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<br />o <br />\.~) <br />':..:) <br />to <br />... <br />(,J1 <br /> <br />S miliARY <br /> <br />The 1965 municipal and industrial water depletion amounts to <br />only about 3% of the total depletion in the Great Basin Region, but <br />is projected to increase to 12% by the year 2020. This increased <br />municipal and industrial use represents /,0% of the total additional <br />water demand by all uses. <br /> <br />Total annual water intake for non-industrial and industrial uses <br />in the Region is projected to increase from 493,000 acre feet in 1965 <br />to 1,926,000 acre feet in 2020, or nearly a four-fold increase. Deple- <br />tion requirements are expected to increase from'16l,000 acre feet to <br />903,000 acre feet during the same time period. Industrial uses are <br />projected to account for over 48% of the total intake and over 55% of <br />the total depletion requirements in 2020. <br /> <br />Water intake for non-industrial uses in the Region is higher than <br />the national average and is projected to increase according to <br />historical trends. This is significant in view of the fact that much <br />of the Region is arid or semi-arid. Non-industrial water intake varies <br />widely throughout the Region from 197 gallon per capita per day in the <br />Great Sa It Lake Subregion to 437 gallons per capita per day in the Bear <br />River ,Subregion. The higher use figures reflect lack of metering <br />in some areas and many uses which could be curtailed. With universal <br />metering and/or suitable rate structures, water intake could be <br />decreased, and will have to decrease in some high use areas, as suitable <br />water ,becomes more scarce and expensive, to meet future needs. <br /> <br />i <br /> <br />