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<br />Revenues $559,111 $555,573 $624,438 $708,119 <br />Augmentation <br />Assessments $127,050 $127,688 $123,550 $123,550 <br />Total <br />Revenues $817,217 $812,875 $881,866 $947,504 <br />Gravel Pit <br />Reservoir <br />Construction $1,192,075 $450,500 $378,667 $ 20,000 <br /> <br />The Subdistrict has operated an augmentation plan since 1973, and currently has some 966 <br />member wells and an annual total depletion of 22,260 acre-feet. The Subdistrict budget has <br />grown from an annual revenue from tax revenues and assessments of $250,000 in the early 1980s <br />to $947,504 in 2002. These funds have been used to lease, purchase, and develop water rights. <br /> <br />A total of $300,000 - $500,000 is used each year to develop and acquire water rights for the <br />augmentation plan. Approximately $125,000 is used annually to rent water rights, but these <br />sources are drying up rapidly. The board significantly increased assessments for 2003, and may <br />even triple rates by 2004. Cost per acre-foot is now approximately $3.00 for irrigated land with <br />no surface water rights. Increases in annual assessments could raise that figure to the $10/acre <br />range. <br /> <br />The Subdistrict has been very active in acquiring water rights for use in the plan for <br />augmentation. Several groundwater recharge projects have been developed, and substantial ditch <br />and reservoir stock has been purchased. To-date, the Subdistrict water rights value of <br />approximately $30 million. <br /> <br />4 <br />