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<br /><, <br />OO1l3~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />upon for use in Colorado is thus 1,450,000 acre feet per year. <br /> <br /> <br />7. Development of the oil, shale reserves in Western <br /> <br />Colorado should be anticipated and the consumption of water <br /> <br />for industrial, municipal, and other purposes resulting <br /> <br /> <br />therefrom may reach 300,000 acre feet per year. <br /> <br /> <br />8. Consumptive uses by expansion of irrigation on the <br /> <br />Western Slope will depend upon the degree to which projects <br /> <br /> <br />are subsidized. Should the subsidy be limited to $200 per <br /> <br />acre, the resulting-depletion would be no more than 100,000 <br /> <br /> <br />acre feet per year. Should subsidies as great as $600 per <br /> <br /> <br />acre be permitted, the resulting stream depletion at sites <br /> <br /> <br />of use might reach 800,000 acre feet per year, <br /> <br /> <br />9. Depletions by new trans-mountain deversions will <br /> <br />likewise depend upon the degree to which irrigation agri- <br /> <br /> <br />culture may be subsidized. Some diversions could be financed <br /> <br />by municipalities without subsidies, but these would be <br />limited to about 200,000 acre feet. Additional trans- <br />mountain diversions for agricultural purposes in any substan- <br />tial amount would require subsidies in excess of $400 per <br />acre. Even if subsidies as great as $600 per acre were <br /> <br />permitted, the total of all new trans-mountain deversions <br /> <br /> <br />for all purposes would be more than 300,000 acre feet per year. <br /> <br /> <br />10. If subsidies to agriculture at any point in Colorado <br /> <br /> <br />be limited to $600 per acre, future depletions caused by ex- <br /> <br /> <br />panded irrigation on the Western Slope and by trans-mountain <br /> <br /> <br />diversions would amount to 1,100,000 acre feet per year. <br /> <br /> <br />11. If any greater subsidies were to be allowed, the <br /> <br /> <br />~otential depletion caused by consumptive uses in agri- <br /> <br />culture and industry and by trans-mountain diversions would <br />be in excess of the supply of water available to Colorado. <br />12. Increased diversions of water for use be agri- <br />culture and industry on the Western Slope and for trans- <br /> <br />-26- <br /> <br />-~ <br />