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<br />~ <br />0"; <br />C": <br />-' <br /> <br />c: <br /> <br /> Comparison of past diversions and those possible with the initial plan* <br /> Unit: 1,000 Acre-feet <br /> Upper Di tchos Lower Ditches : Total <br /> : Proposed <br /> Past : Proposed : Past : Proposed : : total <br />Year :diversions:diversions:Increase:diversions:diversions:Increase:Colorado <br /> Supply <br />1928 10.2 lO.2 0 14.1 19.2 5.1 29.4 <br />1929 11.Q 14.0 3.0 23.4 26.0 2.6 40.0 <br />1930 : 9.3 11.0 1.7 13.0 13.5 0.5 24.5 <br />1931 7.3 9.0 1.7 6.5 6.8 0.3 15.8 <br />1932 12.0 13.4 1.4 23.9 31.8 7.9 45.2 <br />1933 9.3 11.3 2.0 11.8 12.2 0.4 23.5 <br />1934 6.3 6.3 0 3.1 4.6 1.5 10.9 <br />1935 12.1 12.1 0 19.1 25.2 6.1 37.3 <br />1936 9.7 11.9 2.2 12.8 17.6 4.8 29.5 <br />1937 10.3 11.2 0.9 11.8 27.6 15.8 38.8 <br />1938 11.9 11.7 -0.1 17.0 27.1 lO.l 38.8 <br />1939 8.4 8.4 0 6.2 8.4 2.2 16.8 <br />1940 . 8.6 8.5 -0.1 9.8 20.0 10.2 28.5 <br />. <br />Mean : 9.7 10.7 1.0 13.3 18.5 5.2 : 29.2 (a) <br /> (a) Consists of 5,800 acre-feet new water, 5,500 acre-feet regulated <br /> supply under decrees, and 17,900 acre-feet unregulated under de- <br /> crees. <br /> <br />* The increase in the beneficial supply would be greater than indi- <br />cated by the tabulation, as the supply in the past consisted to a <br />considerable extent of early spring run-off diverted in excess of <br />actual beneficial needs in an attempt to saturate the fields and <br />thus hold some water for the dry summer and fall months when stream- <br />flow is always inadequate. The general dependability of the supply <br />would be somewhat less than those averages indicate, if in appli- <br />cation, the smaller supply were spread over as great an area as <br />under the final plan. <br /> <br />26 <br />