WSP01521

• File Number: 8443.400
• Description: Narrows Unit Reports
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 6/15/1974
• Author: US DOL BOR
• Title: Draft Social Assessment of the Proposed Narrows Unit and Alternatives Thereto
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

In all there were 23 "modules" of impact analysis.

Each

module was divided into three sections:

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1.

Scope of Concern (describing the nature of the
impact area and providing facts concerning the
present status of the area)

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2. Forecasts of Social Impact for thA Lopic under
each alternative

3.

Sunwary and conclusions regarding the comparative
so~ial impacts of the three alternatives.

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To facilitate the analysis which was required for each module

a number of data disaggregation techniques were required. All

of the investigators pooled their information in a common format.

Secondary and primary data for each of the areas being analyzAd

were brought together onto forms whic h were divided into seven

columns (which divided data into discrete geographic areas from

the DGnver area on the west to the St~rling area on the east)

and three rows (which pertained to the circumstances of No Pro-

ject, the Narrows Project, and the Hardin Project).

Generally,

secondary data were concerned with the presen~ circumstance,

while the data on the three alternatives were concerned with

likely future circumstances as revealed by interviews with

expert informants, analysis of trends data, and based upon

residents' expectations and attitudes.

.

Each modular analysis begins under the heading "Scope

of Concern," with a brief descriptio~ concerning the nature

..

of the impact area.

For example, the concerns of the area

of employment are described in terms of jobs, income, etc.

Following this, relevant secondary data are provided to describe

the present circumstance.

For example, before discussing the

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