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<br />o <br /> <br />CONTENTS <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br /><~) <br />C) <br />O'J <br />c.c <br />N <br /> <br />PART <br /> <br />PAGE <br /> <br />III <br /> <br />ECONOMY OF THE GREAT BASIN REGION, 1965 <br /> <br />Projected Characteristics of Major Economic Sectors <br />The OBE-ERS Projections of Agricultural <br />Production and Land and Water Requirements..... 115 <br />Adequacy of Projected Feed Crops..oo......o.o.... 115 <br />Projected Crop Yields........ooo..oo..o........o. 127 <br />Land Requirements for Projected Production....... 127 <br />Mineral Industry..........oo..o.ooo....o.o..o.... 139 <br />Forestry Production......o...o.....o...o...o..... 139 <br />Manufacturingo ...... ... 0 0 0 0 . 0 0..... . .'. ....0. .. 0 0 .. 140 <br />Noncommodity-Producing Industries................ 144 <br />Projected Water Requirements for OBE-ERS <br />Level of Production <br />,Agricultural Water Requirements..o.o............. 147 <br />Projected Water Requirements for Mining.......... 147 <br />Urban and Rural Domestic and Industrial <br /> <br />Water.. 0 0" 0 0,.0.0. ..... 0 0...... . ... . . . 0 .. 0 ." ." 151 <br />Adequacy of Water Resources....o................. 153 <br />Comparison of Value Added in Relation to <br />Water Depleted, by Sector........o.........o... 153 <br /> <br />IV <br /> <br />ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES <br /> <br />Alternatives in Meeting OBE-ERS Projections <br />Alternative 1. Alternative Crop Yield <br />Projections...........aooD................o.o.. 155 <br />Alternative 2. Varying Assumption on Permanent <br />Pasture and Native Hay Areas.......o...o..o.o.o 158 <br />Alternative 3. Increase Regional Output of <br />Feed Grains............... 0 ..".. " .. . . .. " . . " . ._.. 159 <br />Alternatives to the OBE-ERS Projections............... 161 <br />Gr~at Salt Lake.-......................." 0........0.. 162 <br />Nevada Lakes..............e..............~...~... 163 <br />Walker Lakeo.................................. 163 <br />Pyramid Lake.o....o...o..o..oo..o.."...o..o". 164 <br />Alternative Views from the State of Nevada....... 166 <br />Alfalfa Seed Production in Nevada............ 166 <br />Population--The Subregional Alternatives..... 167 <br /> <br />ADDENDUM I - Interindustry numbering for Great Basin <br /> <br />I-O Model ............0.......................... 169 <br /> <br />ADDENDUM II - Consideration of the Hydrologic <br />boundaries ....................................... 172, <br /> <br />vii <br /> <br />