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<br />'. <br /> <br />r. <br />I.. <br /> <br />:ce <br /> <br /> <br />.-~' <br />1% <br />-' <br />.~~; <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />( <br /> <br /><. <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />MID91 <br /> <br />.. , <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />CIiAPl'ER IV <br /> <br />Grow~ng season consumptive use <br />Less effective precipitat1o~ <br />Net consumptive use <br />Plus f~ losses (4~ percent of <br />delivery) <br />Farm delivery re~uirement <br />Plus canal losses (50 and 13 per- <br />cent of diversion, ~e6,ec~ively) <br />Annual diversion requirement <br /> <br />WATER SUPPLY <br /> <br />Fire /obuntain <br />division <br />(acre-feet <br />per acre) <br />2.00 <br />.28 <br />1.7e <br /> <br />Leroux Creek <br />division <br />(acre-feet <br />per acre) <br />1.99 <br />.28 <br />1. 71 <br /> <br />1.30 <br />~.02 <br />1.26 <br />4:2B' <br /> <br />1.29 <br />5."00 <br /> <br />.66 <br />,.D8 <br /> <br />The est~ated ~nthly distribution of the annual diversion require- <br />ments for each project division is shovn in the following tabulation. <br /> <br />Estimated ~onthly diversion requirements <br />(u~it--acre-feet per acre) <br />Fire l'.ountain <br />division <br />0.09 <br />.79 <br />1.00 <br />1.10 <br />.72 <br />.45 <br />.15 <br />4.29' <br /> <br />Month <br />April <br />Nay <br /> <br />or T).oriod <br />20 ":0 30 <br /> <br />JlL-;':: <br /> <br />July <br />AU3Ust <br />September <br />October 1 to 11 <br />Total <br /> <br />Leroux CreeK <br />di';i s ion <br />0.11 <br />.65 <br />.88 <br />.96 <br />.63 <br />.35 <br />.10 <br />~ <br /> <br />Return no\/" <br /> <br />It is probable t1:J..::t ;:roject \/"Ster used on the higher lands vLll <br />resuJ.t in some returr. ;'1'')\16 that could be uti~d to e.ugr.:ent the irrigation <br />supply for lo\/"er land3 w-t t!:::!.n or below the p,'o,ject area. The amount of <br />usable return flo\/" that will occur cannot be re~iab1y deterr.ined, however, <br />so that use of such \/"ater \/"as not includecl il~ the project analyses. The <br />North Fork Water Conservancy District that ~i11 administer the Paonia <br />project has made filiObS fer the use of 25 second-feet of return flow <br />from project l~~ds. Any usable \/"Ster that cecones available under these <br />filings will have the er~p.ct of increacinb the project water supply beyond <br />the estimates made in "':l:.i5 report and fa.cilita.ting the "ater exchanges on <br />Leroux Creek. <br /> <br />30 <br />