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<br />6 Estimating Economic Impacts 01 Salinity... <br /> <br />...... <br />:"CJ Annual Salinity Damages <br />Q <br />U) in the lower Colorado River Basin <br />in Smillions per year <br /> <br />Tolal <br />311 <br /> <br />Household <br />156 <br /> <br /> <br />Agriculture <br />113 <br /> <br />Policy <br />33 <br /> <br />Based on 10-yr avg <br />TDS in the river and <br />500 mg/L base <br /> <br />Figure 1. - Annual damages based on H)-year average salinjty and the 500 mg..'L base <br /> <br />r-- <br /> <br />-. <br /> <br />Annual Salinity Damages <br />in the lower Colorado River Basin <br /> <br />S <br />m <br />i <br />I <br />I <br />i <br />o <br />n <br />/ <br />y <br />r <br /> <br />900 ' , <br />n <br />BOOH' <br />700HI <br />600, 1 <br />M <br />, <br />500c+ ' <br /> <br />Ii <br /> <br />~ <br />'__{l-" <br />f., <br /> <br />,,,o-,i <br /> <br />JJ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />, <br />[] 500 base <br /> <br />f' <br /> <br />-. <br />L.........J 334 base <br /> <br />400"< I II <br />300L '--- I <br /> <br />200,", I I, <br />100~ ~f1 ' <br />O:I~~~~_--::- I'-i' <br />-~Ag(IHouse-'----Uli1~ridOS- POficrTotat--' <br /> <br />r" <br /> <br />'-" <br /> <br />'-' <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />p <br /> <br />BaSed on 10-yr <br />(1976-85) avg <br />TDS in Ihe river <br /> <br />Figure 2 - Mnual samages basea on lo.year average salinjty for both the 500 mgll. and 3J..l mg'L bases <br /> <br />