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<br />_llODU:L _~ <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />PLAN OF DEVELOP:\[E~T <br /> <br />To provide for sufficient cnpnrity to pump un average of 85,600 <br />tlcre-feet per yellr of ground water, with n reasonnble allowance for <br />downtime. the inslHllntion of laG wells and pumping installations are <br />sumrnuri7.ed below: <br /> <br />Area <br /> <br />Number 01 Capacity <br />wells Size (lI1C:hn) Deplh(leet) (d.s.) <br />43 10 " U <br />8 16 100 U <br />14 I' 80 '" <br />" 10 100 LO <br />.. 10 70 ,5 <br /> <br />2__ .........._. __h"__n__ <br />l_u._____ ________________.. _"_".u... <br />4.._...__........______.________..__.___ <br />5________.......... ..__.._n........n__ <br />6....._________ _.__n__ n. n......_ __ . . <br /> <br />Jo:COXO~IC AXD FIKA~CIAL ASALYSIS <br /> <br />Annual project be-nefti:; <br /> <br />B'ater salvage.-.A1l wntprs which will he sukaged ('UIl be beneficially <br />used llS e1f'scrihed ill Ch.llpter VII-Poll'lltilll Uses of Sl1lvllged 'ValeI' <br />of the .July 196:~ Fpusibility Hl'port. The Closed Basin Division of the <br />Sllll Luis Vlllle\" proj('et is pstimutpd to snlvng'1' 100.800 lltre-fpet of <br />wut<"r IlnJlllllny~ from stugf'S 1 through 5. Pnrt of the sah'uged water <br />llmounting- to 5,300 lH'n'-(ept nnnunlly would lw supplied to the <br />Alnmosl1 'Vitdlif,! Hpfug-e llnd the ft'mllininl! 95,500 ane-fe('t would he <br />lls('(1 to reduce tl1(' debit of Colorndo under tlw terms of the THo Grande <br />compllct. It is ('stimuted thnt upproximntely 45 'years will be required <br />for Colorndo to !lehievn dehit-frt,p :;tutus. .Aftt'l' Colorudo hus achieved <br />dehil-fr('(' stl1tus, then' will bp II f('quirellwnt for 5:3,600 aere-feet <br />nlllllllllh- to maintnin Colorndo's debit-frN~ stuttlS nndpf terms of the <br />compllc't. This will leave npproximatcly 41,900 lUTe-feet lllllllHl.lly for <br />llse in Colomdo. On this busis, u minimum IIH'nSllre of the "~outer <br />salvage helwfits would be tlw vnlue of tlll' water for irrig-ntion use in the <br />Rio Grnntle Ba..<;in. <br />Annly&>s of Wlltt'f uS(> llnd crop feturns on the Hio Gmnde proj(.ct <br />in Texas Hud Xew ~iexi('(), ~liddle Hio Grande j>l'Ojl'et in Xe\\" ~Icxico, <br />llnd Sun Luis Yall!'.'" pfoject in Colorudo l'stublis}wd tlHlt the net farm <br />income pef acrc-foot of wutC'f delin'r('d to tlH' Slln Lui:" Ylllley projl'ct. <br />would bp less than the compnrnhle n:tlues for the .:\l'\\" ~iexil'o nlld <br />Texns projects primnrily beclluse of thl' shorter ~r(l\\"ill1! seuson whith <br />pfp,'nils in tlw Sun Lui~ Ynlley. h Wtl~, tlH'fl'fofe, ('olH'luded th:!t <br />Iwnefits bllsrtl on lIse of the salnlged wnt"rs on tll(' Rio Grnnd<" <br />Di\'ision lund~ of tilt' S:l.n Lllb Yulll'Y projf'et would fllrni~h 11 t'01\- <br />:-;efn1t.in~ minimal Hppmi~td of tIll' wlltef :mh'ng(' lH'lwfits HSi'i~nllbl(' to <br />the plan of (h'n~lopIIH'nt. <br />Farm income IlnG costs for the Hio Gl'llnd(' Di\-isioll land:; \\"ere <br />estimated on the bnsis of six furm budgets which enduutt' the (.tT('Cls of <br />lund sizes and clll:"~(,~ llnd llgricultural i:'nt(,fpri~('s prl'\"lliling in the <br />Hio Gmndf' Division. 011 till' basis of tlll'S(, budgl'ls, tht. llyerage IUlnW1I <br />bencfit llssignuhle to thf' 224,~40 lH"ft'S of exi~tillg irri~ation in tilt' Hio <br />Grunde Diyisioll with 11 full W:llt'f supply was ('stimnt.t\d III Ill' S59 IH'f <br />IU'!'I'" The diyersion ITquirt'Ilwllt to furnish a full \\"11tj'f stlpply wus <br />L'ornpult'd to Iw 2.2:~ :H'I"t'-ft'l't pl'l" :1('1'(', On this hasis. dw 111'HPfib <br />t\:5signable to ~td\"llf!ed watt.'I' dl'liH'fPd to the Hio GI'lHldc was ('sti- <br />