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<br />Crop Production. . . . . , , . , . . . . . . . . . , , . . , , . , , , , , , , . . . . , . . , . , , , . , . . , . . 4-16
<br />Farming and Ranching Profiles by County ...............",..".,.,.,..,,4-17
<br />Agribusiness and Other Economic Activities .."'.,'."....."".,,........ 4-19
<br />Labor Force and Employment Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . , , . . , , , . . . . . 4-26
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<br />Public Sector Finance . . . . . . , , , . . . . . . , . . . . , . . . . , . , , , , . . . . , , . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
<br />Summary of Present Economic Profile ......,......'.......,.,'."..,.... 4-38
<br />Social Baseline and Current Trends .................,..,....".,........ 4-39
<br />Social Issues and Community Conflicts . , . . . . , . , . . , , , , . , . . . . . , , . , , . . , . . , . . 4-39
<br />Summary of Present Sociological Profile . . . , , , , , , . . . . . . . . , , , , , , , . , , . , , . . , . 4-40
<br />Sociological Forecast Based on Existing Trends. . . . . . . . . , , , , . . . , , . , , . . . . . . . . 4-41
<br />The Potential Social Impacts of Additional Water Transfers ,,'...,,'."........ 4-43
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<br />CHAPTER 5 - DEMAND FOR FT. LYON CANAL COMPANY WATER
<br />Municipal Demand Outside the Lower Arkansas Valley ,..,...,...,.,.....,.., 5-1
<br />Municipal Use of Water Within the Lower Arkansas Valley ..."",.,'..,..,... 5-2
<br />Agricultural Demands . . . . . , . . , . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . , , , , , . . . . . , , . . . . , .. 5-2
<br />Recreational Demand for Water ....................".,......,..,..... 5-3
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<br />Summary . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . . , . , , . , . . , . . . , . , , . , . .. 5-4
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<br />CHAPTER 6 - ALTERNATNES TO WATER TRANSFER
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<br />Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . , . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . , , . , . . . , , , , . . . . , . .. 6-1
<br />Alternative Evaluation ..........,."......,."",....."..,.....",. 6-2
<br />Legal Issues in Alternative Assessment , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , " 6-3
<br />Possible Social Impacts: Changes in Quality of Life .....",....,'."....,... 6-5
<br />Formulation of Alternative Proposals ...,....,...."",....,...,......... 6-6
<br />Water Bank: Mechanism for Temporary Transfers "",..,.."".,'...."". 6-9
<br />First-Use Agreements .............."....................,.......... 6-11
<br />Water Rights Option Agreements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
<br />Ft. Lyon System Water Management Improvements ......".......,......... 6-13
<br />AI. Internal Transfers Within the Ft. Lyon System . . . . . . . , , . . , . . , . . , . . . 6-15
<br />A2. Transfer to New Uses in the Valley. . . . . . , , . . . . . . . . , . , . . , . . . . . _ , 6-20
<br />A3. Transfer to New Uses Out of the Lower Valley: Leases to the
<br />Metropolitan Area Users or Others. . , . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . . . . . . 6-27
<br />A4. Other Alternatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . 6-32
<br />Mitigation of Economic Impacts: Economic Development Packages "......."... 6-35
<br />Mitigation of Land Dryup: Revegetation ............................... _ . 6-37
<br />Land Fallowing: Guidelines .......................................... 6-38
<br />Augmentation Planning and Return Flow Accounting ....,...,...".,......,. 6-38
<br />Wetland and Habitat Replacement. . . . . . , , , . . . . . . , . , , , , . . . . , , , . . . . . . . . , . 6-39
<br />Preliminary Conclusions and Recommendations ...,'.','.....,'..",.,...., 6-39
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<br />Appendices
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<br />APPENDIX 1 - REFERENCES TO THE REPORT ,......'...".,'...."""",..,. A1-1
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<br />APPENDIX 2 - TECHNICAL DATA FOR CHAPTER 2 "",......,...",.."."".,.....
<br />2.1 . Colorado Water Supply Offer Details ............................... A2-2
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