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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />o <br />C~ <br />N <br />..-1 <br /> <br />Estimated Cos':.s <br /> <br />construction costs (Januarv 1976 prices) <br /> <br />Pot Hook Dam and Reservoir <br />Sandstone Dam and Reservoir <br />Dolan Mesa Canal and laterals <br />Pot Hool~ Canal and later al:s <br />Project drains <br />Permane~t operating facilities <br />Temporary camp <br />Enlargement units land purchase and resale <br />Farm access roads <br />Wildlife range acquisition and improvement <br />Recreation facilities <br />Access easements <br />Stackyards <br />Less service facilities, depreciation and salvage <br /> <br />Total cost <br /> <br />$17,000,000 <br />15,300,000 <br />7,900,000 <br />27,350,000 <br />2,200,000 <br />580,000 <br />650,000 <br />1,650,000 <br />400,000 <br />1,800,000 <br />345,000 <br />500,000 <br />500,000 <br />-475.000 <br /> <br />$75.700.000 <br /> <br />181,000 <br /> <br />Annual operation. maintenance and <br />replacement costs (1973-75 pri~es) <br /> <br />Benefit-Cost Ratio (2~) <br /> <br />Direct .65: 1 <br />Total .85:1 <br /> <br />:;.ocal Interest <br /> <br />High enthusiasm for construction of the Savery-Pot Hook project <br />has been expressed by state and local interests. The Savery-Little <br />Jnnke Water Conservancy District Was organized in September. 1959, to <br />be the as~inist~ative and contracting agency for the reclamation <br />features and obligations in Wyoming. and the Pot Hook Water Conservancy <br />District was formed in June, 1960, for the same purposes' in ColoradO. <br />The state of Colorado through the Colorado Water Conservation Board, <br />'~,e Colorado River Water Conservation District, and the Pot Hook <br />w~ter Conservancy D~0trict have all contributed funds to the Bureau <br />~f Reclamation to expedite the investigations. The Colorado River <br />Water conservation District has also assisted the project districts <br />in making project water right applications. <br /> <br />~onclusions and R~co~.endations <br /> <br />The greatest need for the area. in addition to a stabilized water <br />supply for agriculture, is a dependable base for service industries <br />and economic expansion of agricultural opportunities. with limited <br />reservoir storage now available, the area averages about 28 percent <br />of ideal diversion requirement. This limited water supply has pre- <br />vented any agricultural expansion and has forced the area's young <br />people to go elsewhere for work. <br /> <br />-3- <br />