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4:----, ~j ". , ;. areaa, at leaat through the year 2010. Farmington and ita outlying area would receive 19,700 acre-feet each year frOll the project. The City of Aztec and ita surrounding area would receive up to 5,800 acre-feet each year and the City of BlOOlllfie1d and ita outlying area would receive up to 5,300 acre-feet each year. The Navajo Tribe 18 allocated 7,600 acre-feet for aervice ln the Shiprock area. Irrigable land ln!lev Hu1co along the La Plata Il1ver would receive project water each yesr to guarantee a full crop yleld. The 8,180 acrea of noa-Indian irripble land would receive 14,200 acre-feet of supplemental and full service vater, and the .Ute Kouutain Ute Indian Tribe vould rec:eive 900 acre-feet of water to lrrigate 380 acres of full service land on that portion of its reservation in Rew lfeld.co. This aupply represents a total of 53,500 acre-feet of vater for aun1c1pal and industdal aud agrtcultural use for the benefit of the State of Hew Henco. Approx1uteiy 20,800 acre-feet of vater would annuallY return to theAftf..S and La Plata Il1ver syatems. . The beneficial use of project water and reservoir evaporation of 1,400 acre-feet would deplete the Colorado River by 34,100 acre-feet, which, together wtth other exiating aucI plauued development, co.pletely usea all of Rev Hexico's 11.25 percent allocation of vater under the Upper Colorado Il1ver Basin Compact. '. , The Economic Baae The project will affect the people. and econOlllY of La Plata County, Colorado, and San Juan County, Hew Meldco, by having beneficial influences on jobs, agriculture and recreation. During tbe peak year of conatruction, the population influx into the project area will total approximately 3,730 pereou. The joba asaociated wtth constructlon will total approximately 1,150. \ Aecordlng to a lleclamation analysis done in 1979, on completion of the project a total of about 180 jobs vl11 be created in both agriculture and related buslnesses. lncludlng almost 70 new ou-fara joba 10 the two countlea, with total wagea estimatee! at over $400.000 annually. The follOWing table shows the astimatee! increaae in aIlJIual agricultural production reaulting froll the project. Crop .!!.!ll. Colorado New Mexico Total Bay Tou 106,000 16.000 122,000 Graln Buahela 322,000 266,000 588,000 Beef Pounds 9.686,000 692.000 10.378.000- Beans Hundredweight 168.000 0 168,000 Hllk O.Uou 2,065,000 389,000 2,454,000 s