RGDSS_Historic_CUreport_20040601

• Title: RGDSS - Rio Grande Historic Crop Consumptive Use Analysis
• Description: The documentation is for the Rio Grande Basin Historic Crop Consumptive Use Analysis, developed during the RGDSS implementation for the period 1950 through 2002. It includes 100 percent of the crop consumptive use in the basin for the period. Documentation consists of the final Historic Crop Consumptive Use Analysis Report and supporting appendices.
• Decision Support - Doc Type: Modeling Dataset Documentation
• Date: 6/1/2004
• DSS Category: Consumptive Use
• DSS: Rio Grande
• Basin: Rio Grande
• Contract/PO #: C153863
• Grant Type: Non-Reimbursable
• Bill Number: HB98-1189, SB99-173
• Prepared By: Leonard Rice Engineering

Acknowledgments
The work described in this report was funded by the State of Colorado, Colorado Water
Conservation Board under the Rio Grande Decision Support System (RGDSS) -
Consumptive Use and Water Budget Project. Leonard Rice Consulting Water Engineers,
Inc. (LRCWE), in conjunction with Agro Engineering, Inc., conducted the consumptive
use and water budget component of RGDSS. LRCWE's Project manager for the project
was Erin Wilson, P.E. The authors thank Kirk Thompson and the staff at Agro
Engineering, Inc. for sharing their knowledge of irrigation procedures in the San Luis
Valley. Ray Bennett of the Colorado Division of Water Resources and Andy Moore of
the Colorado Water Conservation Board directed the Project.
cureport_6-2004.doc i June, 2004