WSP11224

• File Number: 8149.100
• Description: Miscellaneous Small Projects and Project Studies - NRCS-Ft Lyon Canal Co Limestone Graveyard Creeks
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 2/1/1994
• Author: Gronning Engineering
• Title: Ft Lyon Canal Company Water Transfer Alternatives Study Final Report
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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4.5 Population Growth and Decline ........;............................ 4-4

4.6 Age of the Population ..................................,..'.:...... 4-6

4.7 DependenC)' Ratio. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -;. . . . . .. 4-8

4.8 Inoome .......................... i' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

4.9 Education ........................ j. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
4.10 Mobility and Length of Residence. . . . . . i. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13

4.11 Ethnicity ....................... .i. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
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4.12 P<JVeTt)t .........................'............................ 4-15

4.13 Crop Procluction ..............................................4-15

4.14 Farming and Ranching Profiles by County;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
4.15 Agribusiness and Other Economic Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
4.16 Labor Force and Employment Trends .. '.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26

4.17 Public Sector Finance ............. ............................4..31
4.18 SummaI}' of Present Economic Profile . ............................ 4-36
4.19 Sociological Baseline and Current Trends ............................ 4-38
4.20 SummaI}' of Present Sociological Profile ,............................ 4-39
4.21 Sociological Forecast Based on Existing Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
4.22 The Potential Social Impacts of Additional Water Transfers .............. 4-40

CHAPTER 5 i
DEMAND FOR Fr. LYON CANAL COMPANY W~TER ....................... 5-1
5.1 Municipal Demand Outside the Lower Ar~ansas Valley .................. 5-1
5_2 Municipal Use of Water Within the Lower Arkansas Valley ......;........ 5-2

5.3 Agricultural Demands ........................................... 5-2
5.4 Recreational Demand for Water. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5-3
5.5 Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .j. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ ., S..4
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CHAPTER 6 I
ALTERNATIVES TO PERMANENT WATER TRANSFER OUT OF mE VALLEY. .. 6-1
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6.1 Introduction .....................j............................. 6-1

6.2 Alternative Evaluation .... . . . . . . . . . .: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6-2
6.3 Legal Issues in Alternative Assessment. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., 6-3
6.4 Possible Social Impacts: Changes in Quality of Life ..................... 6-6
6.5 Formulation of Alternative Proposals . ri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6-7
6.6 ~ater Bank: Mechanism for Temporal}' ransfers .....................6-10

6.7 First-Use Agreements ............. ............................. 6-13
6.8 Water Rights Option Agreements. . . . . , . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
6.9 Ft. Lyon System Water Management Improvements ..................... 6-15
6.10 Summal}' Descriptions of Alternatives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16
6.11 Mitigation of Economic Impacts: Economic Development Packages . . . . . . . . . 6-38
6.12 Mitigation o~ Land Dryup: Revegetatio~ . . '.' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-40
6.13 Land Fallowmg: Some Important Consl?eratlons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 6.41
6.14 Augmentation Planning and Return FlOf" Accounting ................... 6.43
6.15 Wetland and Habitat Replacement. . .:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-43