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<br />'00 <br />o::l" <br />Lt:) <br />.-oj <br /> <br />CHAPTER V <br /> <br />INTERMEDIATE DEVELOPMENT <br /> <br />to the intermediate development, There would be some changes in fish and <br />wildlife values but these would be small and have not been evaluated, <br /> <br />Stream Depletion <br /> <br />Under the intermediate development the flow of the Gunnison River <br />and consequently of the Colorado River would be depleted by an average <br />of 21,500 acre-feet annually, <br /> <br />Benefit-Cost Analysis <br /> <br />Total estimated benefits of the intermediate development compare with <br />the average annual equivalent costs in a ratio of 1,20 to 10 Direct bene- <br />fits only compare with the costs in a ratio of 0,97 to 1, <br /> <br />Benefits for the intermediate development are estimated at a total of <br />$1,757,2000 These are summarized belowo <br /> <br />Irrigation <br />Power <br />Fish and wildlife <br />Recreation <br />Total <br /> <br />Direct <br />benefits <br />~384,OOO <br />680,900 <br />218,700 <br />137.600 <br />1,421,200 <br /> <br />Indirect <br />and public <br />benefits <br />"1336,000 <br /> <br />336,000 <br /> <br />Total <br />benefits <br />$720.000 <br />680,900 <br />218,700 <br />137.600 <br />1,757,200 <br /> <br />Average annual equivalent costs for the intermediate development are <br />estimated at $1,460,750 as shown below, <br /> <br />~ <br />Construction cost <br />Interest during construction <br />Total project investment <br />Annual operation, maintenance, <br />and replacement costs <br />Share of Colorado River <br />Storage project costs <br />Total <br /> <br />Total <br />cost <br />136,720,900 <br />2,700,500 <br />39,421,400 <br /> <br />Cost Allocations <br /> <br />Average <br />annual <br />equivalent <br />value <br /> <br />$1,247,550 <br /> <br />170,200 <br /> <br />43,000 <br />1,460,750 <br /> <br />Allocations of costs for the intermediate development were made by <br />the separable costs-remaining benefits method as shown on the following <br />page, <br /> <br />38 <br />