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<br />6 <br /> <br /> <br />Oi)2344 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Water Plan were not subjected to the usual methods of measurement <br /> <br />employed in evaluating other project purposes. Nevertheless, the <br />National Park Service has provided a measure of the benefits <br />by using "A Method of Evaluating Recreation Benefits of Water <br />Control Projects," which it adopted in August 1957 and updated <br />in February 1963. This method prOVides for a monetary evalua- <br />tion of the benefits to the individuals visiting the area. <br />On a national basis, the evaluation has been determined to <br /> <br />average 52 cents per visitor day for general public use, <br /> <br />including picnicking, swimming, and sightseeing; an additional <br />55 cents per visitor day for boating and water skiing; and an <br />addi tional 50 cents per visitor day for camping. The method- <br />ology assumes that all visitors will pay a general use fee. <br /> <br />Visitors engaged in boating and water skiing or in camping <br /> <br />are assumed to pay additional fees for these activities. <br /> <br />Scenic boating on the Bridge Canyon and Marble Canyon <br /> <br />reservoirs will be of unusual quality, for reservoir boating. <br /> <br />This would offset to some degree the encroachment of Bridge <br /> <br />Canyon Reservoir on Grand Canyon National Park and the inun- <br /> <br />dation of additional free-flowing streams. <br /> <br />. <br />