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<br />; ,~, .' ~,. <br />^j, U 1.1 i <br /> <br />2. Frobable Future Environment Without the Proposal <br /> <br />The future ~nvirJnmcnt ~.7ithout tho propcsal ~yil1 probn.bly see <br /> <br />;.i1:tle change in are.a <..levclopncat. EnviX'onot-";1tal ccnsidera- <br /> <br />tions includinC clinat~, topo~raphy, veGetation, f~una, rccren- <br /> <br />tion, aesthetic and historical will rerncin relatively unchnnccd. <br /> <br />Lnne: use patterns nnJ econonic devclopnent, transportntion, <br /> <br />C'.Jltural snd employment "ill all underr,o little ch:m~e from <br /> <br />,,~esent status, and pro"th rat". EconoClic developClent 'vould <br /> <br />continue its present srLHvth pr!.ttera and, \vithout omV' rO.:1(ls, <br /> <br />little inc.r~<1s~ in t0crentioll.:J.l use is 8XpCCt~(1. Hithout the. <br /> <br />"roposal, the North Side Collection SysteCl nver:><>e nnnu:>l di.ver- <br /> <br />81.00 of 18,400 acre-feet of water Houle. not b~: colL;!cte(~ from <br /> <br />tributaries of the Fryinspan River. The North Side Colle~tion <br /> <br />System is an inte[',ral part of the Fryin~pan-Arkansqs Project and <br /> <br />~17i.thout the diversions, o'/\~rall Project ~onls liDuld. be inpnired I <br /> <br />lillnicip~l and industrial needs to bo satisfied by the Fryinppan- <br /> <br />Arkansas Project could not be fully met and "at or for irripation <br /> <br />'_Cl soutlwastern COlorado 'vould. not be available to the extent <br /> <br />pl3.nned. H~t~r-orientt3c.1 r~crention could be inpaired and the <br /> <br />!3encral health anJ welf:l.re of the people livin~ in the Arkansas <br /> <br />Valley "lOulJ not receive the inprovencnt ?ossible Hith full <br /> <br />?roject dcvelopnent. <br /> <br />34 <br />