WSPC04766

• File Number: 8220.100.70
• Description: Colorado River Water Projects - Colorado River Storage Project - CRSP - Publications
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 2/28/1973
• Author: Unknown
• Title: Project Reports-Summaries-Descriptions - Fruitland Mesa Project - CRSP
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Fruitland ~Esa Project (Continued)

Benefit-Cost Analysis (100 years at 3 1/8%) ($1,000)

Annual e~uivalent of total. . . . . . .
Annual OM&R - Basin Fund facilities . .
Annual OM&R - Forest Service facilities
Annual Colorado River depletion charge assignment
Total annual cost. . . . . . . .
Annual benefits
Irrigation - direct only
Irrigation - total . . .
Recreation . . . . . . .
Fish and wildlife enhancement.
Timber production.
Total - direct . .
Total. . . .
Benefit-cost
Benefit-cost
Benefit -cost

43,214
341
556
3,493
987
46,cXl7
1,533
53
17
56
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Basin Fund construction costs .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Less preauthorization investigation cost.. ..........
Less D&MC cost of Gould Siphon not considered as part of project.
Interest during construction - Basin Fund facilities.
Cost of facilities to be constructed by Forest Service.
Total. .. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

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1,140 !
1,877
151
13
3
1,307
. 2,044
. . 0.79:1.00
1.23:1.00
0.72:1.00

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ratio - direct benefits
ratio - total benefits. . .
ratio - total benefits 5i%.

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Depressed Area

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Fruitland Mesa Project--located in MOntrose and Gunnison Counties, Colo-
rado,--is included in the Four Corners Economic Development Region - a
region designated under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of
1965, due to persistent and chronic unemployment and depressed incomes
and economic activity.

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The cities of Montrose and Delta, Colorado, are trade centers located near
the Fruitland Mesa Project. These cities have been designated as eligible
for assistance under Title I of the Public Works and Economic Development
Act on the basis of unemployment.

Environmental Impact

a. Construction of Soap Park Reservoir (Millie Goodwin Lake) will
create aesthetic improvements on the landscape by access roads, dam con-
struction, and increased human activity that will affect the experience
of those persons using the ,lest Elk Wilderness. Th,e Wilderness is adja-
cent to the proposed reservoir development.

b. Water quality of Soap Creek viII be enhanced and m~n~mum flows
will be maintained which may lead to establishing a Kokanae Salmon run
from Blue Mesa Lake.

c. The establishment of a minimum pool in Gould Reservoir where
one presently does not exist will establish a year-round fishery in that
reservoir.

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