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<br />e <br />f'- <br />~ <br />- <br /> <br />c <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />,. <br /> <br />BUREAU OF RECLAMATION REPORT <br /> <br />Annual equivalent costs were determined to be $84,100. These <br />costs include $40,400 for amortization of the estimated construction <br />cost of the La Barge project over the 100-year period of analysis, <br />$10,000 for annual operation, maintenance, and replacement costs of <br />the La Barge project, and $33,700 for the La Barge project's prorated <br />share of the cost of regulatory features of the Colorado River Storage <br />project. Costs of the storage project's regulatory features, although <br />payable by revenues of the storage project, are being assigned for <br />purposes of benefit-cost analyses to future water-consuming projects in <br />the upper basin since development of such projects is dependent on the <br />river regulation that would be provided by the storage project. <br /> <br />Conclusions <br /> <br />The La Barge project plan as outlined in this report has engineer- <br />ing feasibility. An adequate water supply could be made available to <br />project lands and the necessary water rights could be obtained under <br />Wyoming State law. The project is economically justified on the basis <br />of National benefits and costs. The annual benefits would compare with <br />the annual Federal costs in a ratio 1.3 to 1. In a period of 50 years <br />the Federal Goverrunent could be reimbuTsed for the entire construction <br />cost by payments from the water users and revenues from the Upper <br />Colorado River Account. <br /> <br />10 <br />