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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />to. <br />- <br />c <br />- <br /> <br />NO. 1 <br /> <br />BASALT PROJECT <br /> <br />c. <br /> <br />1. Location and water source: <br /> <br />Southeast of Glenwood Springs, (Gar- <br />field, Eagle and Pitkin Counties). <br />Fryingpan River and other tribu- <br />taries of the Roaring Fork. <br /> <br />2. Estimated cost: $ 17,545,000 <br />3. Irrigated acreage: 20,489 <br />4. Average cost per acre: $856 <br />5. Average annual additional stream depletion: 26,000 a.f. <br />6. Average annual additional stream depletion per <br /> acre of irrigated land: 1.27 a.f. <br />7. Benefit-cost ratio: 2.34 to 1 <br /> <br />The foregoing summary of the Basalt project is based <br />upon a reconnaissance report completed in 1962. The information <br />is therefore current. Although the development cost per acre is <br />quite high, the benefit-cost ratio is the most favorable of any <br />remaining projects for which reconnaissance data is available. <br /> <br />The project would utilize waters stored in the Ruedi <br />Reservoir. Since this reservoir will shortly be constructed and <br />the waters stored therein be available for use, and because of the <br />high benefit-cost ratio of the project, we recommend that it be <br />accorded priority No.1. The same priority was afforded the project <br />by the Colorado River Water Conservation District Board. <br /> <br />The Basalt Water Conservancy District is in the process <br />of organization. Conditional water rights for the project have <br />been secured by the Colorado River Water Conservation District. <br />