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• APPENDIX B • <br />WATER BALANCE <br />Historic water use on the mining to 11as been for <br />irrigation. (see Appendix A. Water Rights Evaluation). <br />The water use is summarized in Table DI <br />Future water use on the propc•rt~. will be irrigation of <br />lawns and shrubs, evaporation fro^ 1.'..es, and water derived <br />from precipitation for dry qr;issl..r.:... The future water <br />use is summarized in Table D2. <br />Water for reclamation Lc.uirc.-..its will be derived from <br />the lakes. To ensure that there is ,.^ adequate legal supply <br />of water available to meet the rcc-i,~:..ition needs, water <br />used under the Brantner and Lower Clc~r Creek Ditches will <br />be released to the lakes end us~•c to cover irri~~tion di- <br />versions. Water from the two ditches o:ill not L~ used to <br />cover evaporation losses. The w-,ttr balance, the difference <br />between the historic water us" ~ nc•. t:ic future water use as <br />shown in Table D, is 502.97 acre-feet annually. This is <br />the amount of water that is ~vapot-.:tea annually from the <br />lakes, less one historic effcct~~r ::rc-ipitation. <br />-21- <br />