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<br />lr.' <br /> <br />",. <br />~ : <br /> <br />00 <br />C\.' <br /> <br />j. <br /> <br />Human Effects <br /> <br />c <br /> <br />Because the routes lie between the two metropol itan areas of <br />Phoenix and Tucson, local workers would be readily available, and no migration <br />of non-l oca 1 workers is expected. The sma 11 communiti es along I -10 wi 11 <br />experience a temporary increase in demand for food, fuel, 10dg,ing, and other <br />consumer goods and services. No relocation of residential property would be <br />required, nor would any community be severed by an aqueduct, <br /> <br />~:tj <br />'"\z?' <br /> <br />Long term effects on population are not expected. CAP water <br />cannot be used to expand agricultural production, but will only replace ground <br />water. CAP replacement water is expected to cost the farmer about $52 an <br />acre-foot, as compared to the present cost of $30 to $47 an acre-foot to pump <br />ground water. Project deliveries will vary from year to year d-epend'i'ng upon <br />the amount of total CAP water availa-bIe. <br /> <br />Cropping patterns are expected to <br />with winter vegetables becoming more important. <br />existing farms and this trend should continue as <br />continues to supplant farms. <br /> <br />change in the project area <br />New farmers are purchasing <br />the urbanization of Tucson <br /> <br />k. Safety <br /> <br />Open cana Is would pos,e a drowni'ng: ha.za,rdi, especia,lry near rura 1 <br />resi.den<:es and recreationa,l area.s. Fencing. wou.l<d, be p'rovtd'ed as approp-ria.te, <br />particolarly in orba'n and recrea,ti<ona,l area;s, a,s well a-s ien areas. of goreatest <br />da,nger to stod and wilcHife. <br /> <br />~:~:~:~9 <br /> <br />D. Cone lus ion <br /> <br />The se 1 ect'ton of too a,geflcy's, p.ro-posed' a,cti<o,fI, was, lxi-sed-- OItOO e-v'a,ruilcti'on <br />of va,ri,ous, planning, consi,de,rations. and> imp'a,ct ana.l<yses,. FO'l'liowim<J a" rev-i.ew of <br />the con-s,hierat iOll they were- divi-ded< i'ntCl' two catego'ri'es;. "Fhe, cOI1S'i'derat ions <br />that ha<d< si,g.rtificant cHffere-n,ces betweef)' routes, were, crictiicaJ to the, selection <br />of the p.ropCl'sed a,cti'Ofl' and, were retad;ned, for the, fi-n'aJ! review, The <br />consi'derations th,at h-ad a sim,ila,r impact for each route, we,re oot consi,de,re1:l <br />critical and were dro-pped- from the final rev'iew. Wni le these Co-nsl<lera,tioIlS <br />were droppe1:l. from- the selection process, they wre i,mportant a<nd a,r€" cri's.p,l;ayed' <br />in tlris HS. <br /> <br />For the- cri,ti'cal considerati'oi%,. means to' IlFl-lnnHZe the diffen!f1ce,s, were <br />eva.ruil'ted-. For aH rou,tes except Root'€- 1, H was cIe-terrn.;,n-€jji thca,t the' <br />di:ffereoces cou+d' be, mien-tm-i,zed< tlH<'OU,gf1. m<rtiga;ti'on' ar.tdi hnd.l; en.g.i'neering. <br />des. i'g:ns,. <br /> <br />The resurts of the hoot. revi,ew were that Rootes 2' and 3e we",€- foU4'}d to <br />sati,sfy a,H criteria, w'i-th-out cOllstderi,ng< cost. Co>st wa-s th>en, US€d' to sele<:t <br />be-tween the rootes and- since Route Z haiti' the lowest Co.st it wa-s; iid'ef1.tHi'e-d, a,s <br />the agency I s' proposed' a,cti Oil. <br /> <br />vi <br />