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<br />September 1972 <br /> <br />Secretary transmitted to Congress May 4, 1966 and printed as House <br />Document 436, Eighty-ninth Congress: Provided, That construction or <br />the Animas-La Plata Federal reclamation project shall not be under- <br />taken until and unless the States of Colorado and New Mexico shall <br />have ratified the compact regarding operation of the project to which <br />consent of Congress was given. <br /> <br />PROJECT ECONOMIC IMPACTS <br /> <br />The economic impact from the Animas-La Plata Project will be the result <br />of essentially two effects: (1) Construction of the project racilities <br />to store and deliver project water; (2) Increased sales from cropS <br />and livestock and expanded business and employment resulting from use <br />or project water. <br /> <br />Figure I illustrates what the economic impact will be from construction <br />of project. <br /> <br />Figure II illustrates what 1,000 acres of irrigated land can do ror the <br />Ute Indians and the project area. <br /> <br />SCHEDULE <br /> <br />Figure IV shows the current planning and construction schedule for the <br />Animas-La Plata Project. <br /> <br />ALTERNATIVE CONSIDERATIONS AND PLA1lS <br /> <br />Numerous alternative plans ror development through "Total Water <br />Management" are being studied to meet the needs and concerns of the <br />people of the area. These plans will consider environmental effects <br />as well as the physiCal and economic aspects of the various alter- <br />natives. <br /> <br />A major consideration in planning is a determination of the best <br />reservoir storage site on the Animas River. The authorized plan pro- <br />vided for this storage at the Howardsville site. Mineral values at <br />this site have changed since feasibility studies were completed in <br />1962 and alternative sites may prove more desireable. <br /> <br />Pumping alternatives in lieu of the long and costly Animas Diversion <br />Canal are being studied as an alternative method for delivery of <br />"rater to the La Plata drainage. Such plans will increase project <br />annual operating costs, but Animas River flows in the valley by <br />Durango '~o'll_d 'h~ gren+,e:r than l1nn.e-T" thl?l p;"t"1'l.vit.y nive:roion r1ans. <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />-----I: <br />~I <br />:.'1 <br /> <br />, I <br />< <br /> <br />.t_; <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />" <br />c <br />, <br /> <br />".'~ <br /> <br />~"<; <br /> <br />C-, <br /> <br /> <br />'~; <br /> <br />~,; .. <br /> <br />