Yucca Mountain Oversight
Based on 1995 estimates of both total irrigated acreage and total irrigation water withdrawals, the average water use (withdrawals) on irrigated acres in Mineral County was estimated at approximately 5.4 acre-feet per acre per year. Mineral County’s 1995 irrigation conveyance losses were estimated at 1.6 acre-feet per acre per year, thereby leaving irrigation water available for consumptive use of approximately 3.8 acre-feet per acre per year.
