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The Yaqui Basin<br />

Reservoir<br />

Capacity*<br />

(MCM)<br />

Extractive<br />

Water Rights<br />

(MCM/yr)<br />

Primary Purpose<br />

of Extractions<br />

La Angostura 880 88 Small towns, mine<br />

El Novillo 2,799 NA<br />

El Oviachic 2,782<br />

Hydroelectric power<br />

production<br />

60 Ciudad Obregon<br />

255 Yaqui tribe<br />

2500<br />

Yaqui Valley<br />

irrigation<br />

*less dead storage<br />

Additionally, irrigated agriculture in the Yaqui Valley holds<br />

water rights of 600 MCM/yr of groundwater.

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