WSP03161

• File Number: 8276.150
• Description: Grand Valley Unit-Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Project
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 12/1/1976
• Title: Draft - Grand Valley Salinity Study
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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The economic welfare of the entire community will benefit from imple-

2 mentation of system improvements in the Grand Valley. The construction

3 business which will install land leveling, concrete ditch lining and

4 other construction work will result in added employment and added

5 spending in the area.

6 Overall, implementation of better management practices and on-farm

7 improvements will have a beneficial impact on the economy of the entire

8 a rea.

9 In an effort to analyze the impacts on the regional economy, an input-

10 output analysis was used to show what effects each level of management

11 would have on the Upper Colorado Region. The original Input-Output (1_

12 0) Model was developed by the Economics Work Group for use in the Upper

13 Colorado Region Comprehensive Framework Study. This ,)riginal model was

14 updated to a 1975 price base and 1980 technology.

15 The basic relationShip shown in the following tabulation includes value

16 added, increased income, requirements for water and labor, and total

17 gross output, related to final demand. Final demand represents sales to

18 the final consumer and is defined as the sum of five major components:

19 (1) sales to households (personal consumption expenditures), (2) sales

20 to federal, state and local governments (government purchases of goods

21 and services), (3) gross private capital investment, (4) exports of

22 goods and services from the region, and (5) inventory accumulation.

23 Total gross output is defined as total sales to final demand, plus total

24 sales to intermediate demand (interindustry transactions) by each

25 industry. Consumptive water use shown in the tabulation are computations

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