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<br />. . <br /> <br />.. .r .. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />.C;""""" .,~",,,,,,ii<;""-c.o.:'.~ ._..," ....~. _~,_ ".-""".. " <br /> <br />~ .- <br /> <br />-.... <br /> <br />o <br />cO <br />~" I~!':Vc:r. tho t:lO::m di:-:chc.rCO 0::' t!,c r1vo:' at tho <br />('.1 <br />c' n:mth o~ ~'1o CEl.."1on fo::' t'w ciCht yoars ~or whic.'1. we kwo c. :record <br />c~ <br />is 51,206 !lorO feet. r:e have Bean Olil POCO 33 hoo tho 25.J.50 <br /> <br />acre feet covEr-'ed by tho t\70 deore'~B, ndr:lin1ateretl uniCl' c. niche::' <br /> <br />rate of'l1my. BhO".:Wl, in RmO",ll1t c.t least. be erutfieient to ~~oo <br />. core 1'01' the &.5Q{> acrea of' nor; irr1cat 10n 1n Colo:ro.do. lea.vine <br />tor the new pro3eot in new Mexioo on o.l1I1UEl.l o.v.racc of' 2&.056 <br />lI.C1'e teet. <br /> <br />In 1913 the totc.l run-ofi' was only u.bout 29,000 aore <br />-teet. and u!'u.enn, by 8t~. there oould. have been ca:::lGidern.ble <br />water carried over t'ro!1 th prev10U3 year. 1t is seen thare co',:1d <br />have been only about 3,OJO acre feet a.vailahle to this project. <br />Even takinc; the men."l 01' 26.000 o.ero feet M IlvlUlo.ble to this <br />project e.nd aJ.J.0t71nC D. Groea supply of two aere feet per a.cra <br />and &3suminc thnt ten percent of tho gross, areo. rtll not receive <br />water, it lro"JJ.u. care i'or tl. projeot 0:' on4" 14-,4<'.0 acree. Thin <br />1.e aosuminc th.'lt o.ll tho wa.ter ia conserved 8.."ld uood, n."1u. th:"t <br />~.re 10 e. gross oonswnpt1on for o.ll ILl"&Q.G irrigated 01' approx- <br />1ma.telytwo acre feet per ll.Cre per ~. . <br />~here CEl..'1nOt bl' more tr.an the 14,440 e.croo 1rrigc. tad <br />under this pro.1eot, e.ccordinc to this :line of reaaon1ne, unle03 <br />0tU" uB'W'l1l't10n that two acre faet per a.ore for the croo:: d't:'.ty <br />is createI' thlm neoesear.;, or, unlosc tho u,5:>0 acres 01' nQr' <br /> <br />in'1(;at1on in Colo:oado :is !'lOre thll.l'l T1i:1.1 be a.otually ir:rign,ted <br /> <br />-35- <br />