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<br />16'01 <br /> <br />r,:,:..:; , <br />., <br /> <br />Ft. Lyon service area: <br /> <br />1. Is the on-farm operation affected by changes in ditch operations; does the dry-up of <br />adjacent land affect non-sellers; are individual land and property values diminished; are on- <br />farm operating costs increased? <br /> <br />2. Is the ditch company viability materially changed by; increase in cost for current services, <br />decreases in the quality of maintenance and II1anagement services, increases in scope of <br />company responsibilities? ' <br /> <br />On a regional scale, issues affecting the following: <br /> <br />3. <br /> <br />Are other water rights holders injured by changes in the quality or quantity of diversions <br />or return flows; are the Arkansas River Compact requirements violated? <br /> <br />4. <br /> <br />Will local governments suffer declines in property tax base, loss of revenues and loss of <br />services to the public. <br /> <br />5. <br /> <br />, <br />! <br />Will other citizens such as community busine4ses and residents, suffer loss of property <br />values; lose farm/ranch jobs or jobs related 10 processing or transporting agricultural <br />products; lose sales related to agribusiness; ~uffer decline in the overall quality and <br />character of life. <br /> <br />6. <br /> <br />Will the region experience a decline in aesthetic beauty, recreation opportunities, dryland <br />habitat, wetland habitat, or presence of endangered species? <br /> <br />From the understanding developed in this chapter, a b~se has been established to describe the Ft. <br />Lyon Canal Company service area in Chapter 3 and the socio.economic region dependent upon the <br />Ft. Lyon in Chapter 4. ' <br /> <br />2-15 <br />