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<br />STATEMENT
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<br />Similar impacts during construction, but not necessarily in the
<br />same proportions, have been created from each other reclamation
<br />development in 'the Colorado River BllSin. These projects have
<br />played an important role in the overall economic development of the
<br />area and to the Nation as a whole. .
<br />, )further eC,?,lOwic,opl;'ortunities paye beencre"ted in .the.l,,~t)O,
<br />yel!fR upon cOmI1letlOIlofe"cq,1lmt of the Colorado RIver, storl;'ge
<br />p. rOJect,. New.cfar!ll. s,.n. e..w. p.' owetplants,. new scene.. rYe .'. and..'n.ew".fis.hi. ng
<br />),1'1les .have .proviFl~,<;l>e9onqmj? ;l);ndsoci!,l. oPPOrtuni1,jes,of cprimary
<br />lll!portanc~. . ~e}V: iltora,~e faqlJi.tles.provldmgreg,111MlOn,ofp,010rado
<br />RIver water hav:ewevented <JIsli.'tNl1s floods. Storage water ,has
<br />become av!"lable: for,irri~'.'tion, )'ower,l'ud<.n\lni<lipal'aI\d,;industrial,
<br />l)Ses. . Busm,essm.enan<:imdustrlal wor~er,salso ~lwe receIved many
<br />s.epondary~eneiltj3 ~roru.the project.' , . ...... .... ,', .'. ....
<br />:,A total qi. 5 biIliOu..kilowatt-b.ours lj.avebeen generated tllrougb
<br />fiscal year.x9116frpm'both.tb.e]'lamin~ Gorge and . QlellQanyon, powerc:
<br />plants whlCl1. have acom!.>ined papaclty of 1,Q0/3,.o,OO kIlowatts. The
<br />first commercial (po;'\'er was generated in fiscal year 196{. Dl1ring
<br />fiscal.year 19ff6'lwhenthe last <,lOhe)1 generators at~qth]'la~jng,
<br />Gorge and GJel) Canyon powerplants w~r~ placed.m. oper,I'tl?n,I,
<br />l\nnual power r~vq\lues to,taled$12.{ ffillhon. Totalc)uulllatlVe.
<br />power revenues j;hrough fiscal year. J 966 from the Colorado IJ,lVer
<br />s,torage,project~mounted,to $21.3milJiop. 1:'art of.these revenues'
<br />ha,;e been made )'ossi~le by const~uctioi1 of the ,tran~'Pis~ic'j1 illv/sion
<br />whlCh now .,provIdes ,1nterconnectlOn of stprllge proJectpoWe1;plants
<br />an(iparticiP.ati,n*.:project 'power facilities with each other 1I11<J with
<br />Oyb.~ ]'eder"l anfli1on-]'ederal power facilities in the Colqradq Riyer:
<br />BlIsm area. . . :.' ..' . . .... ,
<br />'. Asig.n.ilican. t.~..}irt.Pf the dema.,n.d for.pub.lic recrea,ti,on. is: bein,g
<br />fulfilled at lJ'la lng Gorge and Lake Powell ReservOIrs. ,ApprOl(l-
<br />mately 2 milJio visitor-days .were reported froJIlthe~e relatively
<br />new reservoirs during 19~5.Even though cO\lsJ;ructio11 WaS not
<br />substantially ,co(opleted on either of. the muJtiple~purpose storage
<br />units, including 'th.ese reservoirs until 1964, a cumulative totaL of
<br />5 millio11 visitor-<Jays has been reported for the lO-year psriodfollowin,g
<br />au thoriza tion. .
<br />. During 1965, ,the. lOth crop year following autb.orization of con-
<br />struction, a tot~1 of 112,400 acre-feet of water was delivered at the
<br />farm headgates Of nearly 1,100 farms for the irrigation of 49,000 acres
<br />OIl the five part~cipating projects that are in operatio11. Despite the
<br />timelag betweejIauthorization and completion of construction,
<br />cumulat.ive gr.os.s. cr.op values for these. five pa.rticipa. tinge projects
<br />from time of authorIzation through 1965 amounted, to .about $20
<br />million. .
<br />A total of 5,~00 acre-feet or 1,7 million gallons of water was de-
<br />liyered for mun,icipal, industrial, and other nonirrigation purposes
<br />serving a population of nearly 16,000 people during 19~5. A cumu-
<br />lativstotal of 11,300 acre-feet or 3.7 million gallons ofproject water
<br />has !.>een delivered for these purposes during the lO-year period.
<br />'rhis is only. the beginning. Construction is continuing and future
<br />years will prqdu\Je increased economic opportunities and growth of the
<br />area as wen as of the Nation.
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