoir water supply will <br />be marketed by the United States and will be allocated in consultation with <br />the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission. <br /> <br />4. Colorado <br /> <br />a. Miscellaneous Additional Depletions <br /> <br />Values used for 1985 represent additional depletions that have <br />been assumed to develop since the Comprehensive Framework Study (1965 level) <br />estimates were prepared. They have not been specifically identified but are <br /> <br />VI-11 <br />