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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />003041 <br /> <br />2l!.!:,;rq~RX <br /> <br />Irrigation <br />A total of 35,200 acres of land is presently irri- <br />Gated in the i.'!hite River Basin. Planning work by the U. s. <br />Bureau of Reclamation and others show an additional ~6,900 <br />acres of new land may well be placed under irrigation. At <br />such time as shale oil plants are constructed in the Piceance <br />Creek Basin, an area of about 4,500 acres of the presently <br />irrigated land will give way to subdivision for the housing <br />of industrial workers and other use. It is believed that irri- <br />gation in the basin will therefore stabilize at about 47,600 <br />acres which is an increase of 12,400 acres over that used for <br />this purpose at the present time. As a part of the irrigation <br />expansion, a supplemental water will be provided for approxi- <br />mately 4,000 acres of land in need of additional water for <br />full crop production. Land acreage and stream depletion <br />information on basin irrigation is summarized in the following <br />tvlO tables: <br /> <br /> Irrigated Land - Units Acres <br />Location Irrigated Irrigated Anticipated Total <br /> in 1937 in 1962 Expansion <br />Upper Division 19,920 25,400 16,200 41,600 <br />Lower Division 10,740 9,$00 -3,800 6,000 <br />Total 30,660 35,200 12,400 47,600 <br /> <br />-14- <br />