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<br />'-,.," 1 <br />1 ""U<~ <br /> <br />;".. <br /> <br />QUESTIONS ON TilE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF NARROWS PROJECT <br /> <br />1. What is the latest benefit-cost analysis of the project? <br /> <br />2. 6-1/8% js the ratc currently mandated for all federal water projects by the <br />Water Resources Council. What effect does this have upon the Narrows project? <br />l;hat effect does this have upon future Colorado water projects funded federally? <br /> <br />3. What is the latest project cost estimate? (obtain from 1.) <br /> <br />4. What are the reimburseable benefits? (irrigation/fish & wild life/recreation) <br /> <br />5. What is the reimbursement schedule for irrigation? (P-S~rnP/irrigators) <br /> <br />6. Contract negotiations have begun (p2l, 1973 DPR), Is the price of $4.40 firm, <br />or subject to change? <br /> <br />7. What is the maximum capability of the Pick-Sloan program for reimbursement? <br />What if they defa~lt? What are the terms of their agreement? <br /> <br />8. What is the current estimate of salable acre-feet of project water? How is <br />this affected by Weldona water rights transfers? <br /> <br />9. What is the current recommended water charge? See p21, 1973 DPR. <br /> <br />10. Is the adjustment for 15% river loss correctly computed on p2l, 1973 DPR? <br /> <br />11. What is the new estimate of annual OM&R costs/AF? (See p21, 1973 DPR.) <br /> <br />12. What is the current estimate of Jackson Lake service charge? <br /> <br />13. In the 1973 DPR, page 6, it is estimated that the average annual water supply of <br />supplemental irrigation water is 140 700 acre-feet. What period is this esti- <br />mate based upon? <br /> <br />The following questions concern sections of Narrows Unit, Appendix IV, Agri- <br />cultural and Project Economics (August, 1966): <br /> <br />14. On table 19, page 31, a theoretical farm headgate requirement of 2/12 AF/acre <br />is given. What is the source for this estimate? <br /> <br />15. A study period from 1947-1961 was used to calculate the farm headgate require- <br />ments and river headgate requirements on page 31. Is this sutdy period repre- <br />sentative of historic flows, or is it one of the drier periods? <br /> <br />16. Precisely how,was the estimate of 229.72 acre-feet of water (additional water <br />required to fully irrigate the representational farm) calculated? (See page 70.) <br /> <br />17. Why are coefficients of .76 and 2.12 used instead of .53 and 2.13 for calculating <br />estimate of 229.72 acre-feet of water? (See pages 70 and 31.) <br />