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, , . . o Pumping facilities o Storage facilities . Tabulation of major construction quantities, unit prices, and lump-sum cost items . Cost tabulation and summaries . Estimates of right-of-way and land acquisition costs . Estimates of energy requirements, electrical facilities requirements, and associated costs . Opinions of total project cost and annual O&M Analytical work (hydraulic studies, geotechnical evaluations, etc.) will be summarized for inclusion in the feasibility report and is intended to meet CWCB requirements for feasibility-level studies. Task 7.0 - Economic, Financial and Institutional Analyses The goal will be to accurately assess the financial burden, the ability to pay vs. the benefits to Valley consumers, and the full gamut of funding and potential cost-sharing sources, which will together meet the debt service, operation and maintenance costs. Key work efforts will include: + Identification of new demand in tenns of economic benefit, ability to pay, and monies that can be raised from new users. + Fonnulation of a strong case for public funding support by properly characterizing the public benefit, especially the avoided cost of expensive treatment, poor water quality or unmet demands vs. ability to pay. Federal sources, such as the BOR Rural Water System Grant Program, Farmers Home Administration grants or loans, block grants or loans from EPA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and any other sources will be identified. State funding sources beyond CWCB will be explored. + Development oftbe most advantageous financing plan comprised of grants, loans, contributions from water exchange beneficiaries, and cost recovery from current and future water users, scheduled to minimize the impact on local Valley water users. An economic analysis will be performed to assess and compare benefits and costs of the project. The project team will seek to identify an institutional framework that meets the needs of the pipeline project. The responsible entity must be capable of raising monies, borrowing monies, managing construction and operation and carrying out the project mission. The conservancy district statute would appear to meet many of the project needs. It is also possible that a sub-district of the SECWCD or an Authority might enjoy the same powers and be designed geographically and financially to meet the optimal financing plan and management requirements. Task 8,0 - Water Treatment This task involves comparing several alternatives to identify the most economically efficient and institutionally acceptable water system. The options that will be compared include: (I) an all treated water system conveying treated water consisting of Fry-Ark Project water and water diverted by exchange and substitution under the local municipal water rights priorities from a central point to users; (2) a raw water system conveying Fry-Ark Project water and water diverted under local municipal water rights priorities by substitution and exchange to regional water treatment plants with possible additional blending at the regional plants; (3) a raw water system conveyipg primarily Fry- Ark Project water to local water treatment plants in each community, with blending from local sources and diversion of municipal water rights under their own priorities at their decreed points of diversion and; (4) other possible systems that would incorporate additional treatment of local II GEl Consultants, Inc. 4