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<br />'mJ'34"72 <br /> <br />Fruitland Mesa Pro,ject (Continued) <br /> <br />Irrigation Water Requirement (acre-feet per acre) <br /> <br />Consumptive use <br />Requirement <br />Effective precipitation <br />Required from irrigation <br />Project diversion <br />Requirement <br />Supply <br /> <br />Municipal and Industrial Water <br /> <br />15 acre-feet <br /> <br />1.67 <br />.29 <br />1.47 <br /> <br />3.45 <br />3.30 <br /> <br />Nature of use - Black Canyon of the Gunnison National M:mument <br /> <br />Timing of demand - 1970 <br /> <br />~ <br />t <br />i' <br />r. <br /> <br />Additional recreation and fish and wildlife development (Gould Reservoir) <br />Storage of 1,000 acre-feet of water is provided in Soap Park Reservoir <br />specifically for stabilization of the existing privately owned Gould Res- <br />ervoir for recreation and fish and wildlife purposes. <br /> <br />Irrigation Service <br /> <br />Elevation of project lands (feet) . . . . . . <br />Average frost-free period (days above 320 F.) <br />Rural population of project area (estimated). <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />.Existing <br />:f'a.rm units <br />Full service land (acres) !/8,414 <br />Supplemental service (acres)6,67~ <br />Total 13,76 <br />Farm units 53 <br />!/ Includes 1,329 acres of pUblic land to be <br />units. <br /> <br />Average Economic Size of Farms (acres)lI <br /> <br />Class 2 <br />Class 3 <br />y <br />of class <br />Project. <br /> <br />185 <br />245 <br />Equivalent to 160 acres <br />1 land on Bostwick Park <br /> <br />Average allocated project cost per acre . . . . . <br />Repayment by project beneficiaries - ~ (includes <br />ad valorem tax) . . . . . . . . . '"' .. .. . . <br />Repayment by "apportioned" and other revenues . . <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />6,600 to 8,000 <br />135 <br />. . . . 130 <br /> <br />New farm <br />units <br />3,581 <br /> <br />3,581 <br />16 <br />added to <br /> <br />! <br /> <br />Total <br />11,995 <br />6,679 <br />18,674 <br />69 <br />existing farm <br /> <br />$2,148 <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />9% <br />16~~ <br />