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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />1200 <br /> <br />0.4.3 Cropping Pattern <br /> <br /> <br />For the preliminary analysis of PIA, a cropping pattern with the <br /> <br /> <br />highest net agricultural returns in CLImate Zone C was used. Table <br /> <br /> <br />0.2 ident if ies th i s cropping pat tern as well as the net ag ricul tur al <br /> <br /> <br />return. <br /> <br />0.4.4 Preliminary PIA Analysis <br /> <br /> <br />A preliminary PIA analysis was performed comparing a parcel's <br /> <br /> <br />payment capacity with a preliminary estimate of the cost to pump <br /> <br /> <br />water from the river to the parcel. This preliminary water cost was <br /> <br /> <br />based on the static pumping lift (the difference in elevation from <br /> <br /> <br />the water surface in the river to the elevation of the parcel) for <br /> <br /> <br />gravity irrigated fields or plus a field delivery pressure of 60 psi <br /> <br /> <br />for sprinkler irrigation. Detailed tabulations of the analysis are <br /> <br /> <br />shown in Appendix 0.1. Table 0.3 identifies only those parcels with <br /> <br /> <br />a residual preliminary payment capacity requiring further <br /> <br /> <br />consideration. A total of 9 parcels covering 310 acres showed a <br /> <br /> <br />residual preliminary payment capacity. <br /> <br />An off-farm irrigation transmission system was des1gned for those <br /> <br /> <br />parcels near the San Juan River showing a residual preliminary <br /> <br /> <br />payment capacity. Those calculations are shown in Appendix 0.2 and <br /> <br /> <br />summarized in Table 0.4. Parcels with a positive payment capacity <br /> <br /> <br />after comparing the residual preliminary payment capacity to the <br /> <br /> <br />cost of water are initially identified as practicably irrigable. <br /> <br />9 <br />