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<br />001992 <br /> <br />C <br />o <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />STATE OF NEW MEXICO <br /> <br />State, Engineer Office <br />Santa Fe <br /> <br />S, E. Reynolds <br />State Engineer <br /> <br />P. O. Box 1079 <br />Santa Fe, N. M. <br /> <br />December 23, 1957 <br /> <br />Dean Ivan C. Crawford <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />212 State Office Building <br />Denver 2, Colorado <br /> <br />Dear Dean: <br /> <br />In response to your letter of December 6 and subsequent inquiries <br />I am pleased to provide information relative to contemplated uses <br />of San Juan River water in New Mexico as follows: <br /> <br />1) <br />Present and Authorized <br />Navajo Indian Irrigation Project <br />San Juan-Chama Diversion Project 2) <br />Storage Project Reservoir Evap.Losses <br />Navajo Reservoir Evap. Losses <br /> <br />Use <br /> <br />Depletion-Ac.Ft. <br /> <br />127,000 <br />254,000 <br />110,000 <br />69,000 <br />34.000 <br />594,000 <br /> <br />1) <br />2) <br /> <br />Includes Fruitland Hogback Extension <br />and the authorized Hammond Project <br />Glen Canyon, Curecanti and Flaming Gorge <br /> <br />For planning purposes the State of New Mexico assumes that a deple- <br />tion of 838,000 acre feet per year (11-1/4% of 7,450,000) at sites <br />of use in New Mexico will be possible under the terms of the Upper <br />Colorado River Compact. The assumption is supported by the 1951 <br />Report of the Technical Committee on the San Juan River in New <br />Mexico, and by recent data which show that the virgin flow of the <br />Colorado River at Lee Ferry amounted to an average of about 15,300,000 <br />acre feet per annum in the period from 1896 through 1957. As you will, <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />x <br /> <br />i <br />