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<br />Poverty. , , . . '.' , , . . . . , , , . . . . . . , , , . . . . . . , . , . , . . . . . . . , , . . . , , , . . . . . . 4-15
<br />Crop Production, . . . . , , , . . , , . . , . . , , , . . . . . . , . , , , . . , . . . . , , . . . , . , . , . , . 4-16
<br />Farming and Ranching Profiles by County "...,.."......,........"..... 4-17
<br />Agribusiness and Other Economic Activities ....,.,.......,......,......." 4-19
<br />Labor Force and Employment Trends . , , , . . . . , , , . . . . . . . , . . . . . . , , , . . . . . , . , 4-26
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<br />Public Sector Finance . . , , , , . . . . . . . . , , . . . . . , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . . . , , , 4-35
<br />Summary of Present Economic Profile ..."...,..",......,......,......, 4-38
<br />Social Baseline and Current Trends ,....",......"....",.,....""..., 4-39
<br />Social Issues and Community Conflicts . , , , . . . . , , , , , . . , . . . , . . . . , , , . . . . , , , , 4-39
<br />Summary of Present Sociological Profile , . , . . . . . . , , , . . . . . , . . . . . , , , , . . . , , , , 4-40
<br />Sociological Forecast Based on Existing Trends. . . , , , , . . , . , , . . . . . , . , . . , , , , , , 4-41
<br />The Potential Social Impacts of Additional Water Transfers .....,....,."". '. , , 4-43
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<br />CHAPTER 5 - DEMAND FOR FT. LYON CANAL COMPANY WATER
<br />Municipal Demand Outside the Lower Arkansas Valley ".,."",..""..."" 5-1
<br />Municipal Use of Water Within the Lower Arkansas Valley ..",...."",.,.", 5-2
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<br />Agricultural Demands , . . . , , , , , , . , , , , . , ; . . . , , , , . . , . . , . , , . . , . , , . . . , , " 5-2
<br />Recreational Demand for Water ,.."",.,.",.,...",.....""."".., 5.3
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<br />Summary. . , . . , . , . , . . . . . . . , , , . . , , , , , . . . . . , , , . . . . , . , , , . . . . , , . . . , ., 5-4
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<br />CHAPTER 6 - ALTERNATIVES TO WATER TRANSFER
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<br />Introduction. , . . , , . . , , . . . . . , , , . . , . . . , , , , . . . . , , , . . , . . , , , , . . . . , , , . ., 6-1
<br />Alternative Evaluation .",......,."..,...,.......,.......""...", 6-2
<br />Legal Issues in Alternative Assessment . . . . . i , , , , . . . , , , , . . . , , , . , . , . , , , , . .. 6-3
<br />Possible Social Impacts: Changes in Quality of Life ......,.....""...."". 6-5
<br />Formulation of Alternative Proposals ""..,... , , , , , , . . , . , . . . , . , , , , . . . , ., 6-6
<br />Water Bank: Mechanism for Temporary Transfers ....""......"...",.", 6-9
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<br />First-Use Agreements "..,...,.,.",.."",...""..,...",..,.."" 6-11
<br />Water Rights Option Agreements, , , , . , . . . , , , , . . . , , , , . . . . , . , , , , . . , , , , , . , 6-11
<br />Ft, Lyon System Water Management Improvements .",....."",..."",... 6-13
<br />AI. Internal Transfers Within the Ft, Lyon System, , , , , . , . . . , , , , , , . . , , . 6-15
<br />A2. Transfer to New Uses in the Valley, . . , , , , , , , . . , , , , , . . . . , , , , , , . , 6-20
<br />A3, Transfer to New Uses Out of the Lower Valley: Leases to the
<br />Metropolitan Area Users or Others. , , , , , . . , , , . . . . , , , , , . . . . , , , , . 6-27
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<br />A4. Other Alternatives , . , , , , , , , , . . . , . , . . . . . . , . . , , . . . . , , . , . , , . , . 6-32
<br />Mitigatiott of Economic Impacts: Economic Development Packages ""."",.... 6-35
<br />Mitigation of Land Dryup: Revegetation ,..""..,..""".."""..."" 6-37
<br />Land Fallowing: Guidelines "..."",....",.,...."......."",..... 6-38
<br />Augmentation Planning and Return Flow Accounting ."",..."""."...,., 6-38
<br />Wetland and Habitat Replacement, . , , , . , , , , , . . . , , , , , . . . . . , , , , . , , . , , , , , , 6-39
<br />Preliminary Conclusions and Recommendatiofls ,....,.."".."""",.,." 6-39
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<br />Appendices
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<br />APPENDIX 1 - REFERENCES TO THE REPORT ......"................,........ A1-1
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<br />APPENDIX 2 - TECHNICAL DATA FOR CHAPTER 2 .....""......,.".,..,.,....".,
<br />2,1 - Colorado Water Supply Offer Details ""."."",..."""."""" A2-2
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