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<br />.... <br />- <br />(;0 <br />N <br /> <br />-r <br /> <br />Page <br /> <br />c <br /> <br />C. Relationship Between Agency Proposed Action and <br />Alternatives 3 and 4---------------------------------- 16 <br /> <br />O. Comparison of Alternatives Under Consideration---------- 17 <br /> <br />1. Allocations---------------------------------------- 17 <br />2. Environmental Effects------------------------------ 17 <br /> <br />a. Ground Water Pumping-------------------------- 18 <br />b. Ground Water Model Projections---------------- 18 <br />c. Subsidence and Earth Fissuring---------------- 41 <br />d. Demography and Land Use----------------------- 42 <br />e. Water Quality--------------------------------- 42 <br />f. Terrestrial Environment and Cultural <br />Resources----------------------------------- 44 <br /> <br />III. AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES---------- 47 <br /> <br />A. Introduction and Impact Analysis Methodology------------ 47 <br /> <br />B. General Project Area------------------------------------ 49 <br /> <br />1. Geography and Climate------------------------------ 49 <br />2. Demography and Land Use---------------------------- 50 <br />3. Social and Economic-------------------------------- 52 <br />4. Water Quality-------------------------------------- 57 <br />5. Ground Water Model Projections--------------------- 64 <br /> <br />a. Indian Tribes or Communities------------------ 65 <br />b. Municipal and Industrial Water Users---------- 65 <br />c. Non-Indian Agricultural Water Users----------- 66 <br /> <br />6. Land Subsidence and Earth Fissures----------------- 67 <br />7. Soils and Irrigated Agriculture-------------------- 68 <br /> <br />a. Suitability of Using CAP Water---------------- 69 <br />b. Water Quality Effect on Crops----------------- 70 <br />c. Effects of Using Treated Effluent------------- 70 <br /> <br />8. Air Quality---------------------------------------- 72 <br />9. Terrestrial Environment---------------------------- 73 <br /> <br />a. General Description--------------------------- 73 <br />b. Impacts From Demographics and Land Use <br />Changes------------------------------------- 74 <br /> <br />(1 ) <br />(2) <br /> <br />Conversion of Undisturbed Land to Urban <br />Use------------------------------------ 74 <br />Conversion of Irrigated Farmland to Urban <br /> <br />ii <br /> <br />~S\ <br />