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Water Use
Water use data was derived from irrigation, municipal, recreation, stock, industrial and domestic water rights. Water rights are broken into vested rights and appropriated rights. The average water use is 81,646 acre-feet.
|
Type |
Source |
No. of Rights |
Authorized Quantity |
|
Vested |
Surface |
25 |
12,415 |
|
Appropriated |
Surface |
62 |
17,219 |
|
Vested |
Ground |
97 |
10,141 |
|
Appropriated |
Ground |
1,206 |
152,717 |
|
|
Total |
1,390 |
192,492 |
The Points of Diversion map includes some surface water rights that are used for watershed dams and account for evaporation.