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<br />1 <br />, <br /> <br />S('c/ioll 5 ~ Colorado mtler Use Tn~lUls <br /> <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />J <br />l <br />l <br />) <br />I <br /> <br />Power 35.4% <br />7,393 MGD <br /> <br />Commercial 0.6% <br />'20 MGD <br /> <br />Domestic 2.3% <br />473 MGD <br /> <br />\\ ~ Industrial 0.7% <br />/ '38MGD <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />Other 0.7% ~/ <br />'38 MGD / L-- <br /> <br />Mining 0.4% <br />91 MGD <br /> <br />3,500.000 <br />3,000.000 <br />2.50D.000 <br />:g 2,000,000 <br />~ <br />" <br />... 1.500,000 <br />1.000.000 <br />500.000 <br />o <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Irrigation 59.6% <br />'2.430 MGD <br /> <br />Livestock 0.3% <br />61MGD <br /> <br />Figure 10 <br />Water Use by Category in Colorado, 1985 <br /> <br />million gallons per day). Among Colorado's counties. the most <br />water was used in Montrose County (3,260 million gallons per <br />day), t>.lesa County (1,940 million gallons per day), and Gunnison <br />County (1,520 million gallons per day). Figure 11 illustrates the <br />acreage of irrigated land in Colorado for the years 1954 to 1992, <br />compiled from the data published by the Bureau of the Census <br />(1987 and 1992). <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />" <br />"' <br />'" <br />- <br /> <br />'" " '" " oo '" r- '" <br />"' <0 <0 r- r- oo oo '" <br />'" '" '" '" '" '" '" '" <br />- - - - - - - <br /> Year <br /> Figure 11 <br /> Irrigated Land. Colorado, 1954-1992 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />5.2 <br /> <br />__ COLOraOO <br />.._ Farm Bureau <br />