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<br /> <br />.... <br />00 <br />CD <br />CO <br /> <br />$131.1 million. Based on the ultimate annual delivery of 2.0 <br /> <br />m.a.f. as scheduled in this study, the economic cost of desalted <br /> <br />water conveyed to the Colorado River at Lake Mead averages $81 <br /> <br />per acre-foot (25 cents per thousand gallons). <br /> <br />Project Benefits <br /> <br />This project will provide a number of tangible and intangible <br /> <br />benefits. As a result of the project, the flows of the Colorado <br /> <br />River wi 11 be augmented by 2.0 m. a. f. annually. Because the treaty <br /> <br />with Mexico insures the delivery of water to Mexico whether or not <br /> <br />augmentat ion occurs, the augmented supplies will be ut ilized within <br /> <br />the United States. <br /> <br />The replacement, as a Federal obligation, of the portion of <br /> <br />water aSSigned to Mexico will eliminate much of the long controversy <br /> <br />which has impeded orderly development in the Lower colorado River <br /> <br />Basin States and threatens future orderly development in both the <br /> <br />Upper and Lower Basins. <br /> <br />Augmentation by desalting will provide opportunities to improve <br /> <br />the quality of the water supply provided from the river. The <br /> <br />addition of almost pure distilled water will enhance the overall <br /> <br />quality of the river downstream from the point of delivery, with <br /> <br />attendant benefits to users. <br /> <br />The delivery of additional supplies at Lake Mead will also <br /> <br />produce power benefits from increased generation at Hoover and <br /> <br />Davis powerplants. <br /> <br />32 <br />