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<br />001715 <br /> <br />cannot be readily eValu,,:ted, would resul t from the supnlemental:,-.irri- <br /> <br />~ r (.\f . <br />gation(water supply. Amon5 such benefits are the follow~ng: increased <br />'. <br /> <br />livestock output on range lands gupported wholly or partially from <br /> <br />irrigatod feed, new economic opportunities, ~cded national security, <br /> <br />stabilization of co:nmuni ty ucomee, and improved communi ty welfare. <br /> <br />The potential Pueblo ResArvoir included in the Initial Development <br /> <br />would be provided '.'i th flood con trol space emoun ting to <br /> <br />acre- <br /> <br />feet. The discharge would be limited to B maximum of <br /> <br />eecond- <br /> <br />feet. This re,ervoir would practically eliminate present flood damage <br /> <br />between Pueblo and the John Martin Reservoir from >Iat.era of the <br /> <br />Arkansas River originating above Pueblo. Flood control benefits WOUld <br /> <br />average $ <br /> <br />each year. That value represents the average <br /> <br />annual equivalent of property damage and production losses ths,t woUld be <br /> <br />eliminated by the Pueblo Reservoir I,lus the resultant bIlticipated <br /> <br />increase in property values downstream to the John Martin Reservoir. <br /> <br />No attempt has been made to assign monetary values to the saving of <br /> <br />human life and th~rotection of public heal th that would accrus from <br />I <br /> <br />the flood control measurea. <br /> <br />Municipal water supplY benefits from making available 4,000 acre- <br /> <br />feet to Colorado Springs, 5,000 acre-feet to Pueblo, and 8,000 acre- <br /> <br />feet to the valley towns are computed at <br /> <br />annually. <br /> <br />~hat benefit has been conservativEly evaluated as equivalent to the <br /> <br />cost of softening water of the existing cuality plus the alternative <br /> <br />cost to the municipalities of obtaining a new supply. <br /> <br />Sed1rumt control benefi ts, obtainable from the Plleblo Reservoir, <br /> <br />have been ae.igned a monetary value of <br /> <br />annually. The <br /> <br />types ofmdiment control benefits that have been evaulated are ae <br /> <br />55 <br />