WSP03108

• File Number: 8220.131.J
• Description: Yellow Jacket Project
• State: CO
• Basin: Yampa/White
• Water Division: 6
• Date: 2/1/1965
• Title: Yellow Jacket Project Colorado: Plan Formulation Studies
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Laterals ............................ .....................

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Sl:::face area ..................,.................

~cight of dam above s~reambed .............

":,\TER SUPPLY:
Diversion require~~~t (per ~rr~gau~e acre) ~~
Increased 1;.;ater su~)~)ly for irrigation annt:.:..lly
Annual stream deplecion by project ..........

BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS:

1,000 acres
2,400 acres
3,400 acres

$1 5,'-' ~nc
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525~CO()
$2;Ti-Cooc

(IOO-year period at 2.5 percent)

Average
annual benefits
Irrigation $61,0001/
Flood control 19,250-
Tot~l $80,250

7,500 ac.-ft.
350 acres
65 ft.

3.35 A.F.
9,670 A.F.
4,490 A.F.

Annual
equivalent cost
P~oject invest~ent
G:1&.'<.
Share of CRSP costs
Total

BENEFIT-COST ~ATIO:
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Total

1:00:1:00

59,000
10,C:J0
11 , 250
$80,250

l/lt will be necessary to obtain this amount in annual flood
control benefits in order to make this unit of the project feasible.