WSPC01304

• File Number: 8064.100
• Description: Ute Tribes
• State: CO
• Basin: San Juan/Dolores
• Water Division: 7
• Date: 6/1/1987
• Author: USDOI/BOR
• Title: Agricultural Engineering Study - Animas and Florida Watersheds - Final Report - Design-Cost Estimate for Off-Farm Irrigation Facilities and PIA Determination
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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and D.7. Parcels with an initial positive residual payment capacity

after comparing payment capacity to the cost of water are initially

identified as practicably irrigable.

D.4.5 Preliminary Practicably Irrigable Acreage Determination

Table D.8 and Figures D.l through D.3 identify the preliminary

practicably irrigable acreage for the Animas and Florida watershed.

The preliminary PIA consists of that acreage currently irrigated as

well as those determined initially PIA in this report. A total of

695 acres was identified as PIA in the Animas Watershed and 736 acres

in the Florida Watershed. The estimated water diversions would be

1881 acre-feet from the Animas River and 1765 acre-feet from the

Flor ida Ri ver.

In order to final ize the PIA de termina t ion, the cropping pa t tern and

net agricultural returns were re-evaluated by the economist. (Western

Research Corporation) on a parcel-by-parcel basis and adjusted to

reflect individual parcel characteristics. Another engineering

analysis comparing the revised payment capacity with a revised off-

farm irrigation system and cost was performed as presented in the

following Section D.4.6.

D.4.6 Final Practicably Irrigable Acreage Determination

Each of the five non-irrigated parcels which make up the

approximately 373 preliminary PIA acres in the Animas Watershed were

evaluated by the economist along with the one preliminary PIA parcel

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