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<br />CONTENTS (Continued) <br /> <br />Page <br /> <br />CHAPTER XIII <br />TIMING AND SUMMARY OF ALTERNATIVES .......... 77 <br />Timing of Alternatives ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " . . . . . . 77 <br /> <br />Summary .............................................. 77 <br /> <br />LIST OF TABLES <br /> <br />Page <br /> <br />Estimated. return flows from irrigation practices along the Reach ............... 18 <br />Estimated equivalent return flows (cfs) .................................18 <br />Influence of agriculture on county economics ........................... 23 <br />Water rights senior to GVWUA and greater than 10 cfs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 <br />Purchase of agricultural water rights in the Grand Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 <br />Reservoirs upstream from the Grand Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 <br />New storage reservoirs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 <br />New downstream storage reservoir. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 44 <br />Pumping from the Colorado River to GVIC bifurcation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 <br />Pumping from the Colorado River to West GVIC Mainline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 <br />Pumping from the Colorado River to GVIC Independent Ranchmens Ditch . . . . . . . . . 51 <br />Pumping from Colorado River to GVIC Highline Canal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 <br />Pumping from the Gunnison River to Orchard Mesa Canal No.2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 <br />Consumptive use estimates of water in the Grand Valley .....................63 <br />Potential seepage volume saved through planned Grand Valley Salinity Control Program <br /> <br />improvements ........................................... 66 <br />Potential seepage volume saved through deferred and .eliminated Grand Valley Salinity <br />Control Program improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 <br /> <br />Summary Tables <br />Existing storage reservoirs . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 <br />New storage reservoirs . . . . . . . . . . . .' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 <br />Purchase of agricultural water rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 <br />Summary of most cost-effective pumping alternatives by flow range ............. 70 <br />Pumping with downstream storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 <br />Potential seepage volume saved through the Grand Valley Salinity .......;...... 72 <br />Saving through decreased irrigation system evaporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 <br /> <br />IV <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />.. . .._,' ..~""', '^" . ' . <br />