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. CRAnER v PUMPING PLAN Estimated Costs Construction costs Construction costs of the pumping plan are estimated at $15,840,000 on the basis of reconnaissance design data and January 1973 prices. These costs do not include costs of facilities that would be provided by the water users for treatment and distribution of the municipal and domestic water supplies. The estimated costs are shown below. . Item Basalt pumping plants Pump discharge line Diversion structure Substations and switchyards Landis Pipeline Landis Canal Lateral Municipal and domestic trunklines Communication equipment Permanent operating facilities Total Estimated costs $1,750,000 1,550,000 200,000 l70,OOO 4,620,000 2,100,000 170,000 4,800,000 400,000 80,000 15,840,000 Operation, maintenance, and replacement costs Project operation, maintenance, and replacement costs have been es- timated at $288,200 annually on the basis of 1970-72 prices. These costs include an amount of $157,600 for electrical energy to drive the pumps. The power costs are based on use of an average of 18,246,400 kilowatt- hours of energy annually and a demand for 3,900 kilowatts of capacity dur- ing the summer and 1,450 kilowatts during the winter. It was a.ssumed that energy would be obtained from the Colorado River Storage Proj ect at the rates of $0.003 a kilowatt-hour and $1.32 a kilowatt-month which are the rates established for Wholesale firm power service from the project. An emergency reserve fund of $150,000 would be established by the conservancy district. This fund would be kept separate from the other operation and maintenance funds for emergency or special unforeseen op- eration and maintenance costs. Charges for Ruedi Reservoir storag',water The cost to the water users for storage water from Ruedi Reservoir is estimated at an average of $119,000 annually, based on $10 for each acre-foot of storage water used. -. 47