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<br />O~1810 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />flow, including return flow, and assured of water substantially <br /> <br />all the time, amount to but .5,200 acres on the average. Lands on <br /> <br />which there is shortage every year aggregate about l4,800 acres, <br /> <br />their supply being derived, in the main, from flood flows. From <br /> <br />interviews with local ditch officers, farmers, and the Water Com- <br /> <br />missioner for District l7, it is estimated that l~~ds with yearly <br /> <br />shortage are a s follows: <br /> <br />Ditch <br /> <br />1922-37 <br />Average <br />acres irrigated <br /> <br />Acres with <br />annual shortage <br /> <br />Baca <br /> <br />3,200* <br /> <br />3,700 <br /> <br />Model <br /> <br />6,300 <br /> <br />6,300 <br /> <br />Enlarged South <br />Side <br /> <br />.5,300 <br /> <br />.5,300 <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />*Early priority for .500 acres. <br /> <br />Long canals serving these areas account for high main <br /> <br />canal losses, which with lateral losses, combine for an estimated <br /> <br />total loss of 4010 of the water diverted. These lands have a <br /> <br />widely varying water supply from year to year. Some receive only <br /> <br />a small portion of the water needed, especially late in the irriga- <br /> <br />tion season. While a part of the annual water supply is derived <br /> <br />from melting mountain snows, a large part oomes from surr@er storms <br /> <br />which cannot be forecast and make farm planting programs impracticable. <br /> <br />Without holdover storage, these conditions cannot be <br /> <br />fully remedied; with regulation of summer floods, making these <br /> <br />waters available for diversion, the shortage would be materially <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />32 <br /> <br />~ ' <br /> <br />;, ~ <br /> <br />