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<br /> <br />E A 14 I I <br /> <br />Revenue sources for repayment: <br /> <br />Non-Reimbursables: <br /> <br />1. Sale of irrigation water to farmers <br /> <br />$21,000,000 <br /> <br />Fish and Wildlife <br /> <br />Recreation <br /> <br />Flood Control <br /> <br />2. Sale of water to municipalities <br />and industries <br /> <br />3. Sale of power <br /> <br />4. Ad valorem tax on property values <br />in Conservancy District <br /> <br />5. Storage charges <br /> <br />With the exception of the amounts invested in Flood Control, Fish & Wildlife and Recrea- <br />tion, all money invested in the project will be re!)aid to the Cnited States Treasury. The <br />amount charged to !'Y'unic:pal water and pO\'/er bears interest at tre prevailing Treasury rate, <br />which a!"1Ci.ints t::> 579,500,000, <br /> <br />Under the present Reclamation law, the investme~t in irrigation bears no interest. Of the <br />t8tal fcr irrigat:cn, S70,OaO,coo, far-rers will repay 550,000,000, and the balance, 520,- <br />OOO,COO, will be ~epa;d from pcwer, Mun:cipal anc !rc..str'a; reverues aLter the Gower, M'J.- <br />n:c!pal arc !ndustria~ m'es!-rent has bee;'] ~epa'd. <br /> <br />Benefit-to-Cost Ratio 1.52-1 <br /> <br /> <br />Water For Agriculture <br /> <br />Tl:e pro~ect \v:~1 iTp~rt ne\V '"vater s~:Jp!ies~ reguia:-e ex st.r;g s-4pp!ies fo:- -:'cre eff:cient <br /> <br />use, ft;rnisr additional storage space tc conserve f1eed flows, and furnish space "or haldcver <br />storage. The land benefitted is compcsed cf si Ity k:am, clay loam, and clay soi1s and has good <br />surface drainage. <br /> <br />Average annt.:al heacgate requirelT'ents are 3.00 acre-feet per acre, HeaGgate shortages in the <br />Va'!ey ...-.i I be recucec as <= result cL the preject develspi""lent. Addit!cna~ irrigatier water <br />\vin i~Cr"Ease ne~ f2r~ ~r~cme an::: ~e:- beref.ts fr~,~~ pr~c:ess.ng 2nd T2!"kebng .!an...., Dr::- <br /> <br />d,"-,cts. <br /> <br />Water For Homes and Factories <br />Municipal and industrial water avaiiable in the Arkansas Valley :s ba~ely adequate and the <br />need for water has become critical with population 'ncreases. In many towns water is of peor <br />quality. <br />