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<br />001533 <br /> <br />r <br />I <br />, <br /> <br />head developed at the powerplant. <br /> <br />This head depends upon the <br /> <br />elevation of the reservoir and as both the water supply and <br /> <br />reservoir conditions vary between alternatives, there is no way <br /> <br />that the power generated by the different alternatives would be <br />the same. <br /> <br />Impacts on CAP Agricultural Water Users. - Agricultural impacts <br />would result from reductions in water delivery to CAP and from <br />increased salinity levels for all Lower Region users. CAP will <br />just be coming on-line in 1985 and will not be able to utilize <br />its full allocation; therefore, any shortage at that time will <br />have no impact on CAP agriculture. By year 2000, however, <br />reductions in agricultural water supply to CAP will be signifi- <br />cant for each of the three alternative rates of energy develop- <br /> <br />l <br />~ <br /> <br />ment, given the projected "without EEl" conditions. <br /> <br />I <br />, <br />~ <br /> <br />Table 3 presents the reduction in agricultural water supply and <br />associated monetary impacts incurred by CAP farmers. Since this <br />study does not project beyond year 2000, CAP farmers can increase <br />ground-water pumping to make up for the reduction in CAP water. <br />It is expected that as accelerated pumping continues beyond year <br />2000, the impacts will increase rapidly but analysis of that <br /> <br />situation is beyond the scope of this study. <br /> <br />The total changes in income for the agricultural industry for the <br />three projected alternative levels of energy development range <br /> <br />16 <br />