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<br />.,)' <br /> <br />3053 <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />/' <br /> <br />South Platte River. Operation of the NarroHs Unit will reduce the <br /> <br />salinity and sediment content of the do.mstream f10\(Ts. <br /> <br />At .tho present time, the economic environment or the project <br /> <br />,. <br /> <br />area is one of instDbility I'lith .,ic1e fluctuations in income from year <br /> <br />to year due primarHy to variations in rainfall and \mter supply for <br /> <br />irri~ation. This has resulted in a deterioration of the well-being <br /> <br /> <br />of the area residents. The additional water supply, flood protection, <br /> <br />fish and wildlife, and recreational developments and opportunities <br /> <br />provided by the Unit would contribute substantially to the improvement <br /> <br />of the well-being of the residents of the area. <br /> <br />'rhe difference in irrigated crop values' produced in the <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />project area has varied as much as $4 million from one year to the next. <br /> <br />A study developed for Nebraska indicates that $6.68 of economic activity <br /> <br />occurs .7ithin the State for one dollar of increased value attributable <br /> <br />to irrigated crop production. On t!)is basis, a reduction of $t; million <br /> <br />in crop production translates into a total economic activity decrease <br /> <br />of about $27 million. Such wide variations have occurred as recently <br /> <br />as 1965. Conversely, with the project in place, economic stability <br /> <br />occurs and indications are that total economic activity would increase <br /> <br />by about $25 million annually. Nearly everyone within the project area, <br /> <br />farreer and busit.lCssman alike, is affeeted by instability and uncertain <br /> <br />. , <br />.-;conditions. During the period 1960-1968, the three major project <br /> <br />\ <br />.. <br /> <br />counties lost 7.40 percent of their population. A hi.gh pel'centage <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />