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, , .. 002001 for 105,099 acres of what is termed productive land or 110,360 acres of land for project development. It could well be that the land area may be increased or the estimateddi~rsion requirement of approximately: five acre feet per acre be inadequate. In the case of the Town of Farmington the future demand is estimated as 10,000 acre feet. This would appear to be sufficient for an increase in population of 25,000 to 35,000 which is very lit- tle in excess of the growth of the town during the past ten-year period. It is not realistic to assume that the total water require- ments will remain static and that 10,000 acre feet will be sufficient to serve all future growth. The preceding analysis of the water supply tributary to the Navajo Reservoir under demand Criteria No. 1 and No. 2 provides no release or by-pass for supplying water requirements of the present San Juan Rlver appropriators in New Mexico down stream from the junc- tion of the Animas River with the San Juan. This matter will be dis- cussed later in the report. Sharinqs of Shortaqes under Upper Colorado River Basin Compact. Article XIV (c) of this compact provides that uses of the waters of the San Juan River and any of its tributaries, not existing or authorized at the time of the signing of the compact, and which are dependent upon a common source of water, shall be reduced in times ;, of water shortages. The amount of this reduction shall be such that the resulting consumptive use in each State shall bear the same pro- portionate relation to the consumptive use made in each State during times of average water supply. It also provides that any preferen- tial uses of water to which Indians are entitled under Article XIX - 11 - _L ,~~ ,< <~ih ,~"- ~4,J;;..;L , t 'i~ ',' ,,\ . ;,' ," '. i~.._