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<br />.' I.J <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />0032:1 <br /> <br />CHAPTER V <br /> <br />WATER RESOURCES <br /> <br />The larger industrial installations in the area have independent wa- <br />ter systems. The uranium mill near Moab and the Texas Gull' Sulphur Com- <br />pany's phosphate plant on the Colorado River both pump water from the <br />river. The uranium mill near Mexican Hat pumps from the San Juan River <br />while the El Paso Refinery and the Aneth oil field are served from wells <br />near the San Juan River. <br /> <br /> <br />Pumps on wells driven into the gravels along the banks of the <br />San Juan River. The well water is pumped into oil struc- <br />tures at the nearby Aneth field to increase oil recovery. <br /> <br />The amount of water used in Grand and San Juan Counties, Utah, for <br />municipal and industrial purposes in the 1960-61 period was estimated by <br />the University of Utah as a/art of a Statewide st~. The University's <br />estimates are shown below.~ <br /> <br />Type of water use <br />Public and rural domestic use <br />Self-supplied industrial use <br />Total <br /> <br />Annual water use <br />(acre-feet) <br />Grand San Juan <br />County County <br />2,227 3,043 <br />4,696 4,125 <br />6,923 7,168 <br /> <br />Y "Use of Water for Municipal and Industrial Purposes, Utah Coun- <br />ties, 1960-61," Bureau of Economic and Business Research, University of <br />utah, March 1966. <br /> <br />56 <br />