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[[Nevada]] is allowed to consume 300,000 acre-feet of water per year. As one acre-foot is 325,851 gallons, this totals about 100 billion gallons of water annually.<ref name="snwa"/>

[[Nevada]] is allowed to consume 300,000 acre-feet of water per year. As one acre-foot is 325,851 gallons, this totals about 100 billion gallons of water annually.<ref name="snwa"/>

==Old name==

==Old name==

The Colorado River used to be called the "Grand River,"<ref>http://www.memoriallibrary.com/MAP/1872West/colorado.htm Map from 1872 showing the "Grand River" in Colorado</ref> until 1921, when it got its current name.<ref>http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20031223/OPINION/312230302</ref> Because it flowed through the [[Grand Canyon]], it also gave the name "Grand" to several other towns, including [[Grand Junction]] and Grand County, Colorado.

The Colorado River used to be called the "Grand River,"<ref>http://www.memoriallibrary.com/MAP/1872West/colorado.htm Map from 1872 showing the "Grand River" in Colorado</ref> until 1921, when it got its current name.<ref>http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20031223/OPINION/312230302</ref> Because it flowed through the [[Grand Canyon]], it also gave the name "Grand" to several other towns, including [[Grand Junction]] and Grand County, Colorado.