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Table III -6 <br />Leasing Program — Annual Costs <br />Reach <br />Program <br />Acres (ac) <br />CU Saved <br />(ac -ft) <br />Annual Cost <br />based on Average <br />of about $80 /ac -ft <br />of CU saved($) <br />Annual Cost based <br />on $190 /acre ($) <br />10 <br />460 <br />505 <br />39,000 <br />87,400 <br />14 <br />560 <br />630 <br />47,000 <br />106,400 <br />15 <br />610 <br />675 <br />53,000 <br />115,900 <br />16 <br />770 <br />820 <br />61,000 <br />146,300 <br />17 <br />1,610 <br />1,745 <br />123,000 <br />305,900 <br />18 <br />2,080 <br />2,210 <br />166,000 <br />395,200 <br />19 <br />1,750 <br />1,830 <br />172,000 <br />332,500 <br />Total <br />7,840 <br />8,415 <br />661,000 <br />1,489,600 <br />Potential costs associated with third party impacts have not been evaluated. The costs <br />presented above may be higher if there are third party impact costs. In addition, leasing <br />contracts need to be renewed on a periodic basis, in which case there may be additional <br />costs associated with permitting or re- negotiating leases. <br />0 Third -Party Impact Considerations: <br />A leasing program can alter the timing and quantity of water in the river, in which case, <br />there are potential hydrologic and corresponding economic third party impacts on <br />downstream users. If water conserved is not protected from downstream diversion, there <br />would be third party hydrologic benefits. Additional flows under this scenario may allow <br />downstream junior water rights holders to make greater use of their water rights. <br />However, changing the timing and quantity of water could also result in negative <br />hydrologic impacts on downstream irrigators. Negative third party hydrologic impacts <br />from these alternatives are most likely to occur to nearby farmers who have traditionally <br />relied on tailwater runoff or groundwater recharge from participating farms for a portion <br />of their water supply. <br />Apart from the potential third party hydrologic impacts identified above, there could also <br />be third party economic impacts on agricultural equipment suppliers, farm workers, <br />processing industries and local communities that depend on agriculture. The economy in <br />the study area is dependent on agriculture to a large degree in which case economic and <br />fiscal conditions could be negatively impacted by changes in crop patterns and crop <br />production. If water deliveries are significantly reduced within an individual canal <br />company or irrigation district's service area, company or district revenues may be <br />negatively impacted. Depending on the conditions of the lease, if land is reclassified as <br />dryland it will have reduced value for tax purposes. A reduction in tax revenues would <br />be a negative fiscal impact. <br />\ \DN00 \E- DRIVE \PROJECTS\Platte \Work Products\Task 9 \wapc report (Version 7).doc 21 <br />