WSP06987

• File Number: 8064
• Description: Section "D" General Federal Issues/Policies
• Date: 12/1/1983
• Author: Norman K Johnson
• Title: Indian Water Rights in the West
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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below. In some instances only a potential water claim or a
settled water right was found in researched literature. In
other instances only a number of potentially irrigable acres
was found. In these cases a unit withdrawal coefficient was
calculated and the number of potentially irrigable acres was
multiplied by that coefficient to arrive at the potential claim.
In still other instances the only available information for a
reservation was the number of presently irrigated acres. In
these cases, that number was multiplied by a calculated unit
withdrawal coefficient and the total was included in the
"Potential Claims" column.

For some reservations information appears in each of the last
four columns or in two or three of them. Where an "Other Estimate
of Water Needs" figure appears, it usually includes water for
irrigation purposes. It is, therefore, the total potential
claim for a reservation and is included in the "Potential Claim"
column whether or not other information relating to irrigable
lands is included for that reservation. .Where a "Potentially
Irr. Acres" figure appears with a "Presently Irrigated Acres"
figure, the potential claim is based on "Potentially Irr. Acres"
figure. Where no unit withdrawal figure appears, the figure
in the "Potential Claims" column appears as it was found in
sources researched.