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<br /> <br />Present and Future De.'eloct'1ent <br /> <br />l'.~ <br />-..l <br />"'l <br /> <br />w <br /> <br />maxImum project consumptive u~e \\ould be ~5-+.000 ane-feet annually The 267.000-acre-foot <br />d~plelion vJlue i~ ba~~d on th~ full 110.630 a..:re~ being ImgJ.ted each ~ear. Ba~ed on hbtoflC31 <br />dat:l. at least :. p~rcem of the lOtal 1m gable acr~J.ge has be~n fallol.\. In anyone year ~ince 19S I <br /> <br />In ;";ovemh~r In\. It v\as l,:'oncluded J.nd agreed by the A~sl~t;mt Secreta!!. Depar1m~nI of the <br />Imenor. Land and Water Resources and .-\s~i~tant St'cr~t<.lT'). Departmenl of the Intenor. BureJ.u of <br />Indian .-\ff<.llrs that th~ proJuctl\'e acreage of the proJt'ct ~houlJ be 110.630 acres.' rather thJn the <br />105.COO acre~ which had been Jssum~d in the past. Correspondmgly. the annuJI depletion <br />estlmate has b~en re\'1!>~J trom 254.()(X) acre-feet 10 267.000 acre.feet <br /> <br />The flTst bloc'" of land (about 9.300 acre~l was 1fTigat~d m 1976. In 19S5. blocks I through 5 <br />were m production. and "orne water had been de1i\"~rt'd to block 6. Ahhough som~ retum tlO\\ <br />from the project has been oh.;erved. th~ depletIon of riveI1101.\. h nearly equal to the water dlv'er1ed <br />tram >:avaJo Reservoir. Remm tlow to the rner will mcreast' il~ d~~p percolJ.tion from lmgation <br />charges the aqUIfer. <br /> <br />Hammond Project-In 1987. the Hammond Project delivered 14.850 acre. feet ot water to imgate <br />2.972 acres of farmland at an average of 5.0 acre.feet per acre The project depletes 10.000 acre- <br />feet per year If all the project lands 0.930 acres) are fully imgaled. <br /> <br />Hogback Exten~ion-Mlnor increa.~es In depletions are expected to h;lve occurred in the Hogback <br />extension Studies are underv.-'ay by the Bureau of IndIan Affairs and the >lavajo Tnbe to <br />detennine addltionaJ waler reqUIrements in this area. <br /> <br />Jicarilla Apache Indian Uses-This depletion is based upon preliminary re~uhs of planning <br />studies. Resuhs to date indicate that about 3.000 acre-feet could be depleted under present <br />proposals. Studies are contlnulng to develop plans for addllllmal depletions. but no more feasible <br />uses have developed. In a letter of July 9. 1976. 10 ~tr. S.E. Reynolds. Secreta!!'. New ~texico <br />InterSlate Stream Commission. the Secretary of the Interior indicated that there may be <br />26.(X)() acre-feel available annually for use on the Jicanlla Apache Indian ReserntlOn. but such :lI1 <br />amounl cannot be guaranteed unconditionally. This water would have 10 be contracted. Such a <br />contract would require certificalion by the Secretary of the In tenor as to the availablltty of such <br />supplies and receive subsequent appro....al by the Congress. Also. shortages ma~ develop induced <br />by a Lee Ferry call. The July 9. 1976. letter also proposed the necessary engineenng. <br />env.lronmenlal. and economic feaslbilny studies. Thus. a 3.ooowacre-foot d~velopm~nt IS esumated <br />to take place withIn ::!O years. with any remammg amounts d~pendent upon results of continued <br />feaSIbility studies. By letter dated July 10. 1985. the >:e.... ~texico 100eNate Stream Commission <br />recommended to the Secretary of the Intenor that a contract be awarded to the Jicanlla Apache <br />Tribe in the amount of 3.000 acre.feet per year to the year ~025. <br /> <br />Ctah International. Inc. Wrh'ate Right}- The prima.r:- use under this nght is the sale of water to <br />the Anzona Public Service Company for the five unItS of the Four Comers Po\\-erplant This right <br />also includes the transfer of up to 8.000 acre-feet to the San Juan PowerplanL <br /> <br />~a\.ajo Resenoir Contracts-Reclamation's 1988 HydrologiC Detennination found 69,(K)() acrew <br />feet potentially available for contracting from Navajo Re<;.er.OIr thru ::!039. Wlthm this amount. <br />16.::00 acre-feet is contracted to Public Ser..\ce Company of ;';ew :-..texico to provide ....ater for use <br /> <br />29 <br />