Historic Water Budget

Agricultural and urban surface water and groundwater supplies and demands for the historic water budget period (WY 1991 to 2015) are represented in the Land Surface System (LSS). Total agricultural and urban water supplies, not including native area supplies, are estimated to be 1,103,100 AFY based on a combination of agricultural water supplies (1,012,700 AFY) and urban water supplies (90,400 AFY). Demands are estimated to be 1,090,900 AFY based on a combination of agricultural water demands (1,000,400 AFY) and urban water demands (90,500 AFY), not including native area demands. Average annual values for the historic water budget period LSS are subdivided further in the historic water budget graph and table below.

Historic Water Budget Graph (AFY)

Historic Supplies = 1,185,200 AFY, Historic Demands = 1,172,300 AFY, with a Land Surface System Balance of 12,900 AFY:

Historic Water Budget Values Table (AFY)

Component Historic
Agricultural Areas Precipitation 226000
Agricultural Water Supply 786500
Agency Surface Water 437800
Agency Groundwater 79200
Private Groundwater 269700
Urban Areas Precipitation 34900
Urban Water Supply 55500
Groundwater 55500
Surface Water 0
Native Areas Precipitation 74100
Native & Riparian Uptake from Stream 8000
Total Supplies 1185200
Agricultural ET 716500
Agricultural ET of Precipitation 140400
Agricultural ET of Surface Water 293400
Agricultural ET of Agency Groundwater 63900
Agricultural ET of Private Groundwater 218800
Agricultural Percolation 263700
Agricultural Percolation of Precipitation 62400
Agricultural Percolation of Surface Water 130900
Agricultural Percolation of Agency GW 22900
Agricultural Percolation of Private GW 47500
Agricultural Runoff & Return Flow 20200
Urban Runoff & Return Flow 56200
Urban ET 29200
Urban Percolation 5100
Native Runoff 5200
Native ET 64400
Native Percolation 11800
Total Demands 1172300

Projected Water Budget

Total agricultural and urban water supplies for the LSS, not including native area supplies, are estimated to be 1,133,000 AFY based on a combination of agricultural water supplies (1,015,300 AFY) and urban water supplies (117,700 AFY). Demands are estimated to be 1,128,800 AFY based on a combination of agricultural water demands (1,011,300 AFY) and urban water demands (117,500 AFY), not including native area demands. Average annual values for the projected water budget period LSS are subdivided further in the projected water budget graph and table below.

Projected Water Budget Graph (AFY)

Projected Supplies = 1,206,800 AFY, Historic Demands = 1,202,500 AFY, with a Land Surface System Balance of 4,300 AFY:

Historic Water Budget Values Table (AFY)

Component Projected
Agricultural Areas Precipitation 237500
Agricultural Water Supply 777700
Agency Surface Water 439500
Agency Groundwater 51300
Private Groundwater 287000
Urban Areas Precipitation 41900
Urban Water Supply 75800
Groundwater 75800
Surface Water 0
Native Areas Precipitation 61200
Native & Riparian Uptake from Stream 12600
Total Supplies 1206800
Agricultural ET 745300
Agricultural ET of Precipitation 147600
Agricultural ET of Surface Water 320600
Agricultural ET of Agency Groundwater 38000
Agricultural ET of Private Groundwater 239100
Agricultural Percolation 234400
Agricultural Percolation of Precipitation 56900
Agricultural Percolation of Surface Water 118100
Agricultural Percolation of Agency GW 12200
Agricultural Percolation of Private GW 47200
Agricultural Runoff & Return Flow 31600
Urban Runoff & Return Flow 72300
Urban ET 33500
Urban Percolation 11700
Native Runoff 11900
Native ET 55300
Native Percolation 6500
Total Demands 1202500