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<br />L,' ;., <br /> <br />58.000 aere-feet of ....ter frO!.'!:. the Colorado k1ver llaa1n to the Arlc.ansall <br /> <br /> <br />Valley, tM oonservn.tlon of flood :fl0llf'8 of the Arkansa8 fiber, and the <br /> <br />conwraim or winter lrri&at.ion W"lter to c,ore beneficlal lSwa::l)!tr use, <br /> <br />provlde4 mutual Ilgreemont C&.:I. be ro'\.chun '!'t'lth the 1rrigtLto:,s. ™ <br /> <br /> <br />multiple purpozes 1.::lo lude l:"ri~.at 10D, muni?lp"l water, hydroelectric <br /> <br /> <br />powr. floed oontrol, sed1m:nt control, stroam. pcllut 10n ... batsent, <br /> <br />recreation, and. fish and wildlife conservation. Major facl1itios 1nclude <br /> <br /> <br />replacemeat re:oervoirs on tl>> 'Western Sloplt, water collection ~.stem., <br /> <br />tur.mla, oana.la, ~droelectrlc po<<orplanta, pCM'flr tl'*uam1as10D lims, <br /> <br />storage ani reguls.tory rl8aervolr., aDd numerous appurtenant features. <br /> <br />.:r /Jr;Z a~'-;oDo <br />Total co st of thn project i. estinAted tc be.-fl5'&~. 1m. B'lDUcb <br /> <br /> <br />... the l.a:lt1al Developm:at is a oCZ!:.?l~te project, its .authorha.tlon <br /> <br />corlSt.Nat1cn 0.:' ac1d=tlcnal <br /> <br />im::1y' tl. cO:."\:nltwnt for tl'.e a.uthorizs.ticn aId <br />I <br />faeilities or of an eXI'8.t~s1.or.. of thatplan. <br /> <br />and construction W'w1d Dot <br /> <br />the Inltinl Developmr3Dt 1bo. onglmor 1ng, am. eC' .no::l.lc f'eadbl11ty, <br />70 <br />It& ,..im::lur8&bls oon.tr.;,c1:1o.a Clost can be rer'id fully w-l'tb.ll1 50 year., <br /> <br />&JJ1 thll benefits exceed it. eo:t in the ratio.,! <br /> <br />to 1.00. In <br /> <br />recognition of publ1e bI.Mtita wh10hthe Initial Dev.l",~nt would <br /> <br />oroa.t~. nonro1mbUt'sabllll aUoca.tior.s 0:1' ct:nstnlctlon cost .hou.ld be made <br /> <br />, <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />to flood cOQtrol. to recreation. and to secHJmlm eontrol, and poselbl;y <br /> <br />to Ure&lC. pollution abatcent and to fish a.n:1 wildlife U' the fUll <br /> <br />beDL!Jfits can be eva.1U"J.tod. Cortt1nulng e~enacu incurr.tc1 in the f1'.aln- <br /> <br /> <br />tetlance of au.oh.lJeneflt. l1koWi.68 would be treated ..s nor.re1~buraable. <br /> <br />'tb!t total e:rt1mated COtit of importing 68,000 acre-foe"t or Colorado <br /> <br /> <br />kiver wuttfr to the Arkansa.8 Valley by means of II. collection system, <br /> <br /> <br />tunnel, and otmr works is $27,140,000, or ,",68 per acre-foat. this <br /> <br /> <br />figure is obvloudy prohl~it1v. in cost. 11' tbt benefit. derlved f'roa <br /> <br />2 <br />