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<br />0)1711 <br /> <br />AI terna te 'DIana <br /> <br />Because of the location of the water supply and, the rugged topo- <br /> <br />graphy of the higher elevations, no alternate plans are proposed for <br /> <br />the Initial Development other than slight modifi~ations of the adopted <br /> <br />plan. <br /> <br />The people living in the )'r.1,ansas Vll,lley hav':> given considerable::, <br /> <br /> <br />thought to the possi~ility of in~'easing their present water supplies <br /> <br />but have evolved no feasible plan to accomplish this end. 'l'heyare <br /> <br />relying entirely upon the 3ureau of Reclamation to import additional <br />water from the Western Slope 1ihrougl'_ tile development of!t11e Gunnison- <br /> <br />Arkansas Project. <br /> <br />FINANCIAL ANALYSIS <br /> <br />Construction costs and aJ.loc&tions <br /> <br />The estimated construction cost of the Initial Development, based <br /> <br />upon pricee prevailing in January 1949, is $133,1'+2,000. The annual <br /> <br />costs, including operation and maintenance, overhead and administ.ra- <br /> <br />tion, and replacement re~crv~s, have been adjusted from 1949 prices to <br /> <br />average prices fur the 1939-1944 period and have been estimated to <br />total $l,198,OOO. <br />A total of $576,000 has been spent on the investigation of the <br /> <br />potential Gunnieon-A~ka.n"as Project, of which $166,000 is General <br /> <br /> <br />In,-estigation funds and. the remainder is Colorado River Development <br /> <br /> <br />funds. That expen&it~e covered all ph~ses of the project, and the <br /> <br />51 <br />