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<br />l\) <br />0') <br />o <br />..+;.. <br /> <br />the relati~e justification from a benefit" and costs vi~~oirt, the <br />recognitiO~ of water rights, and the rolitical and institutional forces <br />surroundin~ each rlternative. <br /> <br />; , <br />It is there!fol'e necessary from the national economic efficiency view- <br /> <br />point to e~timate as accurate Iv as possible the econoreic impacts of <br /> <br />chanGes in 'salinity levels upon user" of the ,,'aters of the Col'lrado. <br />1 <br /> <br />The e~onomilc value of the rE'duction in salinitj- levels reBultinl' from <br /> <br />mitigation ~asures is necessary to judge the desirability of such <br />1 <br /> <br />measures. IS it\lilarly, the negative economic value of increases in <br /> <br />salinity r~sulting from the salt loading effect of return flow" of <br /> <br />1 <br />water deve~opment projects is necessary to judge the desirability of <br /> <br />"uch develqp11lllnt plans, <br /> <br />The Impact~ of changing salinity include economic, fish and wildlife, <br />recreation,: environmental, and oth"rs. IVhile recognizinll that many <br /> <br />other effecitsof salinIty changes exist, the overridirg concern <br /> <br />addressed ~ere deals with the monetary effects upon direct users of <br />Colorado R~ver water. <br /> <br />III. Econqmic Effects of Salinity <br /> <br />Evaluation ;of possib Ie salinity effects on basin ,,,.ter users indicates <br /> <br />that the m"jor quantifiable adverse effects are primarily limite,-] to <br /> <br />agricultur4'" municipal, and industrial uses. <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />;" <br /> <br />