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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />the future net loss below Hoover Dam after complete development is estimated <br />to be about 245.000 acre-feet annually. <br /> <br />Since teatimony on the Colorado River Basin Project Bill (CAP) is replete <br /> <br /> <br />with references to a 680,000 acre-foot aalvage program on the lower <br /> <br /> <br />Colorado River, Table No. 2 is attached to show the preaent status of the <br /> <br /> <br />program. It now appears that we will fall short of the 680,000 acre-foot <br /> <br /> <br />goal by at least 109.000 acre-feet no lODger considered likely under the <br /> <br /> <br />ground-water recovery program. Public sentiment and pressures by pre- <br /> <br /> <br />servationista and fish and wildlife enthusiasts could possibly have an <br /> <br /> <br />adverse effect on planned potential salvage from the channelization and <br /> <br /> <br />phreatophyte control programs. <br /> <br />IV. Estimates of Future Uses and Depletions <br /> <br /> <br />At the present time, the average annual tributary inflow to Lake Mead <br /> <br /> <br />below Glen Canyon Dam is about equivalent to the annual evaporation from <br /> <br /> <br />Lake Mead. The historical annual tributary inflow has been computed. <br /> <br /> <br />This computed record adjusted by estimated future depletions above <br /> <br /> <br />Hoover Dam (potential projects on the Little Colorado River in Arizona <br /> <br /> <br />and the Dixie Project in Utah will ultimately deplete the flow by about <br /> <br /> <br />60.000 acre-feet per year and 48.000 acre-feet per year, respectively) <br /> <br /> <br />will be incorporated in studies of future river and reaervoir operations. <br /> <br />7 <br />