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<br />000:23 <br /> <br />CHAPTER VIII. ECONOi\IIC AND FINA;';CIAL ANALYSIS <br /> <br />AX:-O;U.\L PHOJECT BESEt'lTS <br /> <br />~ J 'ater salt'age <br /> <br />All wnt('rs which will lw suknged can 1)(' bt'lH:'ficinllv uS(.d a~ <br />rlescrilwd in ChnpteT "II-Potential U:oiE'S of Sn!\-uged "~'utero The <br />plan of dCH'loprnl'Ilt contpmplutes thnt 96,400 llcre-fl'l't. of slllnlg('d <br />wlllrl'S will be ddin.ft.d to tll<' Hio Grlludp for crt'IEt to Colorado <br />under the Rio Grande compnet until Colorlulo llchi(~n's debit-fret' <br />status. Also after flchil'vl'lmmt of such (h.bit-rn.t~ Sllltus, delivery of <br />snh'aged waters to tllt! Hio Grund(' will be confirmed at tho fate <br />('ssential to maintenunce of Colnrudo's d('bit-fn'~' slntus. A firm <br />Careens! of the period of tinH' rt'quirl'd (or Colorudo to achieve debit-Cree <br />status l'lHlIlot be' mud!., Bowen'f, 011 the basis of H\"llilnblt. datIl <br />cOllet'ruing hi~toricul strenmJlow:-;, prest'nt hydrolog-i{' conditions, find <br />olwrntioll of tho Hio Grundt' cOIll/met. II IU'fiod of at it'lL "it. 35 Yl'ars <br />would lU' required, llnd confifllH-'t Rnnllul dplin'ry of nbout 59,200 <br />neru-{t'('t. would be fl'quin.d to lJluintnin C'o\orlldo in th'bit-{r{'t\ stntus. <br />On this basis, u minimum 1T1(-'IlS11rl' of tilt' wutt'1" slllvug't' lWlwtits would <br />bt, the \"lllul' (I{ tIlt' wutt'r for irrig'lltioll liSP ill thl' Hio Grnnde Basin. <br />Analyst's of wutl'r lIS(' Ilul! ('rop ("('turns Oil thl' Rio Grulldt~ projl'ct <br />in 'I't'XllS nnd XI'W :\It'xieo, :\liddll' Hio GrundI' projl'l't in Xcw <br />:\Icxko, 111ld San LlIi~ Vnlley projt'cl ill Colonldo l'stllbli~llt'd thllt the <br />Iwt {nrm income per uc!"p-fnot of wutl'r th'li\"(-'rPtl t.o tilt' Sun Luis <br />VulJey projl'ct would be lpss thun the ('ompllruhlf' \'ulllt's for the Xcw <br />.:\Iexico Ilncl Tt'XIL~ projpds pril1l11rily lw("uust' of I hi' shortt'!" growing <br />sellson which prp\'uils in the Sun Luis Vulh'y. It was, tlwrl'fore, <br />concluded thut. bt'IH'fits hlllwcI 011 lIS(' of tlip Sal\"llg'ptl WUtf'l'S 011 tIll' <br />Rio Grande Di\"ision lunds of IIH' Sun Luis \Pullt'y projt'l't. would <br />furni~h II conSt~rnlth't' mininHllllPpruisnl of the watpr snlnl~t' benefits <br />us~ign8blt' to the plnn of th~\'rlnpnwnt. <br />Farm in("ome und costs for the Rio Grunde Di\-ision lands wefl' <br />I'stilllntNf on tlIP bnsis of six fllrm blldgt'ts which enllllllte the effects <br />of hllld sizt's und c1ussl's und llg'ri('ulturlll "ntl:'rprist's prt'nliling in <br />Ihe Rio Grnnd(. Di\"ision. On the busis of thf'st' hudgds, th" H\"(~ruge <br />ullllllnl l>l'nefit ll~.;:.ignllbll-' to till' 22-t.:HO Hert's of t'xisting' irrig'lltiOIl <br />ill tilt' Hio Grundl' Di\-isioll with u filII wllkr slIpply WIlS l'stimlltt'd <br />10 1)(' $59 IH'r lHTl'. Thl' di\"l'rsioll fl'qllirt'lIll'llt to furnish a full wntl'r <br />supply \\"llS comptltf"d to lw 2.23 lu'n'-ft'pt 1"'1" tHTt'. On Ihis bllSis. thi-' <br />lwnefit assiglllibll' 10 slllnu::-N) wlIt,'r dt'li\"l'rt'd to the Rio Grundi' <br />was l'stilllut'l'd to 1I\'prugl' 82ti...tt3 )It'r llcri.-foot or $:2.551,000 lllllllllllly <br />for the t'stillll1tl'd U\'t'rng-{' ul1llulll 90.-t00 IHTt,-rl-'I't or \nltl'r to 1)(' <br />di'lh'f'rt'd to tht, Rio GrandI'. Aftt'r Ildju.;:.tllH'nt for :'.tug'l' construction. <br />this would lw S2,3(H,OOO llllllUlllly. (If whit-h $1.:392.000 would fl'prt'S('nt <br />din't.t IWIlt'fits llnt! $912.000 indir('ct bt.)1t'lit,S. <br /> <br />(J 14) <br />