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<br />. <br /> <br />Virgin City Reservoir - Annual Benefits <br />Visitor <br />Acti vi ties Days <br /> <br />Value per <br />Day <br /> <br />Total <br /> <br /> <br />Ou2;Hs <br /> <br />Buttes Reservoir - Annual Benefits <br />Visitor <br />Activities Days <br /> <br />General Use <br />Boating and Water Skiing <br /> <br />:1.50,000 <br />50,000 <br /> <br />x <br />x <br /> <br />Value per <br />Day Total <br />$0.52 = $78,000 <br />.55 = 27 1500 <br /> $105,500 <br /> <br />This averages $0.70 per visitor day. <br /> <br />General Use 150,000 x $0.52 = $78,000 <br />Boating and Water Skiing 25,000 x .55 = 13,750 <br />Camping 50,000 x .50 = 25,000 <br /> Rounded to - ~1l7,000 <br />This averages $0.78 per vis itor day. <br />Lower Gunlock Reservoir - Annual Benefits <br /> Visitor Value per <br />Activities Days Day Total <br />General Use 20,000 x $0.52 = $10,400 <br />Boating and Water Skiing 15,000. x .55 = 8,250 <br />Camping 9,000 x .50 = ~ <br /> Rounded to - 23,200 <br />This averages $1.16 per visitor day. <br /> <br />Conclusions <br /> <br />1. If the reservoirs in the Gila drainage are authorized as present~y <br /> <br />planned, they will be important in helping to meet the outdoor recrea- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />tion needs of present and future generations, in the Phoenix-Tucson <br /> <br />urban complex. <br /> <br />2. Estimates being developed at this time on recreation benefits <br /> <br />and on cost allocations to recreation are, of necessity, tenta- <br /> <br />tive. The growing importance given to recreation as a project <br /> <br />8 <br />