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would provide for municipal water storage and instream flow releases, if an <br />arrangement could be made, whereby the City would utilize these reservoirs to <br />convert its groundwater system to a surface water system in the future. It <br />should be noted that this possibility may or may not be in accordance with the <br />City's present or future plans regarding their water rights. <br />The ten recreation components cover a variety of activities including: <br />fishery enhancement, boating, camping, hiking and bicycling. If implemented — <br />as a group, the following economic benefits are expected: national publicity, <br />a significant increase in visitor days with associated economic benefits, and <br />a significantly enhanced recreational environment for the local population. <br />Additionally, Alternative 5 can be staged in a variety of ways; for <br />example, the recreation components could be phase one, one reservoir could be <br />phase two, and the second reservoir could comprise the last stage. This <br />sequence could be reversed or the recreation components could also be phased. <br />The estimated total capital cost to implement Alternative 5 is <br />approximately $55.5 million. A breakdown of that cost is presented in Table <br />6.6. <br />[� <br />