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<br /> <br />StateCU <br />The State of Colorado's Consumptive Use Model (StateCU) was developed to <br />estimate/report both crop and non-crop consumptive use within the state. The target <br />audience is a user(s) interested in estimating potential or actual consumptive use of <br />agricultural lands. <br /> <br />StateCU includes a fully functional interactive graphical user interface that allows all input <br />data to be viewed, modified and saved. The primary crop consumptive use method <br />employed in the program and the user interface is modified Blaney-Criddle consumptive use <br />method with calculations on a monthly basis. Other crop consumptive use methods <br />available include the Penman-Monteith and Modified Hargreaves methods, both operated on <br />a daily time step. <br /> <br />StateCU allows several levels of analysis as follows: <br />• Crop Irrigation Water Requirement by Structure (Monthly or Daily) <br />• Water Supply Limited Crop Consumptive Use by Structure (Monthly) <br />• Water Supply Limited Crop Consumptive Use by Structure and Priority (Monthly) <br />• Depletion by Structure and Priority (Monthly) <br /> <br />A number of base datasets are provided to allow the user to quickly perform StateCU <br />analysis. Other areas of interest or different structures can be prepared by the StateCU <br />user. Base datasets available from the Web site include: <br /> <br />• Primary Climate Stations for the Western Slope of Colorado <br />• Primary Irrigation Structures in the Gunnison River Basin <br />• Primary Irrigation Structures in the Upper Colorado River Basin <br />• Primary Irrigation Structures in the Yampa River Basin <br />• Primary Irrigation Structures in the White River Basin