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<br />1'1 <br />I <br />i <br />I' <br />I <br />i Ii:'!!! <br />I'll <br />I . FLOOD PROTECTION BENEFITS! . '!. .ii . <br />1 , I' 'I,' 1,1 <br />87. GENERA~.. The annual 11I0netary bet' ef~~~1 ed~~k le to Pueblo <br />Dam and Reservo~,! r, ;,~, re the sum of the differ nCIl!, '~,e." W, een "~,' erage an"l'Illal <br />damages with an~ Without the project in ope atilpt!i"ssho . in table 11, <br />prevention of l~s~es to new development in ~he jflold Pl~i~ during the <br />economic life o~ the proj ect as discussed ij1 par~gI1aphs 88!-90, and' <br />reduction or eliEination of operation, main~en~nqe,1 and replacel1lent <br />costs of existing 'flood control works at Puilbld. ~1thouglt important <br />secondary and irtc~dental benef~ts would be rea~ize~, only Ithe primary <br />'benefits have belen evaluated to determine t\1e \(alu~ and fe1asibility of <br />flood control st!ol1a, ge.. Total l!stimated averag~' llrll'l,Ual b.elefits are <br />- $743,700 (June 1967 prices) as indicated in! taltlell2. . ; <br />i, : .)',' :1 ! <br /> <br />I ,~ ~. (1 <br />".. .I. ...jlJ <br /> <br />TABLE 12. <br /> <br />-- Avelrage Annual Monetary Benefits, <br />. (June 1967 prices): <br />! <br />! <br /> <br />Pueblo Dam and Reservoir <br /> <br /> , Exishng . Future <br />Item Develo l1Ient lleve 1,0 ment Total <br />Urban and suburbanl <br />Pueblo' $172,600 0 $172,600 <br />Las Animas 4,400 $2,800 7,200 <br />La Junta2 24,400 9,800 34,200 <br />North La Junta2 29,600 11,800 41,400 <br />Subtotal 213,000 24,400 255 >400 <br />Rural: <br />Transportation facilities 156,100 51,200 207,300 <br />,Uti li ties 8,700 2,800 11,SOO <br />, Crops 114,:100 97,000 211,200 <br />Farm improvements 14,000 6,000 20,000 <br />Land 6,300 (} 6,300 <br />Irrigation facilities 32,000 0 32,000 <br />, Subtotal 331,300 157,000 488,300 <br />TOTAL MONE'I'ARY $562,300 $181,400 $743,700 <br />BENEFITS <br /> <br />Includlpg ue 10 Water or s fac Iltl s. <br />2Excluding transportation facilities., : <br />. I : <br /> <br />88. Future eGonomic growth in the 'f~O~d plain will be largely <br />dependent upon agr~culture. It does not aPnear there will be a sig- <br />nificant increase in acreage under cUltivat~on ~vetthenext 100-year <br />I I <br />I <br /> <br />.32 <br /> <br />II <br />, , <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I ., <br /> <br />I,,' . <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I'. '! <br />i <br />i <br />! . <br /> <br />t ~ <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />t; . <br />, <br />i <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />I: <br />! <br />if <br />i I <br />[ l <br />r <br /> <br />I: : <br />1 <br />I <br />I,' <br />! f ... <br />! <br />, , <br />I; I' <br />I: II! <br /> <br />!<. <br /> <br />r'rl~ <br /> <br />'.'\-.. <br />'.> .\J.: <br /> <br />,- , <br />