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<br />., <br />) <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />_ using the average of pan evaporation measured at Pueblo and John <br />~::l______ _._ _._ <br />------- -- <br />N Martin dam, an assumed pan coefficierit-6f-O-:-70-;--and.-an.assumed-~~__ <br />..:;, <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />river width of 150 feet in the 98 river miles of the reach. It <br /> <br />was also assumed that phreatophytes located along the river in the <br /> <br />shallow water table take water directly from the river. and the <br /> <br />amount was estimated by assuming 1.5 acre-feet of evapotranspira- <br /> <br />tion per acre of phreatophytes occurred annually within a distance <br /> <br />of 200 feet on each side of the river. The result of this water <br /> <br />budget was that return flow in this reach of river averages about <br /> <br />6 percent, which is consistent with results of t:he USGS study. <br /> <br />...: <br /> <br />Average equivalent return flow in the simulated operation was com- <br /> <br />puted from table 5 by dividing the average of column 5 by the sum <br /> <br />of the averages of columns 4 and 5 and amounted to about 26 per- <br /> <br />cent. Therefore, results of the water budget confirm that the <br /> <br />rights of water users are adequately protected. <br /> <br />It is possible that an agreement with the Las Animas <br /> <br />Consolidated Canal Company may be made that would ease the adminis- <br /> <br />tration of the proposed transfer. The agreement would allow actual <br /> <br />diversion of the state water at the Las Animas Consolidated Canal <br /> <br />company headgate and measuring it back into the river in the <br /> <br />company's wasteway. The company's canal has plenty of capacity <br /> <br />since the transfer of the Las Animas Ditch Company water to the <br /> <br />Rocky Ford Highline headgate. <br /> <br />13 <br />