Summary of Water use (in acre-feet) in Lea county, 1995 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Category Withdrawal Withdrawal Total Depletion Depletion Total Return Return Total Surface Ground Withdrawal Surface Ground Depletion Flow Flow Return Water Water Water Water Surface Ground Flow Water Water ----------------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- --------- --------- ------- ------- ------ Public Water Supply 0 16126 16126 0 7257 7257 0 8869 8869 Domestic (self-supplied) 0 1331 1331 0 599 599 0 732 732 Irrigated Agriculture 0 131163 131163 0 104350 104350 0 26813 26813 Livestock (self-supplied) 64 1432 1497 64 1348 1413 0 84 84 Commercial (self-supplied) 0 1346 1346 0 1050 1050 0 296 296 Industrial (self-supplied) 0 1497 1497 0 1220 1220 0 277 277 Mining (self-supplied) 0 18975 18975 0 10767 10767 0 8207 8207 Power (self-supplied) 0 4445 4445 0 4445 4445 0 0 0 Reservoir Evaporation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ----------------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- --------- --------- ------- ------- ------- TOTAL: 64 176315 176380 64 131036 131101 0 45278 45278 SOURCE: BRIAN, C., WILSON, P.E., 1997, "Water Use by Categories in New Mexico Counties and River Basins, and Irrigated Acreage in 1995", New Mexico State Engineer Office, Technical Report (in press), Santa Fe, NM.