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<br /> <br />areas. at least through the year 2010. Farmington and its <br />outlyi~ area would receive 19.700 acre-feet each year from the <br />project. The City of Aztec and its surrounding ares would <br />receive up to 5.800 acre-feet each year and the City of <br />Bloomfield and its outlying ares would receive up to 5.300 <br />acre-feet each year. The Navajo Tribe is allocated 7.600 <br />acre-feet for service in the Sbiprock area. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Irrigable land in New Mexico along the La Plata River would <br />receive project water each year to guarantee a full crop yield. <br />The 8.180 acres of non-Indian irrigable land would receive 14.200 <br />acre-feet of supplemental and full service wster. and tbe .Ute <br />Mountain Ute Indian Tribe would receive 900 acre-feet of water to <br />irrigate 380 acres of full service lsnd On that portion of its <br />reservation in New Mexico. This supply represents a total of <br />53.~00 acre-feet of water for municipal and industrial and <br />agrtcultural use for "tbe benefit of the State of New Mexico. <br />Approximately 20.800 acre-feet of water would annusllY return to <br />the Animas and La Plata River systems. 'The beneficial use of <br />project water and reservoir evaporation of 1.400 scre-feet would <br />deplete the Colorado River by 34.100 acre-feet. wbich. together <br />with other existing and plsnned development. completely uses all <br />of New Mexico's 11.25 percent allocation of water under the Upper <br />Colorado River Basin Compact. <br /> <br />The Economic Base <br /> <br />The project will affect the people and economy of La 'Plata <br />County, Colorado. and San Juan County. New Mexico. by having <br />beneficial influences on jobs. agriculture and recreation. <br />During the peak year of construction. the population influx into <br />the project area will total approximately 3.730 persons. The <br />jobs associated with construction will total approximately 1.150. <br /> <br />According to a Reclamation analysis done in 1979, on completion <br />of the project a total of about 180 jobs will be created in both <br />agriculture .and related businesses. including almost 70 new <br />on-farm jobs in the two counties, with total wages estimated at <br />over *400.000 annually. The following table shows the estimated <br />increase in annual agricultursl production resulting from the <br />project. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Crop ~ Colorado New Mexico Total <br />Bay Tons 106.000 16.000 122.000 <br />Grain Bushels 322.000 266.000 588.000 <br />Beef Pounds 9.686.000 692.000 10.378.000 <br />Beans Hundredweight 168.000 0 168,000 <br />Milk Gallons 2.065.000 389.000 2.454.000 <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />. , <br /> <br />.5 <br />