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<br /> <br />I, <br />~. <br />Ii <br />f <br />I: <br />I: <br /> <br />--:. <br />") <br />) <br /><Q <br />.:::. <br />Q <br /> <br /> <br />SUMMARY (Continued) <br /> <br />Water development costs to provide the additional water supply re- <br />quired will total about $440 million. Annual operation, maintenance, <br />and replacement costs will be $8 million by 2020. Associated water de- <br />velopment costs, including on-farm development, will be about $370 mil- <br />lion. Associated annual operation, maintenance, and replacement costs <br />will be about $39 million by 2020. <br /> <br />The main problems confronting irrigated agriculture in the Region <br />are inadequate water supplies and competition for agricultural lands. <br />The fluctuating water supplies, particularly in years of low runoff, <br />cause a large annual variation in the irrigated acreage and reduction <br />in crop yields. High prices being paid to acquire land for urban and <br />suburban ,development results in the conversion of large acreages of <br />irrigated land. Problems associated with replacing these agricultural <br />lands with lands of comparable quality and its associated water supply <br />are far reaching as has already been implied. <br /> <br />n <br /> <br />I <br />