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<br />CJ) <br />lf~~ <br />'i~"'1 <br />.-I <br />:) <br />\~,,) <br /> <br />The plan contemplates that construction, operation and <br /> <br />maintenance of the water salvage features would be a non- <br /> <br />reimbursable federal expense, This recognizes that the <br /> <br />proposed delivery of the salvaged water to the Rio Grande <br /> <br />to improve the state of Colorado's debit condition under the <br /> <br />Rio Grande Compact would be of benefit to all Rio Grande Com- <br /> <br />pact states and to the Nation." <br /> <br />At page five of the letter we find the following <br /> <br />language: <br /> <br />"The evaluation benefits are estimated to total $2,638,000 <br /> <br />annually, The ratio of evaluated total annual benefits to <br /> <br />estimated federal costs is 6,75 to 1.0," <br /> <br />At page 27 in the body of the report the following two <br /> <br />paragraphs are significant: <br /> <br />"As discussed subsequently under stage development, the <br /> <br />plan of development contemplates that development of the <br /> <br />well fields will be a step-by-step process, extending over <br /> <br />several years, Under this procedure, wells would be in- <br /> <br />stalled and tested in a sequence which would establish the <br /> <br />aquifer conditions which prevail and would permit modifica- <br /> <br />tions in the well spacings and capacities to accommodate the <br /> <br />variations encountered, <br /> <br />The plan contemplates the installation of observation wells <br /> <br />along the perimeter of the overall water salvage area, <br /> <br />-6- <br />