Republican River Basin

Total Basin Inflow

Native water: 353,000 acre-feet

Total Basin Outflow

Basin outflow, 1970: 122,000 acre-feet

Basin outflow, 1993: 47,000 acre-feet

Irrigated Acreage (surface water only)

Irrigation consumptive use and associated consumptive reservoir and conveyance losses: 220,000 acre-feet

Sources:

Division of Water Resources and Colorado Water Conservation Board. Senate Joint Resolution 94-32 Concerning the Management, Conservation, and Preservation of the Water Resources of the State of Colorado. Colorado Department of Natural Resources, 1995.

Agricultural Water Conservation Task Force. Regional Characteristics. Colorado Water Resources Research Institute, 1995.

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