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<br />" <br /> <br />I)) <br /> <br />large U~ount of TI2te? Fer ucre pe~ year. The ditch system <br />of the v21:;'ey iilte~'l;:ces 2nd waste and seepage -,later are <br />repicked up 2nd remsasured. <br />The reco~cls of l"eturl' \'Ia-oer' kept by the U.;c.Reclamatio <br />service only cover the irrig2.tion seeson and omit the llovembe <br />to Ap~il )e~iod. Furthermore considcreble ~etilrn flo0 from <br />the Unco'llpchg::e Pl'O ject returns to the Gunnison r i ve~ direct. <br />ilecen'v retuyn f:;'o\'1 mccsurements indic:?_te the return fluw in <br />the :Jnc om)l1hgre V2_11ey D.:;Jj1roxim8-tes 200,080 acre feet c.nnuc.ll:-. <br />Whe'1 ret\uti flow. waste water 2nd remeasured water are exclud-- <br />ed the consumptive use in the Uncompchgre Vr.lley dwindles to <br />between 2 2nd 2.5 acre-fee'v per acre per yeer. <br />Mr. HOriVIZL: The Uncompahg~e? <br />Mr. !,iZEi:BR: Yes sir. All the detc;ils LiS to tr"e o.pplico.- <br />tion o.nd retur~ of the waters were gone into, both on our <br />part, cnd the ",eclah12ii on service records. <br />Mi:. HOR-lIEL: You still think 2.bout 1.3 acre-feet is ['_ <br />safe figure? Would not a consideration of the UG.~ for the <br />whole weste~n slope dilute that to some extent so th2t for th~ <br />largest 2reo. it would be three-quarters of an acre-foot, or <br />ther-c!..bouts? <br />!.ir. MEillIER:_ k.fte~ stcbiliz2.tion it mi6ht decrease to some <br />extent as it has in the older irrigated sections of the st2te, <br />--as at Greeley. ~o:rt Collins, cnd such sections. that have <br />long been ir~igcted. <br />i,lr. CALDiiILLL: These figures in your statement or study <br />D <br /> <br />t <br /> <br />.) <br />