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<br />. <br /> <br />the Wests?n SlO)8 BEe OV3E 50J,GOC 2cre-f~et 2~nu~11y. <br /> <br />EFFICIENCY OF WATE] L'i' HIGh AL~'ITUD:::'S: Preliminary studies <br />- , <br /> <br />indicate the g~eatest beneficial use of wcter in irrigation <br />is on t:,e headw2.te~s of -i.;he Colorado River when net 2.mount <br /> <br />of vater requi~ed for staple crop production is considered. <br />Tne ratio of cons~m)tive use of wate~ bstwee~ the lowe~ <br />Colo:eaao Basin 2nd the headwate~s ~~ea is from two to fou~ <br /> <br />times that of the Colorado lands, using an average ratio of <br /> <br />3 to 1 in wate~ consuffi)tioD as bet~een lower Colorado River <br /> <br />1~ <br /> <br />lands and upJe:e basin lau{s from the economic standpoint the <br /> <br /> <br />lowe~ lands must :,,"'odclCe th~ee tLnes as heavily in crop values <br /> <br /> <br />per acre to be on )82' \vitb tlJe 10'-1 consum~)tive use required <br /> <br />for Western 3lo)e lands. <br />l'he follo.'lii1S ta~Jle, Colo:'.'2.(c iiivG~ D8sin Gom)a~a:tive <br />Data I~rigated Lan(s, which is offered as an e~lioit, )repared <br />from the 1919 U.S.Censtis data (See Exhibit E, A)pendix Denver <br /> <br />Hearingsl, shows that on sta}les the avera6e production per <br />acre of lo~e~ basin lands is but very little hi;her than for <br />the Westeri,] SlOil8 1ands in Jolora0.o. <br />The followine table, Cro) Repo~t Data U.S.Reclamation <br />Service Ero,jects. which is oifered as an eXIlibit, (See Lxhibit <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />F, hppendix DenveT Hea:!"ipe;s), shows tilat tile overaGe value per <br />acne of staule Cl'O}S on t",s lower BaaLl U .S.l1eclam2.tion ,:l"O- <br />- , <br /> <br />jects ave~a6es less tilan Jouble the )rice for U~pe~ Basin iro- <br />ject lands over a five-year period. In other words, available <br /> <br />D <br />