Summary of Water use (in acre-feet) in Otero 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 7709 4841 12550 3860 2639 6499 3849 2202 6051 Domestic (self-supplied) 0 1126 1126 0 507 507 0 619 619 Irrigated Agriculture 7544 29219 36763 3603 23767 27370 3941 5452 9393 Livestock (self-supplied) 100 216 316 100 216 316 0 0 0 Commercial (self-supplied) 1007 329 1336 885 287 1172 122 42 164 Industrial (self-supplied) 0 25 25 0 24 24 0 1 1 Mining (self-supplied) 0 20 20 0 4 4 0 16 16 Power (self-supplied) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reservoir Evaporation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ----------------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- --------- --------- ------- ------- ------- TOTAL: 16360 35776 52136 8448 27444 35892 7912 8332 16244 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.