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<br />Proiect Costs (Estimated) <br /> <br />Irrigation <br /> <br />$47,143,000 <br /> <br />Recreation, fish and wildlife <br /> <br />3,346,000 <br /> <br />Total Cost <br /> <br />$50,489,000 <br /> <br />Water allocation <br /> <br />Irrigation (19,245 acres) <br /> <br />57,885 a.f. <br /> <br />Public water supply 15 a.f. <br />(Black Canyon National Monument) <br /> <br />Total 57,900 a.f. <br /> <br />Annual depletion of the Colorado River 28,000 a.f. <br /> <br />Annual salinity contribution to Colorado River 3.3 mg/l <br />at Imperial Dam <br /> <br />Benefit-cost ratio, 2.21 to 1 <br /> <br />Total annual benefits $4,358,000 <br /> <br />Environmental Impact <br /> <br />a. Construction of Soap Park Reservoir (Milly K. Goodwin <br />Lake) will create aesthetic improvements on the landscape by access <br />roads, dam construction, and increased human activity that will affect <br />the experience of those persons using the West Elk Wilderness. The <br />Wilderness is adjacent to the proposed reservoir development. <br /> <br />b. Water quality of Soap Creek will be enhanced and m1n1mum <br />flows will be maintained which may lead to establishing a kokanee <br />salmon run from Blue Mesa Lake. <br /> <br />c. The establishment of a m1D1mum pool in Gould Reservoir, <br />where one presently does not exist, will establish a year-round fishery <br />in the reservoir. <br /> <br />d. Irrigation of new lands in the Fruitland Mesa area has <br />been reduced to lessen the impact on critical big game wintering areas, <br />but the 12,000 acres of new lands still presents a significant impact <br />on big game winter range that has not been resolved. <br /> <br />-2- <br />