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<br />.0 Santa Fe New Mexican <br /> <br />Ne-v ~ <br />~<2e>5 <br />_ - h.- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Page 1 of3 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />The Peden' a) n-om Ghost p..,..ch <br />h RICh.ro H~",kr <br />dd'onphO'l;o <br />~o ...."". 91~U'" <br /> <br /> <br />I NEWS I VISITOR'S GUIDE I BUSINESS DIRECTORY I SHOPPING I OUT. ABOUT I CLASSIFIEDS I lOBS I REAL E: <br />HOME I HELP I CONTACT US I SUBSCRIBE I ADVERTISE I WEB AUDIO <br /> <br /> <br />Weather Details <br /> <br />SEARCH THE NEWS <br /> <br />f) <br /> <br />AdVlncedSeuch <br /> <br />NeW5.An.ly5i5 <br />On Our Web Sit. <br />Santa F./EINort. <br />New Mulco / Well <br />l.aq/MiddleEnt <br />Nallon/World <br />Crlm.1 Police No".. <br />Bu..ln..... <br />Envlronm.nl <br />Hulth <br />Science/Technology <br />Today'.. Commentary <br />In DeplhR.port. <br />Obitu.rle.. <br />Traffic <br />We.lIler <br />Opinion. <br />Commentary <br />Community <br />Art5.Entertainment <br />Sport5 <br />Calli & Trudl.5 <br />Archive5 <br />Generation Nelli <br />W.ter/Fire <br />Outdoolli <br />Photo Gallerle5 <br />Our Week In Pictures <br />EduQtion <br />Stock Marllets <br /> <br />NEW MEXICO I WEST <br /> <br />5E <br /> <br />~ Print this Article <br /> <br />~ Email this Article <br /> <br />5 M <br />1 , <br />. , <br />,.1> <br />2_2. 1~ <br />"30 <br /> <br />Wednesday. June 11.2003 <br /> <br />San Juan Irrigators Agree to Cut Use <br /> <br />The New Mexican I BEN NEARY <br /> <br />In an agreement that heads olTpossible state intervention. irrigators on <br />the San Juan River in northwestern New Mexico say they will reduce <br />their water use this summer by an estimated 3 percent. <br /> <br />The agreement caBs for release of at least 450 cubic-feet ofwalcr per <br />second from Navajo Dam through the summer months. While less than <br />ideal for fishing. that flow should maintain the trophy trout population <br />there. officials said. <br /> <br />John Whipple, San Juan River Basin program manager with the New <br />Mexico Interstate Stream Commission, said the agreement calls for water <br />users on the river to share in shortages this summer. <br /> <br />The U.s. Bureau of Reclamation predicts a shortage on the San Juan <br />River of about 3 percent this summer. <br /> <br />Under the agreement. the :'\'a\"ajo Irrigation Project will get .:!O-l,OOO acre- <br />feet of water this year. Whipple said. That amount could be reduced <br />depending on conditions. he said. <br /> <br />An acre-foot is about 325.000 gallons. <br /> <br />The :\avajo Irrigation Project diverted about 190.000 acre-feet last year. <br />Whipple said. Since then, he said the project has added another block of <br />irrigatcd land. <br /> <br />UU1621, <br /> <br />http://\,.ww.santafenc\\mexican.comimain.asp:Secl ion I 0=2&5 ubSectionlD= 7 &Artic Ie ID... 6/12/2003 <br />