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Table 32. 



-Comparison of stored and direct floto water used hy four of the 

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Canal. 



1916 



Greeley Canal No. 2 



Larimer and Weld Canal 



Larimer County Canal 



North Poudre Canal 



1917, 



Greeley Canal No. 2 



Larimer and Weld Canal 



Larimer County Canal 



North Poudre Canal 



Priority 



Water used. 





No. of 







Storage as 



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Storage 



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acre-feet. 



acre-feet. 





37 



54,908 



13,458 



20 



88 



67, 166 



23,926 



26 



97 



49, 876 



22,111 



31 



98 



16, 169 



25, 188 



61 



37 



53,383 



14,617 



21 



88 



67, 889 



29,547 



30 



97 



64,692 



19, 274 



23 



98 



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FARM RESERVOIRS. 



A large number of reservoirs of the valley may be properly classed 

 as farm reservoirs. They are owned by the individual farmer and 

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