9606

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9606
• Author: BBC Research and Consulting.
• Title: Yampa River Basin Water Needs Study.
• USFW Year: 1996.
• USFW - Doc Type: Denver, CO.
• Copyright Material: NO

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hydropower facilities. Currently owned by the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation,
the proposal involved early repayment and was structured for consistency
with shift in the agency's emphasis at the national level. Valuation and other
studies were completed. BBC has performed a number of these engagements
across the U.S.
In early 1993, the firm completed a social and economic im
act anal
sis of a
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y
proposed major water resource user in the Santa Fe ,New Mexico area. The
key issue explored in this assignment was the sociologic effects on the
' traditional residents, especially the Hispanic population. Social impact
mitigation measures were su
ested
gg
.
• ]n 1992-1993, BBC prepared economic and demographic forecasts for
Colorado Springs Utilities and Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments
(PPACG). We first compiled an extensive information base regarding
Colorado Springs and El Paso County historical trends, forecasts and future
prospects. Both published and unpublished studies were gathered, and
' interviews were conducted with numerous sources in the area's public and
private sectors. BBC's projections became the official set for the Utility, the
' City and PPACG.
• BBC participated in a major basin-wide planning study of the Cache La
Poudre River for the Colorado Water Resources and Power Development
' Authority. Agricultural trends and characteristics, such as crop patterns,
yields, revenues and consumptive use, area major emphasis. Drought
insurance was specifically examined. The economic value of water was
estimated through this research. Benefits and costs of past water transfers
were reviewed. BBC's role includes economic and demographic forecasting
leading to water demand projections, financial impacts of droughts, analyses

' of potential water shortages, and economic and financial implications of
various structural and non-structural water resource alternatives.
• For the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (NCWCD), BBC
' played a major role in a study of water regionalization opportunities.
Impacts of water supply on population growth were major concerns. BBC
projected population and water demand for nearly 50 water service entities
in afour-county area under three scenarios of economic growth. BBC
assisted in the formulation of administrative and financial options.
• BBC provided socioeconomic and financial expertise in negotiations
' concerning water transfers in Arizona. The social and economic impacts of
drying up a large agricultural area were also been examined. The value of
water both to the irrigated agricultural areas and the urban areas was esti-
' mated. Mechanisms for payment were identified. BBC offered strategies for
presenting the rural viewpoint in a highly charged political setting.
• In Arizona, BBC has been extensively involved in a study of future water
' demand, water values and the potential economic benefits of water applied
to selected Indian reservations and a metropolitan area as part of a general
stream adjudication. The sociological context of the various reservations and
' their capacity and desire for changes Municipal and industrial demand,
mining and recreational water requirements, and agricultural needs have been
emphasized. Economic development opportunities and water use
implications were explored in depth for Arizona Indian reservations.
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